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

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  1. Rouble's Well

    CBÉS 0524

    Agnes Stacke, Denis Stacke, Mrs Purcell

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  2. Cures

    CBÉS 0551

    Joseph Griffin, Mrs Purcell

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  3. Cures

    CBÉS 0551

    Joseph Griffin, Mrs Purcell

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  4. The Graveyard of Redcity

    CBÉS 0568

    Biddy Purcell, Mrs Purcell

    Redcity, Co. Tipperary

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  5. Trades Long Ago

    CBÉS 0607

    John Markham, Mrs Purcell

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  6. Old Roads Long Ago

    CBÉS 0607

    John Markham, Mrs Purcell

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  7. Old Prayers

    CBÉS 0656

    Mrs Purcell

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  8. Palm

    CBÉS 0656

    Mrs Purcell

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  9. Riddles

    CBÉS 0790

    Mrs Purcell, Rita Purcell

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  10. Riddles

    “Why does a hen cross the road.”

    CBÉS 0790

    Mrs Purcell, Rita Purcell

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  11. A Tinker's Quarrel

    CBÉS 0790

    Mrs Purcell, Rita Purcell

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  12. Riddle

    CBÉS 0790

    Mrs Purcell, Rita Purcell

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  13. How Snowhill House Was Built

    CBÉS 0845

    Mrs Purcell, Patrick Purcell

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    “In Kilfarney there once lived a woman by the name of Biddy Ross. She was a very bad woman and when she died the people said she went to hell.”

    CBÉS 0862

    Margy Manning, Mrs Purcell

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    “One night a few boys were sitting around the fire telling ghost stories and jokes. They were laughing and talking and not minding about anything when a knock came to the door.”

    CBÉS 0862

    Margy Manning, Mrs Purcell

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    “In a certain field in Kilkenny there are now to be seen large clumps of trees and stony ground. Many years ago this field was ploughed for potatoes.”

    CBÉS 0862

    Margy Manning, Mrs Purcell

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    “Many years ago a family decided to build a new house as their old one was ready to fall. They said they would build it in a certain field bot far from a rath.”

    CBÉS 0862

    Margy Manning, Mrs Purcell

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    “Once upon a time a young boy was very fond of dressing up as a ghost, and going out at night to frighten people. One night he went to frighten some young girls who were going home from a party and gave them a terrible fright.”

    CBÉS 0863

    Margy Manning, Mrs Purcell

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  19. My Home District

    CBÉS 0868

    Anna Purcell, Mrs Purcell

    Ballyragget, Co. Kilkenny

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  20. A Ghost Story

    CBÉS 0875

    Mrs Purcell

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