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This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s. More information

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  1. Kilboght Abbey

    CBÉS 0054

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    “It is believed that there is an enchanted mill in Ballyduggan and it is said that the wheel of this mill will run with blood after a certain battle which will be fought on the top of Ballyduggan hill.”

    CBÉS 0054

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    “It is believed that there is a brother and sister buried under an ash tree in Ballyduggan hill”

    CBÉS 0054

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    “There is an ancient blessed well situated in the middle of Ballybroder and it is believed that a great many people of different diseases used to pay visits to this well”

    CBÉS 0054

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    “It is believed that there is an old cat minding a pot of gold”

    CBÉS 0054

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    “There is an old fort in Doon”

    CBÉS 0054

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    “There was a man working alone in a field one day when a hunt came along”

    CBÉS 0054

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    “Once upon a time there was a man by the name of Lyons living alone in a very big house.”

    CBÉS 0054

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    “In a place called Oileán in the parish of Kilrickle there stand a very old house.”

    CBÉS 0054

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    “There was once a man by the name of Flannery living in Ballybrouder.”

    CBÉS 0054

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    “One Winters evening a man named Michael Fahy was passing Kilrickle Church and he said he would go in to say his prayers.”

    CBÉS 0054

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  12. The Newgrove Land

    CBÉS 0054

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    “Once upon a time there lived in Shangarry Fort a woman named Biddy Naven.”

    CBÉS 0054

    Áine Ní Dhonnchadha

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    “St Brendan's well is situated in Limehill and it is said that he came there long ago and baptised a lot of people.”

    CBÉS 0054

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    “There is an old ruin called Ballinadrimna castle”

    CBÉS 0054

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    “One time there was an old pensioner policeman named Tom Murphy living on the top a hill in Shangarry”

    CBÉS 0054

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    “Mary Carton lived with her parents in a place called Powerliska”

    CBÉS 0054

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    “There is a great big hill between Shangarry and Ballyfinton.”

    CBÉS 0054

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    “One time there lived in Shangarry a woman named Ann Maloney”

    CBÉS 0054

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    “Once upon a time Peter Slattery lived in Grange.”

    CBÉS 0054

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