1. Loch an Toirc
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Loch An Toirc, Mhuirgheasa, Gildea, Martin, Power, Martin, Lynch, Katie, Collins, Julia, Gildea, Brigit, Sullivan, James, Noonan, Johanna, Sullivan, Jim, Collins, Pat Joe, Comer, Brigid, Comar, Brigid, Hickey, Willie, Donnell, Lena O', Sullivan, Annie, Molloy, Mary F., Comar, Bridget, Gildea, Brigid, Molloy, Frances, and Sullivan, Áine
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Historic sites ,local legends ,Schools ,Verbal arts and literature ,Folk beliefs ,Traditional medicine ,Agriculture ,Supernatural beings ,Manners and customs ,Animal culture ,Birds ,Riddles ,Butter ,Recreation ,Cemeteries ,Occupations ,Marriage ,Potatoes ,Proverbs ,Folklore - Abstract
A collection of folklore and local history stories from Loch an Toirc (school) (Loughatorick South, Co. Galway), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Bean Uí Mhuirgheasa., Weather Signs / Gildea, Martin -- The old people tell alot of stories about fairies. / Power, Martin -- Description of an Old Disused Graveyard / Lynch, Katie -- Chapel that Was there Long Ago / Gildea, Martin -- Remains of a Chapel that Was here Long Ago / Collins, Julia -- Sleeping Place -- On the Sleepyplace / Gildea, Martin -- On the Sleepyplace / Gildea, Brigit -- Composition - On a Cave in Rhinenabochala / Sullivan, James -- Composition -- Schools in Old Times / Noonan, Johanna -- Schools in Old Times / Sullivan, Jim -- Old Schools / Gildea, Martin -- Biddy Early / Collins, Pat Joe -- Biddy Early / Sullivan, Jim -- Biddy Early / Noonan, Johanna -- Lake Dwellings or Crannoges / Sullivan, Jim -- Composition on Cranneoges or Lake Dwellings / Comer, Brigid -- Old Sayings / Comar, Brigid -- Old Customs / Noonan, Johanna -- Other Old Sayings / Hickey, Willie -- It is an old saying that much wants more. / Donnell, Lena O' -- Old Sayings / Noonan, Johanna -- Old Customs / Sullivan, James -- Old Customs / Comar, Brigid -- Old Customs / Power, Martin -- Riddles -- Riddles -- Riddles / Donnell, Lena O' -- Old Crafts / Comar, Brigid -- Old Crafts / Donnell, Lena O' -- Old Crafts / Sullivan, Annie -- Games and Plays / Molloy, Mary F. -- Taking a Man's Crop / Molloy, Mary F. -- Old Crafts / Gildea, Martin -- Games I Play / Donnell, Lena O' -- Old Place Names / Donnell, Lena O' -- Local Marriage Customs / Noonan, Johanna -- Bird-Lore / Noonan, Johanna -- Local Cures / Molloy, Mary F. -- Local Cures / Noonan, Johanna -- Local Cures / Collins, Julia -- Local Cures / Power, Martin -- Local Cures / Donnell, Lena O' -- Potato Crop / Hickey, Willie -- Potato Crops / Sullivan, Annie -- Potato Crop / Noonan, Johanna -- Potato Crop / Comar, Bridget -- Potato Crop / Molloy, Mary F. -- Potato Crops / Power, Martin -- Festival Customs / Sullivan, Jim -- Festival Customs / Donnell, Lena O' -- Festival Custom / Noonan, Johanna -- Festival Customs / Power, Martin -- Festival Customs / Gildea, Brigid -- Festival Customs / Comar, Brigid -- Festival Customs / Sullivan, Jim -- Festival Customs / Comar, Brigid -- Festival Customs -- Festival Customs / Noonan, Johanna -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Molloy, Frances -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Noonan, Johanna -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Gildea, Brigid -- Care of Farm Animals -- Churning / Sullivan, Áine -- Churning -- Making of Butter / Molloy, Mary F. -- Churning / Gildea, Brigid -- Churning / Noonan, Johanna, 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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