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The Schools’ Collection

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

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    “Up in a field in Ballygreaney a priest said mass and where the mass book was there is a bare place and no grass or moss ever grew on it.”

    CBÉS 0936

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    “In the townland of Tullybuck there is a antymoney mines which was used a couple of years ago.”

    CBÉS 0936

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    “At Clay Lough in Co. Armagh there was a girl whose name was Kelly and she was a witch.”

    CBÉS 0936

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    “America war is just begone and every man must carrie a gun and every woman that is over sixteen must carrie a beanet and shout for the king.”

    CBÉS 0936

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    “There was a poor woman living in Teirmacmoe and one day an old woman came to the house and asked for some meal and she told her that she was very poor and could not afford it, and the woman said to give her some and she would help her and she gave her som”

    CBÉS 0936

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  6. Riddles

    CBÉS 0936

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  7. Old Sayings

    CBÉS 0936

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    “The first time tobacco was used was at St Joseph wake it was put on a lid on the table and lit.”

    CBÉS 0936

    Pat Mc Quaid

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  9. Castleshane Fair

    CBÉS 0936

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  10. Riddles

    CBÉS 0936

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