Na Piseoga


Story collected by a student at Tara Hill school (Kilcavan, Co. Wexford) (no informant identified).

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Fairies


Story collected by a student at Tara Hill school (Kilcavan, Co. Wexford) from informant Miss Loughnan.

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When you hear or see the whirlwind you should through up a piece of grass or hay...


Story collected by a student at Bánóg school (Banoge, Co. Limerick) from informant John Myers.

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'You should never open an umbrella inside a house.'


Story collected by a student at Bánóg school (Banoge, Co. Limerick) from informant Ms Ed. Kelly.

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The Shee-geehe


Story collected by a student at Bánóg school (Banoge, Co. Limerick) from informant John Myers.

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One evening there was a woman and a girl coming home from Ballinasloe


Story collected by a student at Móta Ghráinne Óige school (Woodlawn, Co. Galway) (no informant identified).

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There was once a man and woman who had no hay for their cow


Story collected by a student at Móta Ghráinne Óige school (Woodlawn, Co. Galway) (no informant identified).

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If a girl wished to know who her husband would be she should place her shoes in the shape of a T ...


Story collected by a student at Móta Ghráinne Óige school (Woodlawn, Co. Galway) (no informant identified).

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Superstitions


Story collected by a student at Móta Ghráinne Óige school (Woodlawn, Co. Galway) (no informant identified).

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'You should never carry a spade or fork or any other implement into or out of a house.'


Story collected by a student at Bánóg school (Banoge, Co. Limerick) from informant Ms E. Kelly.

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An Old Custom


Story collected by Harriet Fannin, a student at Drong (2) school (Drung, Co. Cavan) (no informant identified).

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Old Custom


Story collected by a student at Walterstown school (Walterstown, Co. Meath) (no informant identified).

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Bad Deeds Punished


Story collected by Maire Pitt, a student at Faythe school (The Faythe, Co. Wexford) from informant Mrs Pitt.

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Story


Story collected by a student at An Churrach (Crogh), Árd Fhionáin school (Curragh, Co. Tipperary) from informant Mrs J. Myles.

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A stillness around a place...


Story collected by a student at An Churrach (Crogh), Árd Fhionáin school (Curragh, Co. Tipperary) (no informant identified).

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Folklore


Story collected by Joseph Layne, a student at St. Brigid's (B.) school (Wexford, Co. Wexford) (no informant identified).

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Bad Deeds Punished


Story collected by Stella Moran, a student at Faythe school (The Faythe, Co. Wexford) from informant Miss mary O Dwier.

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Bad Deeds Punished


Story collected by Phylis Whitty, a student at Faythe school (The Faythe, Co. Wexford) from informant Mrs S. Whitty.

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A common practice with the older inhabitants of this area when leaving a house late at night was to take a "coal" of fire with them as a protection against evil...


Story collected by a student at Droichead na Dóinne school (Blackwater Bridge, Co. Kerry) (no informant identified).

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Weather-Lore


Story collected by Mary A. Callan, a student at Killough school (Killulagh, Co. Westmeath) (no informant identified).

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Local Superstition


Story collected by a student at Clews' Memorial school (Boyle, Co. Roscommon) from informant Pat Slein.

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Old Customs


Story collected by a student at Cill Laichtín, An Caisleán Nua school (Killaghteen, Co. Limerick) (no informant identified).

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There are some farms and the bull that is kept on them is bound to be a rogue.


Story collected by a student at Cromadh (B.) school (Croom, Co. Limerick) from informant John O Donnell.

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Didn't you ever know that tisn't right to be swinging a stick through the grass in front of you and you crossing a field.


Story collected by a student at Cromadh (B.) school (Croom, Co. Limerick) from informant Tim Hedderman.

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