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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. The Cholera Stone

    CBÉS 0599

    Harry Mc Inerney

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  2. Quin Abbey

    CBÉS 0599

    James O' Dea

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  3. Maggie Malone

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    Jimmie Whelan, Maggie Malone

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  4. Going Astray

    CBÉS 0599

    James O' Dea

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    “Tom O'Dea was an indifferent character”

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    Miss Eliza Carrigg

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    “Two brothers Jack and Paddy lived with their mother in a ramshackle of a thatched house.”

    CBÉS 0599

    Patt Horgan

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  7. The Night of the Big Wind

    CBÉS 0599

    John Halpin

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  8. The Enchanted Lake

    CBÉS 0599

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    “Long ago there was a certain man living in Ralahine, Newmarket-on-Fergus”

    CBÉS 0599

    Tom Hartigan

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    “Long ago there was a man and he had about ten cows.”

    CBÉS 0599

    Tom Hartigan

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    “Long ago there was a man and he was not obeying the Penal Laws”

    CBÉS 0599

    Tom Hartigan

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    “Long ago there was a man living in Bunratty and the way he had for a living was by playing a fiddle”

    CBÉS 0599

    Tom Hartigan

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    “Once upon a time a farmer lived in the parish of Newmarket-on-Fergus.”

    CBÉS 0599

    Harry Mc Inerney, Mary Mc Inerney

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    “Long ago there was a boy and he was blind”

    CBÉS 0599

    Harry Mc Inerney, Mary Mc Inerney

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    “Biddy Early was a famous Clare witch that lived during the early half of the last century”

    CBÉS 0599

    Harry Mc Inerney, Mary Mc Inerney

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    “Long ago three giants were living together in Co. Clare.”

    CBÉS 0599

    Harry Mc Inerney, Mary Mc Inerney

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    “Long ago the mermaid used to be seen in Fenloe Lake and she combing her hair with a golden comb”

    CBÉS 0599

    Harry Mc Inerney, Mary Mc Inerney

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  18. Piseoga

    CBÉS 0599

    Harry Mc Inerney, Mary Mc Inerney

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  19. May Eve

    CBÉS 0599

    Harry Mc Inerney, Mary Mc Inerney

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    “When there was a dairy in Ralahine demesne there was a bleach yard which contained one acre”

    CBÉS 0599

    John Enright

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