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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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    “In Spittal St. Tipperary there once stood a fever hospitable.”

    CBÉS 0579

    Billy Moloney, Mrs Moloney

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    “One dark night a farmer's son was coming from his neighbour's house.”

    CBÉS 0579

    Billy Moloney, Sean Ryan

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    “One day an old country woman died and that night the neighbours of the district came to see the dead woman.”

    CBÉS 0579

    Billy Moloney, Miss Burke

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    “Years ago there lived a wicked man.”

    CBÉS 0579

    Billy Moloney, Davet O' Brien

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    “One day a man was shaving his face and all of sudden he cut off his nose.”

    CBÉS 0579

    Billy Moloney, Mrs Moloney

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    “Long ago the people believed that if you caught a frog...”

    CBÉS 0579

    Billy Moloney, Mrs Cavanagh

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    “Long ago there was a well in Tipperary called "The well of Ara"...”

    CBÉS 0579

    Billy Moloney, Mrs Moloney

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    “If a child had the whooping cough go and look for a man with a grey horse...”

    CBÉS 0579

    Billy Moloney, Mrs Mc Loughlin

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    “Long, long ago there lived a family in the country in which there were two boys and three girls...”

    CBÉS 0579

    Billy Moloney, Mrs Moloney

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    “The old people believed that if you cut a cloth 12 inches long...”

    CBÉS 0579

    Billy Moloney, Mrs Cavanagh

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    “The old people had a lot of customs...”

    CBÉS 0579

    Billy Moloney, Mrs Moloney

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    “This is an old cure that old people had for curing corn.”

    CBÉS 0579

    Billy Moloney, Mrs Moloney

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    “A crowing hen is seldom seen and the old people had a belief that if you kept one...”

    CBÉS 0579

    Billy Moloney, Mrs Cavanagh

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    “Lying at the edge of Lowe's wood is one old well.”

    CBÉS 0579

    Billy Moloney, Mrs Mary Moloney

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    “I am not certain who told me this story but it is about a mean lepreachan...”

    CBÉS 0579

    Billy Moloney

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    “It is said that the head less coach used to pass through a certain village once a year.”

    CBÉS 0579

    Billy Moloney, Mrs Moloney

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    “One day a priest was passing through Lowes wood...”

    CBÉS 0579

    Billy Moloney

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