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A collection of folklore and local history stories from Druim Corr (school) (Drumcor, Co. Cavan), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher E. Mac Duibhir., Drains and Tunnels -- Forts -- Banshee and Another Omens of Death -- Farnham Dinners -- Local Industries -- Old Schools -- Local Marriage Customs -- Sweat Houses -- Old Mill where Waterfall Is -- Local Cures -- Homemade Toys -- Local Landlords -- Old Crafts -- Riddles -- Herbs -- Weather-Lore -- Bird-Lore -- Food in Olden Times -- Festival Customs -- Old Irish Tales -- Potato Crop -- Care of Our Farm Animals -- Local Fairs -- Hurling and Football Matches -- Local Forge -- Bread -- Buying and Selling -- Old Graveyards -- Old Houses -- Clothes Made Locally -- Care of the Feet -- Song -- Churning -- Strange Animals -- My Home District -- Emblems of Value -- Night of the Big Wind -- Local Forts -- Fairies -- Religious Stories -- Candle-Making in Olden Times -- Local Patron Saint -- Holy Wells -- Name of Fields / Kelly, Eilish -- My Home District / Kelly, Eilish -- Names of Fields / Kelly, May -- My Home District / Kelly, May -- Names of Fields / Sheridan, Julia -- Names of Fields / Donohoe, Eileen -- My Home District / Donohoe, Eileen -- Names of Fields / Leathem, Molly -- My Home District / Leathem, Molly -- Names of Fields / Conaty, Barney -- My Home District / Conatey, Barney -- Names of Fields / Kelly, Sean -- My Home District / Kelly, Sean -- Name of Fields / Maguire, Rita -- My Home District / Maguire, Rita -- Names of Fields / Conaty, Patrick -- My Home District / Conaty, Patrick -- Names of Fields / Smith, Patrick -- My Home District / Smith, Patrick -- Names of Fields / Martin, Tommy -- My Home District / Martin, Tommy, 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.

A collection of folklore and local history stories from Miltown (B.) (school) (Milltown, Co. Dublin), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Pádhraic Mac Caoilte., Church Excavation -- Treasure Stories / Dowling, Noel -- Treasure Stories -- Treasure Stories / Jones, Gerard -- Treasure Stories / Kelly, Sean, 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.

A collection of folklore and local history stories from Stormanstown, Ardee (school) (Stormanstown, Co. Louth), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher P. Ó Ceallaigh., Weather-Lore -- Weather-Lore -- Proverbs -- Similes and Metaphors -- Riddles -- Stories Relating to Milk, Butter and Churning / Kearney, John -- Stories Relating to Milk, Butter and Churning / Murphy, Jamie -- Stories Relating to Milk, Butter and Churning / Murphy, Jamie -- Stories Relating to Milk, Butter and Churning / Kearney, Bridie -- Place Names - Townland of Rathory / Mathews, Berna -- Place Names - Roseybrook / Kearney, John -- Place Names - Tullakeel / Neill, Mae O' -- Place Names - Corstown Drumconrath / Murphy, Janie -- Place Names - Stormanstown / Halpenny, Alice -- Place Names - Charlestown / Taafe, Máirín -- Local Games - Clock / Murphy, Janey -- Local Games - Four Corners / Neill, Mae O' -- Local Games - The Little Ball of Blue / Taaffe, Máirín -- Blind-Man's-Buff / Halpenny, Alice -- Local Games - Rounders / Burns, Mattie -- Local Games - Buck / Kelly, Seán -- Local Games - Hide-And-Seek / Kearney, Bridie -- Local Games - Hopscotch / Breen, John -- Local Games - Colours / Mathews, Berna -- Local Games - Stuck / Gahon, Rosie Mc -- Local Games - Lazy Mary / Farrell, Pat -- Local Games - Button / Neill, Mae O' -- Local Games - Witch / Gahon, Rosie Mc -- Local Games - Catch / Halpenny, Larry -- Local Games - The Fox and the Chickens / Mathews, Berna -- Local Games - Hunt the Thimble / Kelly, Seán -- Local Games - Jack / Halpenny, Alice -- Local Games - Jack Stones / Ardle, Peadar Mc -- Local Games - Fair Rosa Slept a Hundred Years / Taaffe, Máirín -- Local Games - Basket of Flowers / Myles, Kevin -- Place Names - Pepperstown / Gahon, Rosie Mc -- Place Names - Cookstown / Breen, John -- Place Names - Coole / Burns, Mattie -- Place Names - Rogerstown / Myles, Kevin -- Place Names - Cardistown / Kelly, Seán -- My Home District - Corstown (Drumconrath) / Murphy, Janie -- My Home District - Tullakeel / Neill, Mae O' -- My Home District - Pepperstown / Gahon, Rosie Mc -- My Home District - Arthurstown / Mathews, Berna -- My Home District - Cardistown / Kelly, Seán -- My Home District - Glack / Halpenny, Alice -- My Home District - Cookstown / Breen, John -- My Home District - Charlestown / Taaffe, Máirín -- My Home District - Coole / Burns, Mattie -- My Home District - Roseybrook / Kearney, John -- Fairy Story / Neill, Mae O' -- You could bleed him with a straw! -- Old Houses / Kelly, Sean -- Tramps or Travelling Folk / Kelly, Seán -- Travelling Folk / Kearney, Bridie -- Travelling Folk / Halpenny, Alice -- Travelling Folk / Murphy, Janie -- Local Poets / Kelly, Seán -- Local Poets -- Local Poets / Kearney, John -- Local Poets -- Local Poets -- Local Poets / Kearney, Bridie -- Local Poets - The Coolamoney Turf Cadgers / Neill, Mae O' -- Fairy Forts / Kearney, Bridie -- Fairy Forts / Breen, John -- Fairy Forts / Kearney, John -- Fairy Forts / Gahon, Rosie Mc -- Fairy Forts / Murphy, Janie -- Fairy Forts / Burns, Mattie -- Fairy Forts / Halpenny, Alice -- Fairy Forts / Kelly, Seán -- Stories about Fairies / Farrell, Pat -- Stories about Fairies / Kearney, Bridie -- Stories about Fairies / Gahon, Rosie Mc -- Local Wit and Humour -- Local Wit and Humour -- Local Wit and Humour -- Local Wit and Humour -- Local Wit and Humour -- Local Wit and Humour -- Local Wit and Humour -- Local Wit and Humour -- Local Wit and Humour -- Local Wit and Humour -- Local Wit and Humour -- Local Wit and Humour -- Local Wit and Humour -- Local Wit and Humour / Ceallaigh, P. Ó -- Local Wit and Humour -- Geasa / #missing, -- Geasa, 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.

A collection of folklore and local history stories from Na Frasa (school) (Frosses, Co. Donegal), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Seán Mac Robhartaigh., My Native Parish / Hugh, Kathleen Mc -- Dermot and Grainne in the Parish of Inver / Hugh, Kathleen Mc -- Dysart / Hugh, Kathleen Mc -- Púca Chillín / Fhrighil, Máighread Ní / Harley, John -- Village of Frosses / Hugh, Bernadetta Mc -- Churn / Kelly, Sean -- Old Superstitions Regarding Cows and Milk -- St Naile's Church at Inver Naile -- My Own Townland / Diver, Patsy -- Cures / Diver, Patsy / Barry, Ciaran -- Eviction / Breslin, Michael -- Boxty / Hugh, Bernadetta Mc -- Sowens / Kelly, Sean -- Shrove Tuesday / Hugh, Bernadetta Mc -- Bonfire Night / Kelly, Sean -- Famine / Kelly, Mary -- St Peter's Island and St Peter's Well / Breslin, Michael -- St Naile / Kelly, Sean -- Church Pool at Inbhear Náile / Kelly, Sean -- Tobar Naile / Kelly, Sean -- Wakes / Kelly, Sean -- Frosses Church / Breslin, Michael / Kelly, Sean -- Games / Barry, Ita -- Without title / Kelly, Sean -- Rush Candles / Kelly, Sean -- Dress during Last Century / Kelly, Mary -- Scalan / Fhrighil, Máighread Ní -- Franciscans at Inver Náile / Kelly, Sean -- Dysart Estate / Hugh, Bernadetta Mc -- Poteen / Fhrighil, Máighread Ní -- Excavation at Coolum, Co. Donegal / Kelly, Sean -- Parish Priests of the Parish of Inver / Kelly, Sean -- Rí agus A Chuid Mac / Barra, Ciaran De -- Rí agus an Gadaí / Breslin, Míchéal O' -- Fear Cliste agus an Rí / Breisleáin, Mícheál Ó -- Oíche Lá Fhéile Bríde / Hugh, Bernadetta Mc -- Cuallacht Naomh Proinsias ag Inbhear Náile / Kelly, Sean -- Fionn agus Diarmuid i bParóiste Inbhir / Ceallaigh, Seán Ó -- Seán Bán / Breisleáin, Mícheál Ó -- Scéal / Ghiolla Cearra, Anna M. Nic, 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.

A collection of folklore and local history stories from Casán Leathan (Broadpath) (school) (Broadpath, Co. Donegal), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Pádraig Ó Cléirigh., Cures for Warts / Magee, Mary -- Cures for Warts / Gallagher, Frances -- Cures for Whooping-Cough / Toner, Francis Joseph -- Cures for Whooping-Cough / Magee, Mary -- Cure for Whooping-Cough / Donnell, Kathleen O' -- Cure for the Rose / Kelly, Sean -- Cure for Sprain -- Hidden Treasure / Mailey, Hugh -- Local Games / Magee, Mary -- Cat and Dog / Toner, Francis Joseph -- Skittles / Kelly, Brian -- Mass Rock / Peoples, Teresa -- Calls for Animals / Magee, Mary, 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.

A collection of folklore and local history stories from Scartaglen (school) (Scartaglin, Co. Kerry), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher D. Ó Dubháin., Hidden Treasure / Wynne, Christie -- Hidden Treasure / Casey, Michael -- Hidden Treasure / Griffin, Christy -- Hidden Treasure / Fitzgerald, Den Joe -- Hidden Treasure / Sullivan, Pat -- Hidden Treasure / Sullivan, Patrick P. -- Hidden Treasure / Leary, Michael -- Hidden Treasure / Kelly, Sean -- Hidden Treasure / Wynne, Pierce -- Hidden Treasure / Leary, Free -- Hidden Treasure / , Sonny -- Hidden Treasure / Prendiville, Bernard -- Hidden Treasure / Daly, David -- Hidden Treasure / Tangney, John Joe -- Hidden Treasure / Bastable, James -- Hidden Treasure / Kearney, Miceal -- Local Heroes / Wynne, Christie -- Local Heroes / Kelly, Sean -- Local Heroes / Leary, Humphrey O -- Local Heroes / Casey, Michael -- Local Heroes / Daly, David -- Local Heroes / Tangney, Nora -- Local Heroes / Tangney, John Joe -- Local Heroes / Kearney, Sonny -- Local Heroes / Prendiville, Bernard -- Local Heroes / Wynne, Pierce -- Local Heroes / Leary, Michael -- Local Heroes / Kearney, Michael -- Local Heroes -- Local Heroes / Kerin, Nora -- Local Heroes / , Nora -- Local Heroes / Hurley, Mrs -- Local Heroes / Connor, Mary -- Local Heroes / Sullivan, Kathleen -- Local Heroes / Buckley, Hannah -- Local Heroes / Daly, Bridget -- Local Heroes / Bastable, James -- Local Place Names / Wynne, Christie -- Local Place Names / Connor, Mary O -- Local Place Names / Sullivan, Kathleen -- Local Place Names / Kerin, Nora -- Local Place Names / Shine, Nora -- Local Place Names / Leary, Michael -- Local Place Names / Buckley, Hannah -- Local Place Names / Prendiville, Timy -- Local Place Names / Hurley, Mary -- Local Place Names / Kearney, Michael -- Local Place Names / Casey, Michael -- Local Place Names / Kelly, Sean -- Local Place Names / Prendiville, Bernard -- Local Place Names / Tangney, Nora -- Local Place Names / Leary, Michael -- Local Place Names / Kearney, Sonny -- Local Place Names / Daly, Bridig -- Local Place Names / Daly, David -- Weather-Lore / Wynne, Christie -- Weather-Lore / Casey, Michael -- Weather-Lore / Leary, Michael -- Weather-Lore / Kearney, Michael -- Weather-Lore / Kearney, Sonny -- Weather-Lore / Hurley, Mary -- Weather-Lore / Buckley, Hanna -- Weather-Lore / Sullivan, Kathleen -- Weather-Lore / Shine, Nora -- Weather-Lore / Kerin, Nora -- Weather-Lore / Wynne, Pierce -- Weather-Lore / Tangney, John Joe -- Weather-Lore / Prendiville, Timmy -- Weather-Lore / Daly, David -- Weather-Lore / Prendiville, Bernard -- Weather-Lore / Daly, Bridget -- Weather-Lore / Kelly, Seán -- Weather-Lore / Connor, Mary -- Local Cures / Wynne, Christie -- Local Cures / Sullivan, Kathleen -- Local Cures / Connor, Mary -- Local Cures / Kearney, Marcus -- Local Cures / Kearney, Mickie -- Local Cures / Wynne, Pierce -- Local Cures / Casey, Michael -- Local Cures / Tangney, Nora -- Severe Weather / Leary, Free -- Severe Weather / Sullivan, Kathleen -- Severe Weather / Casey, Michael -- Severe Weather / Leary, Michael -- Severe Weather / Griffin, Christy -- Severe Weather / Kearney, Mickie -- Severe Weather / Kerin, Nora -- Severe Weather / Tangney, John Joe -- Severe Weather / Wynne, Pierce -- Severe Weather / Shine, Nora -- Old Crafts / Leary, Free -- Old Crafts / Kearney, Marcus -- Old Crafts / Leary, Michael -- Old Crafts / Leary, Darby -- Old Crafts / Tangney, John Joe -- Old Crafts / Kerin, Nora -- Old Crafts -- Old Crafts -- Old Crafts / Griffin, Christy -- Old Crafts / Horgan, Nora -- Old Crafts / Daly, Brigid -- Old Crafts / Fitzgerald, Den Joe -- Old Crafts / Buckley, Mary -- Old Crafts / Tangney, Nora -- Old Crafts / Sullivan, Patrick P. O -- Old Crafts / Sullivan, Kathleen -- Old Crafts / Wynne, Christie, 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.

A collection of folklore and local history stories from An Lios Rua, Cill Mháille (school) (Lisroe, Co. Clare), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Eibhlín Ní Chonalláin., Hidden Treasure / Murphy, Bridget -- Discovery of a Chalice -- Discovery by Daniel Greene -- Ó Loingsigh Mór's Treasure -- Shrove Tide in Lisroe / Considine, Mina -- Weather Signs / Burke, Bridie -- Very near our school and on the top of the hill ... / Hehir, Nora -- Local Irish Place Names / Murphy, Bridget -- Home Industries - Woolen -- Linen Manufacture / Murphy, Bridget -- Candle-Making -- Basket-Making / Considine, Mina -- Lime-Burning / Eustace, Nora -- Rope-Making / Considine, Mina -- Hedge-Schools / Mhurchadha, Bríghid Ní -- Ancient Home Cures / Considine, Mina -- Wandering Tribes / Mhurchadha, Bríghid Ní -- Famine / Murphy, Bridget -- Toys / Chonsidín, Bríghid Ní -- Jack Lynch told me that their principal Winter pastime when he was young was the making of Potato guns... / Kelly, Sean -- During recreation time at school and when the long Summer evenings come... / Murphy, Bridget -- Churning / Murphy, Bridget -- Smith and his Forge / Mhurchadha, Bríghid Ní -- Care of the Feet / Choinsidín, Brighid Ní -- Clothes and their Making / Murphy, Bridget -- Meals in Ancient Times / Ceallaigh, Sean O -- Meals in Ancient Times / Mhurcadha, Bríghid Ní -- Bread / Considine, Mina -- Bowling / Murphy, Bridget -- Buying and Selling / Murphy, Bridget -- Our Graveyards / Considine, Mina -- Land Lord / Murphy, Bridget -- Wild Animals / Kelly, Sean, 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.

A collection of folklore and local history stories from Srath an Urláir (school) (Stranorlar, Co. Donegal), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Antoine Ó Tiománaidhe., Old Sayings and Superstitions / Flaherty, Frankie O' -- St Brigid's Well / Flaherty, Frankie O' -- Practices at Well -- Donegal Fairy Bush Mystery -- Story / Dermott, Gerald Mc -- Story / Dermott, Gerald Mc -- Story / Dermott, Gerald Mc -- Story / Dermott, Gerald Mc -- Story -- Story / Murphy, Patrick -- Signs of Weather / Murphy, Patrick -- Basket-Making / Mullin, Eunan Mc -- Abbey Well / Kelly, Sean -- Story / Murphy, Paddy -- Funny Story / Murphy, Paddy -- Funny Story / Dermott, Gerald Mc -- In the town of Ballybofey, Co Donegal lived a tailor, named Johnnie Reid. / Kelly, Sean -- Cures / Murphy, Paddy -- Town of Stranorlar, Co. Donegal / Timony, Anthony, 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.