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

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    “Some people especially old women are very superstitious.”

    CBÉS 0940

    Sheila O' Duffy

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    “One time there were two boys named James and John.”

    CBÉS 0940

    Sheila O' Duffy

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    “Many old stories have been handed down to us about Saint Patrick's journeying through this country.”

    CBÉS 0940

    Frank Duffy, Sheila O' Duffy

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    “It is traditional that when the Danes were in Ireland they could make very good whiskey out of heather.”

    CBÉS 0940

    Frank Duffy, Sheila O' Duffy

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    “One time there was a Scotchman, an Englishman, and an Irishman seeking for work.”

    CBÉS 0940

    Frank Duffy, Sheila O' Duffy

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    “It is said that when Oliver Cromwell and his cruel soldiers were in Ireland they ruthlessly destroyed a church situated along Lough Eagish shore.”

    CBÉS 0940

    Frank Duffy, Sheila O' Duffy

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    “A long time ago there lived an old woman in old ruins in the townland of Readuff.”

    CBÉS 0940

    Francis Deery, Sheila O' Duffy

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    “There are all ruins in the townland of Readuff which belong to Francis Deery, Aghmakerr, Loughmourne P.O., Castleblayney, County Monaghan.”

    CBÉS 0940

    John Mac Hugh, Sheila O' Duffy

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    “One night while John Mac Hugh of Readuff, Laragh P.O., Castleblayney, County Monaghan was returning home from a wake, he saw a wee fairy woman sitting in old walls belonging to Francis Deery.”

    CBÉS 0940

    John Mac Hugh, Sheila O' Duffy

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    “One time there was an old scutcher living in the townland of Readuff, Laragh P. O., Castleblayney, County Monaghan, beside a mill which belonged to a man called Robert Harrison.”

    CBÉS 0940

    Mrs Kerr, Sheila O' Duffy

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    “There is a bush out by itself in a field of John Mac Hughs of Readuff, Laragh P.O. Castleblayney, County Monaghan.”

    CBÉS 0940

    Mrs Keer, Sheila O' Duffy

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    “One night James Fealy, Laragh, Castleblayney, County Monaghan was returning home.”

    CBÉS 0940

    Patrick Mac Mahon, Sheila O' Duffy

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