The Schools’ Collection

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

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  1. Buried Treasure

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    Eddie Slowey

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    A long time ago a ragged or badly dressed man who was a stranger to the district...

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    Edward Slowey

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    A Master Tully taught school in a house now occpuied by Mannering Liserney, Cootehill.

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    Edward Slowey

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  4. Local Cures

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  5. Cure for the Rickets

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  6. Cure for the Mumps

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  7. Cure for Sprain

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    It was the custom one hundred years ago when two men who had a quarrel to arrange a place for them to fight in.

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    P. Mc Caul

    Lisarney, Co. Cavan

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  9. Riddles

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    Fairy forts are very numerous in this district.

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  11. Story - A Fort

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    Patrick Mc Caul

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    A man named McCaul lived beside Killinanaugh Fort.

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    Edward Slowey

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    (This came again) This Story is told in another way.

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    He (Eoin McCaul) was digging potatoes in the end of June in a field beside Killenaugh Fort, Drum, Monaghan.

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    P. Mc Caul

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    Once upon a time there lived a man beside Lisnageer fort.

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    Philip Mc Caul

    Lisnageer, Co. Cavan

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  16. Marriage Customs

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  17. Townlands

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  18. Cures from Herbs

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    Over a hundred years ago a man named (Gray) Fay was coming from a fair in Clones...

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    John Mc Caul

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    My grandfather Bernard Slowey of Lisarney, Cootehill said he would root a lone bush...

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    Bernard Slowey

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