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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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    “When I was going to school in Taur with my sister, my brother was teaching at Rockchapel and he died and left books and a slate to my mother and she gave away all his books to his friends who asked for them until his slate was only left.”

    CBÉS 0351

    Mrs Biddy Lane

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    “A priest named Fr. Hennessy who was stationed at Rockchapel got a sick-call one night about twelve o' clock to go to a Mrs. Buckley about seven miles from Rockchapel.”

    CBÉS 0351

    Mrs Biddy Lane

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    “A man named Patrick P. Shine lived in Taur Beag and he had a fine farm and many cows but he could not make hardly any butter and the neighbours around him told him to go to an old woman in Cahirbeárnach and consult her.”

    CBÉS 0351

    Mrs Biddy Lane

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    “She told me that long ago when a firkin of butter was made three small brown stones were stuck on the bottom of the butter to bring a blessing on the butter.”

    CBÉS 0351

    Mrs Biddy Lane

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    “She told me that there lived in Tullylease a rich farmer and his wife and when the farmer was dying he sent for the priest to make his will.”

    CBÉS 0351

    Mrs Biddy Lane

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    “The man himself was the eldest of seven children and they lived in a little cottage in Glenamuckla.”

    CBÉS 0351

    Mrs Biddy Lane

    Transcript