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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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  1. How Jack the Lantern got his Name

    CBÉS 0585

    Maureen Fennessy, Mr Christopher Fennessy

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  2. Biddy Earley

    CBÉS 0585

    Maureen Fennessy, Mr Christopher Fennessy

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  3. How Gold Was Found

    CBÉS 0585

    Mr Christopher Fennessy

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  4. The Magic Lake

    CBÉS 0585

    Mr John J. Nihill

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  5. The Haunted House

    CBÉS 0585

    John Moloney, Mr Timothy Moloney

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  6. The Widow's Stepchild

    CBÉS 0585

    Mrs Noonan

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  7. The Fairy and the Servant

    CBÉS 0585

    Mrs M. Doonan

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  8. The Fairy who Changed Straw into Gold

    CBÉS 0585

    May Moloney, Mrs Moloney

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  9. The Bag of Gold

    CBÉS 0585

    Mr Michael O' Gorman

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    “There was once a man and he was living near a fort, and was keeping cattle in it, and it happened that all his cattle disappeared.”

    CBÉS 0585

    Mr Michael O' Gorman

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  11. The Fairy Dancer

    CBÉS 0585

    Mrs Fennessy

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  12. The Mysterious House

    CBÉS 0585

    Mr Thomas Malone

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  13. The Priest and the Umbrella

    CBÉS 0585

    Mr Thomas Malone

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  14. The Dead Man and the Horse

    CBÉS 0585

    Mr James Nihill

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  15. The Ball of Fire

    CBÉS 0585

    Mr James Nihill

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  16. Milk and Butter Stealing

    CBÉS 0585

    Mr James Nihill

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  17. Butter Taking

    CBÉS 0585

    Michael Nihill, Mr James Nihill

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  18. The Taking of Butter

    CBÉS 0585

    May Moloney, Mr Timothy Moloney

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  19. Cures

    CBÉS 0585

    Kitty Fennessy, Mr Christopher Fennessy

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  20. Cures

    CBÉS 0585

    May Moloney, Mrs Moloney

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