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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. Ballycrana Well

    CBÉS 0387

    Mrs Buckley, Nora Fitzgerald

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    “Sam Hussey was a landlord.”

    CBÉS 0460

    James Fitzgerald, Nora Fitzgerald

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    “One day a woman called her husband to his dinner.”

    CBÉS 0460

    James Fitzgerald, Nora Fitzgerald

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    “One day two little boys went gathering nuts.”

    CBÉS 0460

    James Fitzgerald, Nora Fitzgerald

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    “Once a lunatic was sitting on the wall of the mental Hospital.”

    CBÉS 0460

    James Fitzgerald, Nora Fitzgerald

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    “A man came home drunk one night and his wife began to scold him.”

    CBÉS 0460

    James Fitzgerald, Nora Fitzgerald

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    “One morning a man was going to a fair about three o'clock. He had six calves and a cow driving them before him...”

    CBÉS 0480

    John Fitzgerald, Nora Fitzgerald

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    “There was a man in BallyGuiltenane who lived with his son. There was a little field situated near the house...”

    CBÉS 0480

    John Fitzgerald, Nora Fitzgerald

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    “In Turraree there is a light seen almost every night and anybody that will cross that way after ten o'clock is sure to be frightened with it...”

    CBÉS 0480

    John Fitzgerald, Nora Fitzgerald

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