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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. The Cure of the O'Donoghues

    CBÉS 0457

    Michael O Donoghue, Mrs D.D. O Donoghue

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  2. Lough Guitane Monster

    CBÉS 0457

    Michael O Donoghue, Mrs M. D. O Donoghue

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  3. The Poor Widow

    CBÉS 0457

    Michael O Donoghue, Mrs D. R. O Donoghue

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  4. O Donoghue of the Glen

    CBÉS 0457

    Michael O Donoghue, Mrs D. D. O Donoghue

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  5. The Small Woman and the Meal

    CBÉS 0457

    Michael O Donoghue, Mrs M. D. O Donoghue

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    “I am a young man that ran out of my land and mains.”

    CBÉS 0457

    Michael O Donoghue, Mrs D. D. O Donoghue

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    “La ga rabhas i gleann i maonar ag féach go treid agus mo conluim taoibh I spied a damsel most handsome features and she dressed most gaily beyond all queens.”

    CBÉS 0457

    Michael O Donoghue, Mrs D. D. O Donoghue

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    “There was a man by the name of Jack Shea living in a house in one of our fields and he left his house and went to America with his wife and children and after a while the house fell and the ruins are there yet and it is called Jack Shea'd haggart.”

    CBÉS 0457

    Michael O Donoghue, Mrs D. D. O Donoghue

    Transcript

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    “There lived a woman in Crosstown long ago.”

    CBÉS 0457

    Maryanne Spillane, Michael O Donoghue

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  10. Jackie the Lantern

    CBÉS 0457

    Julia O Donoghue, Michael O Donoghue

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  11. St Malloe's Well

    CBÉS 0510

    Mary O' Donoghue, Michael O' Donoghue

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  12. Weather-Lore

    CBÉS 0573

    Michael O' Donoghue

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  13. Weather Omens

    CBÉS 0573

    Michael O' Donoghue

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  14. Superstitions

    CBÉS 0614

    Michael O' Donoghue, Mícheál Ó Cuillináin

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  15. Local Happenings - W.J. Carolan

    CBÉS 1001

    H.B. O' Donoghue, Michael O' Donoghue

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  16. Local Marriage Customs

    CBÉS 1001

    H.B. O' Donoghue, Michael O' Donoghue

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