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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. Mass Rock

    CBÉS 0560

    Eily Murphy, Mrs K. Murphy

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  2. The Priest's Blackthorn

    CBÉS 0560

    John Maguire, Mrs Duncan

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  3. Sanctuary of Old Church Used for Pigs

    CBÉS 0560

    John Norton

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  4. Words of Bishop in Old Church

    CBÉS 0560

    James Maher

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  5. In the Penal Times - The Mass Rock

    CBÉS 0560

    Mary Madden, Mrs Madden

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  6. The Priest's Leap

    CBÉS 0560

    Anne Magner, Mr Magner

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  7. Léim an tSagairt

    CBÉS 0560

    James Egan, Patricia Ahearne

    Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary

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  8. Caves of Priestown

    CBÉS 0560

    Mona Dunne, Mrs Dunne

    Priest-town, Co. Tipperary

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  9. Mass Paths

    CBÉS 0560

    Eileen O' Brien, Mary Gleeson, Michael Norton, Mrs P.J. O' Brien, Patricia Ahearne, Philip Gleeson

    Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary

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  10. Story about a Priest

    CBÉS 0561

    John Egan

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  11. A Story

    CBÉS 0576

    Mrs O' Donnell, Patrick O' Dowd

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  12. The Druid

    CBÉS 0576

    Mrs O' Donnell, Patrick O' Dowd

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  13. The Jury Man

    CBÉS 0576

    Mrs O' Donnell, Patrick O' Dowd

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    “Long ago when the Abbey in Tipperary was Catholic it was inhabited by...”

    CBÉS 0579

    Patrick Hayden, William Daly

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  15. (no title)

    “One night a poor old man was coming home along the railway...”

    CBÉS 0579

    John Fitzgerald, Miss Clarke

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  16. (no title)

    “The man of the house was after getting out teeth and he was very sick.”

    CBÉS 0579

    John Fitzgerald, Miss Clarke

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  17. (no title)

    “About three hundred years ago there lived a Protestant in the County Waterford...”

    CBÉS 0579

    John Fitzgerald, Miss Clarke

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  18. (no title)

    “A Protestant woman once insulted a priest.”

    CBÉS 0579

    John Fitzgerald, Mr Fitzgerald

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    “There was once a bad Protestant living in the town of Tipperary and owned many acres of land.”

    CBÉS 0579

    John Fitzgerald, Mr Fitzgerald

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  20. An Old Story

    CBÉS 0579

    Margaret Ryan, Mrs Ryan

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