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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. An Ancient Castle

    CBÉS 0531

    Bríghid Ní Dhulchonta

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    “About six miles from Carrig there is a little place titled "Lismacrory" or the "lis" of the son of Rory.”

    CBÉS 0531

    Bríghid Ní Dhulchonta, Patrick Delahunty

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    “In a remote place adjoining Cloghan there is a large house known as the scene of a crime.”

    CBÉS 0531

    Bríghid Ní Dhulchonta, Patrick Delahunty

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  4. Cures

    CBÉS 0531

    Bríghid Ní Dhulchonta, Mrs Lehane

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    “Numerous customs still cling to the newly married couple, some of them which have been passed down for generations.”

    CBÉS 0531

    Bríghid Ní Dhulchonta, Mrs Lehane

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    “In olden times people had sayings commonly called proverbs.”

    CBÉS 0531

    Bríghid Ní Dhulchonta, Patrick Delahunty

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    “There are numerous little herbs and plants which grow among grass and corn and they all have their own cures.”

    CBÉS 0531

    Bríghid Ní Dhulchonta, Mrs Lehane

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    “Many travelling folk still travel the roads all over Ireland.”

    CBÉS 0531

    Bríghid Ní Dhulchonta, Mrs Lehane

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