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 Ghostly Warning

    CBÉS 0648

    John Hurley, Patrick O' Donovan

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  2. Joy's Island

    CBÉS 0648

    Bridget Doody, John Hurley

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  3. The Enormous Ghost

    CBÉS 0648

    James Donovan, Patrick O' Donovan

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  4. The Grandmother's House, the Holy Well and the Fairy Bush

    CBÉS 0648

    Bridget Fleming, Maurice Walsh

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  5. The Fulfilment of a Promise

    CBÉS 0648

    Bridget Doody, John Doody

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  6. The Woman and the Monk

    CBÉS 0648

    Annie O' Connell, William O' Connell

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  7. House Haunted by the Crowing of a Cock

    CBÉS 0648

    Mary Coffey, Michael Coffey

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  8. Seanráite

    CBÉS 0648

    John Kiely

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  9. The Ghostly Funeral

    CBÉS 0648

    James Donovan, Patrick O' Donovan

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  10. Led Astray by Fairies

    CBÉS 0648

    Daniel Gambon, Mrs Williams

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  11. The Man and the Bull

    CBÉS 0648

    Daniel Gambon, James Power

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  12. A Tale of the Banshee

    CBÉS 0648

    Patrick O' Donovan, Thomas Donovan

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  13. The Bootful of Gold or a Tale of Crotty the Robber

    CBÉS 0648

    Mary Coffey, Michael Coffey

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  14. The Stone from the Graveyard

    CBÉS 0648

    Mrs Keane

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    When returning from a neighbour's house after midnight...

    CBÉS 0648

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  16. The Man and the Devil

    CBÉS 0648

    Daniel Gambon, William Gambon

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  17. The End of Crotty the Robber

    CBÉS 0648

    Michael Coffey, Thomas Coffey

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  18. The Man and the Pig

    CBÉS 0648

    Daniel Gambon, Mrs Gambon

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  19. The Written Confession or the Man and the Priest

    CBÉS 0648

    Annie O' Connell, William O' Connell

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  20. The Ruin of Knockmahon

    CBÉS 0648

    Annie O' Connell, William O' Connell

    Knockmahon, Co. Waterford

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