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“Once upon a time a shepherd was minding a flock of sheep. He found a lovely daisy. He picked it up and brought it home and he put it in a box in his room.”
CBÉS 0862
Katty Manning, Patrick Manning
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The Schools’ Collection
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“Once upon a time a shepherd was minding a flock of sheep. He found a beautiful daisy. He picked it up and put in a box in his bedroom.”
CBÉS 0862
Richard Fizpatrick
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“Many years ago a family decided to build a new house as their old one was ready to fall. They said they would build it in a certain field bot far from a rath.”
CBÉS 0862
Margy Manning, Mrs Purcell
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“Many years ago a man named Thomas Murphy was coming from a public house called Muldowneys. It was late in the night and he had to pass an old graveyard.”
CBÉS 0862
May Fitzpatrick, Mrs Fitzpatrick
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“One a man was going home from work and he saw a white man and the hair was standing on his head. He went along and as he went the white man kept before him.”
CBÉS 0862
Donal Wall, Mrs Wall
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“One time a man was living in an old house, and he was very poor. He said to his wife that he would go off to work for a year. One morning he set off to look for work and after walking about ten miles he went into a farmer's house and he asked for work.”
CBÉS 0862
Paddy Kelly, Patrick Lyons
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“Some years ago a man and his wife were coming from a wake. It was late in the night and they went across the fields. On their way they had to go through a rath.”
CBÉS 0862
May Fitzpatrick
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“Once upon a time there lived a man named James Brennan. He was living in a little house in Tullabrin. He was a good generous poor man. One night a storm came and it came so bad that a large tree near the house fell, and fell in on the little house and ble”
CBÉS 0862
Bessie Dwyer, Patrick Dwyer
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“Once upon a time a man was going home from rambling and as he was passing a gate he saw a black dog. The dog began to follow him and he got a fright.”
CBÉS 0862
Richard Fitzpatrick, Rita Fitzpatrick
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“Once upon a time a man had three sons. The youngest was called Dummling and he was ill-treated by the whole family. One day the eldest son took it into his head to go into the wood to cut fuel.”
CBÉS 0862
May Fitzpatrick, Richard Fitzpatrick
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“Once upon a time there lived in a little cottage seven dwarfs and a little girl. The oldest was called Long-Beard and the youngest was called Tiny because he was so [small].”
CBÉS 0862
Philomena Dowling
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“Once upon a time there lived a man and his wife and they had two children. This day they brought out the two two children to the hay field and left them at a tram while they were at some trams.”
CBÉS 0862
Andy Tobin
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“Once upon a time there lived a farmer named Jack Bennan. He had about sixteen cows. Every morning he'd go out to milk the cows the cows would be milked.”
CBÉS 0862
Philomena Dowling
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“Once upon a time there was a farmer and he had a lot of cows. There was a woman living in a little house near him and she was very poor. She used to buy milk for herself from the farmer.”
CBÉS 0862
Pat Dwyer
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“Once upon a time there lived three big sisters in a great big house. Mary the oldest of the three was the house keeper. One day she went for a walk and had not gone far when she met two tramps looking for alms.”
CBÉS 0862
Bridie Dwyer
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“One time two men were coming home late at night and they saw a light coming up out of a graveyard. It came to where they were and one of them got a stick to hit it and the other man told him not to hit it but he did and nothing happened to the light.”
CBÉS 0862
George Mc Cullagh
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“One time three men were walking and one night they went to a house to stay for the night. They went to bed and in the middle of the night they were out of the bed.”
CBÉS 0862
George Mc Cullagh
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“Once upon a time a woman went to work in a house belonging to Ned Tobin. They put her in a room by herself to sleep and it was supposed to be haunted.”
CBÉS 0862
Jim Manning, Patrick Lyons
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“Once upon a time a man was coming home from rambling and it was late in the night. He was about to cross a stile when the devil appeared to him with a beautiful pack of cards in his mouth.”
CBÉS 0862
Bridie Manning, Richard Fitzpatrick
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“One night a man was coming home from rambling. When he came to the free-school a black sow walked out of an old ruin. The man stayed looking at her for a while and then he went on.”
CBÉS 0862
Katty Manning
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