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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. Blackthorn Sticks

    “First you cut it then you pare the branches off it and leave the little branches and thorns about a quarter inch long...”

    CBÉS 0204

    John Dolan, Pat Dolan

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  2. Old Ruins - Churches - Inch Ireland an Old Burial Ground

    CBÉS 0206

    H. Ferguson

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  3. St Colmcille and the Flag that Moved to Inch Island

    CBÉS 0208

    Seán Ó Céilleachair

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    “St Bouy built his Church on Inch Island”

    CBÉS 0208

    Seán Ó Céilleachair

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  5. An Old Story - One Inch More

    CBÉS 0266

    Brian Moran, Kitty Moran

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  6. Jenkins' Inch

    CBÉS 0349

    John Horgan, Mr D. Dooling

    Buaile Phádraig, Co. Chorcaí

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  7. Names of Fields - The Inch

    CBÉS 0350

    Michael Casey

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    “Seán Rúadh's inch is a field at the bottom of a glen called Glen Wobble.”

    CBÉS 0353

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  9. (no title)

    “A part of our "Kiln Field" is known as "Inch a Wee".”

    CBÉS 0368

    Matthew Coghlan, Mr John Coughlan

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    “Long ago a meiteal were cutting oats below in Inch.”

    CBÉS 0426

    Patrick Flahive

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    “Long ago a man lived in Inch named O'Shea.”

    CBÉS 0426

    Patrick Flahive

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    “In 1900 there did a ship come in to Inch.”

    CBÉS 0426

    Thomas O' Connor

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    “Long ago a man from Inch was coming from Tralee.”

    CBÉS 0426

    James Flahive, Patrick Flahive

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    “About twenty-five years ago a man named Mike Mahoney from Inch went to bu cattle at Dingle Fair.”

    CBÉS 0432

    Daniel O' Sullivan, Thomas O' Sullivan

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    “One night there was a man from Inch coming home after playing cards about one o'clock...”

    CBÉS 0440

    John Foley, Margaret O' Driscoll

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  16. Inch

    CBÉS 0441

    Mary Foly, Thomas Murphy

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  17. Local Song - Inch-A-Bawn

    CBÉS 0485

    John Donohue, Lizzie O' Donohoe

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  18. (no title)

    “There was a lios near a river and every inch of it was full of trees.”

    CBÉS 0514

    Paul O Connor

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  19. Inch St Laurence Holy Well

    CBÉS 0524

    Mary Flannery, Mrs Moroney

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  20. Hedge-Schools - Drom and Inch

    CBÉS 0544

    Mr F. Collins

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