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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. (no title)

    “One morning my grandfather was going to Limerick with two pigs in a horse car.”

    CBÉS 0594

    Patrick Slattery

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    “Once upon a time there was a man living by himself in a little house.”

    CBÉS 0594

    P. Hegarty

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    “Once upon a time there lived a poor man in a little haunted house up near Ennis.”

    CBÉS 0594

    P. Slattery

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    “Once upon a time there was a man and he used to go out every night.”

    CBÉS 0594

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    “There was an old man who lived in a house in Clare.”

    CBÉS 0594

    Mary Hogan

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    “My father told me story last night which he heard from my grandfather.”

    CBÉS 0594

    H. Cullen

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    “There is a fort in a field near my house.”

    CBÉS 0594

    Patrick Slattery

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  8. (no title)

    “My grandfather told me this story.”

    CBÉS 0594

    P. Slattery

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    “Once upon a time there was a man and he was very poor.”

    CBÉS 0594

    E. O' Donoghue

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    “Once upon a time there lived a man.”

    CBÉS 0594

    P. Hegarty

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  11. (no title)

    “My father told me a story last night about a banshee.”

    CBÉS 0594

    H. Cullen

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    “The school was injured by lightning in the year 1929.”

    CBÉS 0594

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    “A man that lived near my father one time.”

    CBÉS 0594

    E. O' Donoghue

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  14. (no title)

    “I heard a story about a man who lived near Limerick.”

    CBÉS 0594

    P. Slattery

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  15. (no title)

    “There is a field at the back of Mr McInerney's house. It is called 'the fairies field'.”

    CBÉS 0594

    P. Slattery

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  16. (no title)

    “There is a big crag not far from my house.”

    CBÉS 0594

    Patrick Slattery

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  17. (no title)

    “The name of my townland is Manus.”

    CBÉS 0594

    Paul Cullen

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    “My father said that he was coming home from Limerick one night in the horse car and it was very dark.”

    CBÉS 0594

    H. Cullen

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  19. (no title)

    “Lord Leckinfield was the landlord of Manus long ago.”

    CBÉS 0594

    P. Slattery

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  20. (no title)

    “My father told me a story during the Christmas about a field that is near our house.”

    CBÉS 0594

    P. Hogan

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