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 Story of Petticoat Loose

    CBÉS 0648

    John Hurley, Patrick O' Donovan

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  2. The Man and the Apparition

    CBÉS 0648

    Martin Donovan, Patrick O' Donovan

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  3. The Missing Brother

    CBÉS 0648

    Annie O' Connell, William O' Connell

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  4. The Man and the Ghost

    CBÉS 0648

    Annie O' Connell, William O' Connell

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  5. The Courageous Woman

    CBÉS 0648

    Annie O' Connell, William O' Connell

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  6. The Ghostly Threshing

    CBÉS 0648

    Michael Coffey

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  7. The Man and the Banshee

    CBÉS 0648

    Bridget Doody, John Doody

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  8. The Pinch of Snuff

    CBÉS 0648

    Daniel Power, Margaret Gambon

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  9. The Sick Call

    CBÉS 0648

    Margaret Gambon, Thomas Power

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  10. The Hidden Gold

    CBÉS 0648

    Daniel Gambon, Mary Gambon

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  11. The Man and the Ghostly Hound

    CBÉS 0648

    Patrick O' Donovan, Thomas Donovan

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  12. The Banshee's Comb

    CBÉS 0648

    John Coffey, Thomas Coffey

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  13. The Enchanted Hare

    CBÉS 0648

    Annie O' Connell, William O' Connell

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  14. The Wish that Was Granted

    CBÉS 0648

    Margaret Gambon, Mary Gambon

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  15. The Ghostly Funeral

    CBÉS 0648

    Annie O' Connell, William O' Connell

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  16. The Man that Was Drowned in Bunmahon

    CBÉS 0648

    Daniel Gambon, William Gambon

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  17. An Cóiste gan Cheann

    CBÉS 0648

    Máire Ní Chobhthaigh, Mícheál Ó Cobhthaigh

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  18. The Jumping Skull

    CBÉS 0648

    Daniel Gambon, Thomas Power

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  19. Nunnery Lane

    CBÉS 0648

    Bean Uí Iarflaithe, Caitlín de Paor

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  20. Comhartha Aimsire

    CBÉS 0648

    Bean Uí Cobhthaigh

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