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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. The Fairies' Playground

    CBÉS 0094

    Annie Kate Conway, Michael Moran

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  2. The Baby that Was Taken by the Fairies

    CBÉS 0096

    James Rattigan, John Kavanagh

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  3. Mike O Gréinigh and the Fairies

    CBÉS 0096

    Bernard Kilkenny, Louis Mc Hugh

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  4. The Lake that was Changed by the Fairies

    CBÉS 0099

    James Loftus, John Nally

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  5. Rescued from the Fairies

    CBÉS 0101

    Martin Malley

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  6. The Farmer and the Fairies

    CBÉS 0101

    Mrs J. Treacy

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  7. Fairies

    CBÉS 0102

    Kathleen Reilly

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  8. The Fairies

    CBÉS 0108

    Maria Jennings, Mrs Jennings

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  9. A Local Story about Fairies

    CBÉS 0111

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    “There is a field across from our house in Tom Tarpey's land. It is said it was once filled with fairies.”

    CBÉS 0112

    Mrs Grogan, Nan Lavan

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  11. The Shoemaker and the Fairies

    CBÉS 0114

    Brighid Áine Ní Dhubhthaigh

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    “When a child would be born long ago they used to get a coal and put it into a cloth and leave it in the middle of the floor for fear the fairies would bring her...”

    CBÉS 0116

    James Durkan, William Duffy

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  13. Fairies

    CBÉS 0118

    Brendan Grealy

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  14. The Fairies

    CBÉS 0121

    Mary Mullahy

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  15. A Story about the Fairies

    CBÉS 0121

    John Commons

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  16. Story - Fairies

    CBÉS 0123

    Bridget Neary

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  17. Fairies

    CBÉS 0125

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  18. Fairies

    CBÉS 0125

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    “The fairies are supposed to have gone since the prayers after mass started.”

    CBÉS 0126

    Joseph P. Caron, Mrs J. Peyton

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  20. Seán Ó Neachtan and the Fairies

    CBÉS 0127

    Frankie Flannelly, Thomas Dowd

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