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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. Folk Tales

    CBÉS 0232

    Michael Gerard O' Hara

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    “I heard another story about the way the fox rids himself of the fleas...”

    CBÉS 0232

    Michael Gerard O' Hara

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    “There is a pond situated in Major Kirkwood's land about which a strange story is told.”

    CBÉS 0232

    Michael Gerard O' Hara

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    “One day a man was going to Boyle on a cart.”

    CBÉS 0232

    Michael Gerard O' Hara

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    “Long ago an old woman lived in a small cabin in the bogs about a mile from Cootehall.”

    CBÉS 0232

    Michael Gerard O' Hara

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  6. The Sea Horse

    CBÉS 0232

    Michael Gerard O' Hara

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    “One night a man had a dream in which he was directed to go to a tree on the side of the road...”

    CBÉS 0232

    Michael Gerard O' Hara

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    “The giant of "Síse Mór" had a wicked witch as a servant.”

    CBÉS 0232

    Michael Gerard O' Hara

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    “It is said that dogs are very much afraid of the supernatural.”

    CBÉS 0232

    Michael Gerard O' Hara

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    “Long ago a man named Hegarty lived alone in a little thatched house.”

    CBÉS 0232

    Michael Gerard O' Hara

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    “One day three men went hunting with hounds in a field near a fort.”

    CBÉS 0232

    Michael Gerard O' Hara

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  12. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0232

    Michael Gerard O' Hara

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  13. Hidden Treasure

    CBÉS 0232

    Michael Gerard O' Hara

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