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A collection of folklore and local history stories from Doire Liath (school) (Derrylea, Co. Mayo), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Seosamh Ó Cuanaigh., Béaloideas / Fhathaigh, Colette Ní -- The village of Johnstown was owned by a gentleman named John, and when he was dying he requested the village be called after him and it is called to this day Johnstown. / Fhathaigh, Colette Ní -- There is a man in our village named Pat Byrne and he is a weaver. / Dhallán, Máire Cáit Ní -- Once a man named Pat Moore dreamed that he and his neighbour went to a certain spot in our field and they got a pot of gold after digging for some time. / Kearns, Patrick -- There is a sandpit in our field and this sandpit is called Clas an tSagairt and it is said that priests hid in it in the Penal days. / Kerins, P. -- One night as my grandmother's father was coming home across the fields from his brother's house he saw something bright like a coal of fire in the middle of the field. / Kerins, P. -- Long ago the people lived in a more homely way than nowadays. / Kerins, P. -- Three hundred years ago there was a battle in the village of Redford. / Walsh, Mary -- There was a church on the righthand side of the road as you are going into Michael Loftus' field / Molloy, Pat -- Once there were a man and his wife living in Levallyroe. His name was James Loftus. / Delaney, Eileen -- There is a graveyard in Derryhog for burying unbaptised children. / Fahey, Colette -- Portach Pheadair srl. / Kerins, Paddy -- There was once a church on the right-hand side of the road as you are going down, in Michael Loftus's field. / Cruise, Francis / Bhróin, Máire Ní -- There was once a cave in Doyle's field. / Cruise, Francis / Bhróin, Máire Ní -- There was a man in Gurteen called Loftus. / Cruise, Francis / Bhróin, Máire Ní -- There is a field in Loftus' land in Gurteen and there is a pot of gold hid in it. / Cruise, Francis / Bhróin, Máire Ní -- Gairdín na Lochán / Cruise, Francis / Bhróin, Máire Ní -- Long ago people used to make oaten meal cakes and Indian meal cakes and they used to bake them on griddles and they used to bake enough at a time to do them for three days. / Cruise, Francis / Bhróin, Máire Ní -- One night a vision came to John Freston of Cottage and told him that he would get a pot of gold in Walshe's hill at the back of Waldrons' forge in Johnstown. / Bhróin, Máire Ní -- In Freeley's field there is a high hill called Dun Fúar. / Léighin, Micheál Ó / Bhróin, Máire Ní -- Páirc an Ghabha / Léighin, Micheál Ó / Bhróin, Máire Ní -- There was a school in Mick Cone's field. / Bhreathneach, Máire / Bhróin, Máire Ní -- Prayers / Bheirn, Máire Ní -- Long ago the houses were not built the same as they are now. / Lyons, Eileen -- We have a churn at home. / Delaney, Mary Kate / Dubhsláine, Máire Ní -- There is a ruin in Johnstown and it is said that Mass was said there long ago. / Bheirn, Máire Ní -- Michael Freeley in Brackloon was a very strong man. / Leighin, Eibhlín Ní -- Once there lived a man in Kiltullagh. / Fahey, Colette -- Patrick Ownes of Logboy was the best mower around this district. / Leighin, Micheál Ó -- There was once a woman named Mary Joyce who was Luck Moore's great grandmother / Dallán, Máire Ní -- Great Mowers / Dallán, Máire Ní -- Great Dancers / Dallán, Máire Ní -- Singers and Storytellers / Dallán, Máire Ní -- In 1839 there was a fierce wind. / Dallán, Máire Ní -- The commonest birds of this district are:- the robin, the sparrow, the wren, the swallow, the blackbird, the goldfinch, the seagull, the crow, and the curlew. / Céirín, Pádraig Ó, 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.