1. Ballygar (C)
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Ballygar (C), Liatháin, Eithne, Keighery, Noreen, Ward, Christina, Donnell, E. Mc, Hughes, Ben, Lewis, Kathleen, Moran, Francie, Mullooly, Josie, Liatháin, Eithne Bean Uí, Hughes, Betty, Ward, Joan, Keighery, Margaret, and Mullooly, May
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Historic sites ,Folk poetry ,History ,local legends ,Legal status, laws, etc ,Verbal arts and literature ,Saint Martin's Day ,Riddles ,Occupations ,Weather ,Folklore ,Treasure troves ,Jokes ,Folk beliefs ,Traditional medicine ,Supernatural beings ,Death ,Famine, 1845-1852 ,Gangs ,Clothing and dress ,Land use ,Dissenters, Religious ,Recreation ,Ireland ,Proverbs ,Prayers - Abstract
A collection of folklore and local history stories from Ballygar (C) (school) (Ballygar, Co. Galway), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Eithne, Bean Uí Liatháin., Pisreoga / Keighery, Noreen -- Pisreoga / Ward, Christina -- Pisreoga -- Pisreoga -- Folklore -- Pisreoga -- Local Stories -- Did you ever see a half a pigs head with two eyes? / Donnell, E. Mc -- Pisreoga / Hughes, Ben -- It is not right to bring a brush from the old house into a new house it is right to leave it in the old house. / Lewis, Kathleen -- Pisreoga / Moran, Francie -- Local Stories -- Hidden Treasures -- Weather-Lore -- There used to be faction fights in Ballaghlea and when the people were coming home a man would take off his coat and leave it on the road... -- One of the real chieftains of Uí Máine became a priest and went to France with James II. -- Pisreoga / Mullooly, Josie -- Old Rhymes -- Stories of the Bad Times -- Paidreacha -- Paidir Eile -- Paidir Eile -- Paidir Eile Called Gairdín Pháiric -- Scéal fé Naomh Bríd -- Scéal Eile -- Paidreacha -- Cleas an Mhála -- Féile Mártain / Liatháin, Eithne Bean Uí -- Ranna Beaga / Liatháin, Eithne Bean Uí -- Seanfhocal / Liatháin, Eithne Bean Uí -- Chóinnigh an bhanaltra agus greim air láimh an páisde aici agus í an rann seo air siubhal aici. / Liatháin, Eithne Bean Uí -- Tréinín Rua / Liatháin, Eithne Bean Uí -- Gaiscíoch Táilliúra / Liatháin, Eithne Bean Uí -- Paidrín Pháiric -- A Mhaidin Mhuire tar agus réidh mo chás... -- Ag Dul a Choladh / Liatháin, Eithne Bean Uí -- Ag Luí do Leaba / Liatháin, Eithne Bean Uí -- Ag Coigilt na Tine / Liatháin, Eithne Bean Uí -- Cailín a bhí i dtigh mór den Tighearna Talmhan... / Liatháin, Eithne Bean Uí -- Story / Hughes, Betty -- Story / Hughes, Betty -- Story / Ward, Joan -- Story / Ward, Joan -- Story / Ward, Joan -- Story / Ward, Joan -- Cures / Mullooly, Josie -- Folklore Story / Keighery, Margaret -- Folklore Story / Moran, Francie -- Folklore / Mullooly, May -- dies in your house. -- Teampall - Folklore Story -- Linen Industry, Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
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- 1937
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