In Ticknevin Carbury Co Kildare the adults used to go to night school to learn Catechism.


Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).

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There was a hedge school near Jone's and a man named Mr O Keefe, used to teach the children.


Story collected by Mary Flynn, a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) from informant an unidentified informant.

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If the sun sets red it is the sign of frost.


Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).

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There are a lot of ruined castles around here, Ballyteague, Kilmeague, Blackwood, and Carbury.


Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).

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A red-haired woman is unlucky...


Story collected by Marcella Ennis, a student at Allenwood, Robertstown school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) from informant Mr Pat Cleary.

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There used to be a fair in Kilmeague.


Story collected by Marcella Ennis, a student at Allenwood, Robertstown school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) from informant Mr Pat Cleary.

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There was a great faction fight in Littletown between Ballyteague and Allenwood.


Story collected by Marcella Ennis, a student at Allenwood, Robertstown school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) from informant Mr Pat Cleary.

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A man named Thomas Farrell kept a hedge-school in Ballyteague.


Story collected by Marcella Ennis, a student at Allenwood, Robertstown school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) from informant Mr Pat Cleary.

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The bonfire in Ballyteague...


Story collected by Marcella Ennis, a student at Allenwood, Robertstown school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) from informant Mr Pat Cleary.

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The parish priest in Allen during the mission in 1886 was Fr. O'Farrell.


Story collected by Marcella Ennis, a student at Allenwood, Robertstown school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) from informant Mr Pat Cleary.

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Allenwood, Robertstown


A collection of folklore and local history stories from Allenwood, Robertstown (school) (Allenwood, Co. Kildare), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.

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Allenwood


A collection of folklore and local history stories from Allenwood (school) (Allenwood, Co. Kildare), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.

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Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).

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Druimfionn donn dilis was got dead in the grass.


Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).

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A Catholic girl was working in a Protestant house.


Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).

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Story


Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).

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Story


Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).

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Story


Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).

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Story


Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).

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A Protestant asked a priest to dinner on a Friday.


Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).

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There is an old gate in Allenwood called Geata na Coille gate.


Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).

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Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).

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Ruins


Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).

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Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).

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