The Schools’ Collection

This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s. More information

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  1. Cistí Óir i bhFolach

    CBÉS 1031

    Bridget Campbell, Mrs Margaret Mc Groary

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    There is a castle in Lough Easke in the county of Donegal. It was to a chief the name of O'Donnell that this castle belonged.

    CBÉS 1031

    Bridget Campbell, Mrs Mary Ward

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    Once upon a time a man went away to get off a hump.

    CBÉS 1031

    Bridget Campbell, Mrs Mary Ward

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    Once upon a time there was a boy named John and he always used to sit in the corner.

    CBÉS 1031

    Bridget Campbell, Mrs Mary Ward

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    About seventy one years ago there was a school in Eglish between Denis Ward's and Bernard Wards.

    CBÉS 1031

    Bridget Campbell, Mrs Bridget Mc Grory

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    Once upon a time, priests used to read Mass in Eglish and that is where it got its name from.

    CBÉS 1031

    Bridget Campbell, Mrs Bridget Mc Grory

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    Once upon a time there was a poet named Patrick Burke of Clogher (in this district).

    CBÉS 1031

    Bridget Campbell, Mrs Bridget Mc Grory

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    There was a grievious famine all over this country.

    CBÉS 1031

    Bridget Campbell, Mrs Bridget Mc Grory

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