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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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    “Lord Fermoy lived by the banks of the Blackwater.”

    CBÉS 0579

    Dick Mc Carthy, Mr W. Allen

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    “A travelling tailor was making clothes for a farmer's family.”

    CBÉS 0579

    Dick Mc Carthy, Mr W. Allen

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    “Outside the town of Tipperary there is a mound...”

    CBÉS 0579

    Dick Mc Carthy, Mr W. Allen

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    “In the New Road at Tipperary a man heard a terrible noise at midnight.”

    CBÉS 0579

    Dick Mc Carthy, Mr W. Allen

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  5. (no title)

    “About two miles outside Golden there are ruins which were once called Athassal Abbey.”

    CBÉS 0579

    Dick Mc Carthy, Mr W. Allen

    Athasselabbey North, Co. Tipperary

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  6. (no title)

    “Outside Tipperary town a hare used be seen.”

    CBÉS 0579

    Dick Mc Carthy, Mr W. Allen

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    “Year after year in a farm in the district of Tipperary...”

    CBÉS 0579

    Dick Mc Carthy, Mr W. Allen

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    “Years ago a peasant woman had a very handsome baby of two years.”

    CBÉS 0579

    Dick Mc Carthy, Mr W. Allen

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    “A certain woman had a habit of going out to a moate and going to sleep on it.”

    CBÉS 0579

    Dick Mc Carthy, Mr W. Allen

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  10. An Old Story

    CBÉS 0638

    Kathleen Allen, Mr W Allen

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