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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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    “One night as a man was comming home after playing cards he met a coffin and three men carring it.”

    CBÉS 0403

    John Culhane, Patrick Culhane

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  2. Travelling Folk

    “It is seldom that a traveller calls to our home now.”

    CBÉS 0403

    John Culhane, Mrs Lizie Culhane

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  3. The Potato Crop

    CBÉS 0403

    John Culhane, Mrs Lizzie Culhane

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  4. Proverbs

    CBÉS 0403

    John Culhane, Mrs Lizzie Culhane

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  5. Local Cures

    CBÉS 0403

    John Culhane, Mrs Lizzie Culhane

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  6. Local Heroes

    CBÉS 0403

    John Culhane, Mrs Lizzie Culhane

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  7. Local Poets

    CBÉS 0403

    John Culhane, Mrs Lizzie Culhane

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    “According to tradition there was a castle in the glen, about three miles from Newtown.”

    CBÉS 0404

    John Culhane, Michael Bunce

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    “One night as a nurse was returning to Newtown after attending to a patient in Knockanure she was passing a fort when a man came out of it and asked her to come in to see his wife.”

    CBÉS 0404

    Dan Cunningham, John Culhane

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    “There once lived in the remotest part of Kerry a man that had a wife and family but he had nothing to do to support them.”

    CBÉS 0404

    John Culhane, Michael Bunce

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  11. The Lore of Certain Days

    CBÉS 0503

    Brian Culhane, John Culhane

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  12. Travelling Folk

    CBÉS 0503

    Bredie Culhane, John Culhane

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