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A collection of folklore and local history stories from Clochar na Trócaire, Nenagh (school) (Nenagh, Co. Tipperary), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher An tSr. Seanán., Funny Stories - The Templeharry Ghost / Clandillon, Teresa -- Funny Stories - The Stranger and the Rent / Loughlin, Maura Mc -- Funny Stories - The Woman and the Flies / Hara, Sheila O' -- Funny Stories - Birth Certificate for a Rabbit! / Hara, Sheila O' -- Funny Stories - The Mason and the Whiskey / Corcoran, Olive -- Funny Stories - The Counting of the Eggs / Clandillon, Teresa -- Funny Stories - The Mistaken Father / Ryan, Alice -- Funny Stories - The Stars and Stripes / Cadell, Josie -- Funny Stories - A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two on the Bush / Cadell, Josie -- Funny Stories - Paddy's Idea of Speed / Ryan, Alice -- Funny Stories - Sailor Grace's Colour Scheme / Clandillon, Miss Teresa -- Funny Stories - The Winter Cuckoo / Ryan, Joan -- Funny Stories - Kindly Call Back for the Hat / Craith, Geraldine Mc -- Funny Stories - The Illiterate Man and His Companion / Loughlin, Maura Mc -- Funny Stories - Caught in His Own Trap / Cooney, May -- Funny Stories - Raining Green Peas / Keogh, Nora -- Fairy Stories - The Mysterious Woman / Cooney, May -- Fairy Stories - The Fairy-Pass of Knockshegowna / Keogh, Nora -- Fairy Stories - The Haunted House of Ardcrony / Craith, Geraldine Mc -- Fairy Stories - The Haunted House of Clonolohan / Craith, Geraldine Mc -- Fairy Stories - The Haunted House of Killea / Craith, Geraldine Mc -- Fairy Stories - The Fairy Fort of Kilbarn / Ryan, Madeline -- Fairy Stories - The Mysterious Hare / Ryan, Madeline -- Fairy Stories - The Poor Man and the Shilling / Hassey, Teresa -- Fairy Stories - The Man in the Fairy Fort / Hassey, Teresa -- Fairy Stories - Troubled with the Good People / Craith, Geraldine Mc -- Fairy Stories - The Bawn Ghost / Spearman, Maureen -- Fairy Stories - The Red-Haired Woman / Keogh, Nora -- Fairy Stories - The Thorn from a Fairy Fort / Keogh, Nora -- Fairy Stories - The Family Who Could Not Churn / Keogh, Nora -- Fairy Stories - Taken by the Fairies / Clandillon, Teresa -- Fairy Stories - Penalty for Watching a Fairy Dance / Clandillon, Teresa -- Fairy Stories - The Daisies in the Fairy Fort / Cadell, Josie -- Fairy Stories - The Penalty of Interfering with a Fort / Ryan, Alice -- Fairy Stories - Con's Encounter with the Fairies / Hayes, Ita -- Fairy Stories - Biddy Earley -- Place Names - Glenkeen / Craith, Geraldine Mc -- Place Names - Tullaheady / Reynolds, Nellie -- Place Names - Hogan's Pass / Langton, Mary -- Place Names - The Haunted Hill / Grath, Patricia Mc -- Place Names - The Graveyard of the Leinstermen / Loughlin, Maura Mc -- Place Names - Annabrook / Loughlin, Maura Mc -- Place Names - Ardcrony / Kennedy, Mary -- Place Names - Hogan's Pass / Kennedy, Mary -- Place Names - Lough Fada / Kennedy, Mary -- Place Names - Loch Eorna / Langton, Mary -- Place Names - Gortlandroe / Kearns, Una -- Place Names / Kearns, Una -- Place Names - Names of Fields / Ryan, Joan -- Place Names - Names of Fields / Langton, Mary -- Place Names - Field Names / Ryan, Madeline -- Place Names - Names of Fields / Kennedy, Mary -- Place Names - Names of Fields / Hogan, Sheila -- Place Names and Names of Fields / Loughlin, Maura Mc -- Place Names - Garryphilip / Slattery, Ita -- Place Names - The Strayaway Fort / Slattery, Ita -- Place Names - Mackey's Flat / Spearman, Maureen -- Place Names - Judy's Fort / Spearman, Maureen -- Place Names - The Brick Field / Spearman, Maureen -- Place Names - The Robber's Bush / Reynolds, Nellie -- Place Names - Beggar's Seat / Craith, Geraldine Mc -- Place Names - Druid's Altar / Craith, Geraldine Mc -- Place Names - Names of Fields / Keogh, Nora -- Place Names - Names of Fields / Hayes, Ita -- Local Crafts / Grath, Patricia Mc -- Local Crafts - How Nails Were Made / Grath, Patricia Mc / Spearman, Maureen -- Local Crafts - How a Wheel is Made / Corcoran, Olive -- Local Crafts - How Whips Were Made / Clandillon, Teresa -- Local Crafts - Spinning / Hackett, Teresa -- Burning of Lime / Ryan, Joan -- Local Crafts - The Tyone Iron Works / Hackett, Teresa -- Local Crafts - The Mineral Waters / Loughlin, Maura Mc -- Local Weather-Lore / Cadell, Josie -- Local Crafts - The Cosmetic Factory, Island Bawn / Clandillon, Teresa -- Local Crafts - The Barlite Factory / Ryan, Madeline -- Festival Customs / Loughlin, Maura Mc -- Festival Customs / Quinn, Maura -- Festival Customs / Clandillon, Teresa -- Festival Customs / Grath, Patricia Mc -- Hidden Treasures (Gold) / Hara, Sheila O' -- Hidden Treasures - Gold in Ballinahinch / Kennedy, Mary -- Hidden Treasures - A Treasure in Clash / Keogh, Nora -- Hidden Treasures - Silver at Cragg Hill / Mulcahy, Margaret -- Hidden Treasures - Sacred Vessels at Casey's Cross / Spearman, Maureen -- Hidden Treasures - The Little Pink Cushion -- Hidden Treasures - Discovery of Lead and Gold / Ryan, Joan -- Historical Tradition - The Land Wars / Loughlin, Maura Mc -- Historical Tradition - Black '47 / Hackett, Teresa -- Historical Tradition - Cromwellian Period (Paddy Pretty) / Ryan, Brigid -- Historical Tradition - Crushaney (Cromwellian Period) / Grath, Patricia Mc -- Historical Tradition - The Penal Times / Costello, Kathleen -- Historical Tradition - The Land War / Craith, Geraldine Mc -- Historical Tradition - Cromwellian Period / Ryan, Madeline -- Historical Tradition - The Penal Days / Hogan, Sheila -- Historical Tradition - The Famine in Nenagh / Hogan, Sheila -- Historical Tradition - Cromwell, Crushaney Version II / Cadell, Josie -- Historical Tradition - Cromwellian Period / Ryan, Alice -- Historical Tradition - Cromwell (A Shoemaker) / Corcoran, Olive -- Historical Tradition - The Famine / Reynolds, Nellie -- Historical Tradition - Cromwell (Crushaney Version III) / Cooney, May -- Historical Tradition - Hedge-Schools / Cooney, May -- Historical Tradition - Hedge-Schools / Ryan, Madeline -- Historical Tradition - Hedge-Schools / Slattery, Ita -- Local Cures / Langton, Mary -- Local Cures / Hogan, Sheila -- Local Cures / Corcoran, Olive -- Local Cures / Slattery, Ita -- Local Cures / Cadell, Josie -- Local Cures / Quinn, Maura -- Local Cures / Loughlin, Maura Mc -- Local Cures / Hayes, Ita -- Local Prayers / Hassey, Teresa -- Local Beliefs / Hogan, Sheila -- Local Beliefs / Ryan, Alice -- Local Beliefs / Hassey, Teresa -- Local Cures / Hayes, Ita, 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 Gleann (school) (Glen, Co. Sligo), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Proinnsias Ó Ciaráin., Hidden Treasures / Kearns, Lily -- Hidden Treasure / Conlon, Maura -- Hidden Treasure / Kearns, Una -- Hidden Treasure / Manus, Kathleen Mc -- Local Heroes / Manus, Kathleen Mc -- Local Heroes / Conlon, Maureen -- Local Heroes / Corcoran, Rita -- Local Heroes / Conway, Lizzie -- Local Heroes / Kerins, Lily -- Local Cures / Conlon, Maureen -- Local Cures / Manus, Kathleen Mc -- Local Cures / Manus, John Mc -- Local Cures / Kerins, Lily -- Fairy Forts / Manus, Kathleen Mc -- Fairy Forts / Conlon, Maureen -- Fairy Forts / Conway, Lizzie -- Fairy Forts / Kerins, Lily -- Local Marriage Customs / Manus, Kathleen Mc -- Marriage Customs in My District / Kerins, Lily -- Marriage Customs in My District / Manus, Kathleen Mc -- Marriage Customs in My District / Horan, Enda -- Marriage Customs / Kerins, Lily -- Travelling Folk / Horan, Eva -- Travelling Folk / Horan, Enda -- Travelling Folk / Keon, Joe Mc -- Potato Crop / Conway, Lizzie -- Potato Crop / Conlon, Maureen -- Potato Crop / Kerins, Lily -- Potato Crop / Conlon, Patricia -- Local Roads / Horan, Enda -- Local Roads / Conway, Lizzie -- Local Roads / Kerins, Lily -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Corcoran, Nano -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Conway, Lizzie -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Keon, Martha Mc -- Care of the Feet / Corcoran, Nano -- Care of the Feet / Keon, Martha Mc -- Care of the Feet / Conway, Lizzie -- Food in Olden Times / Horan, Enda -- Food in Olden Times / Keon, Martha Mc -- Food in Olden Times / Reilly, Mary O' -- Bread in Olden Times / Currid, Patrick -- Bread in Olden Times / Corcoran, Nano -- Bread in Olden Times / Horan, Enda -- Old Houses / Conway, Lizzie -- Old Houses / Conlon, Patrica -- Old Houses / Kerins, Una -- Buying and Selling / Horan, Enda -- Buying and Selling / Keon, Martha Mc -- Buying and Selling / Conlon, Josephine -- Buying and Selling / Conlon, Maureen -- Leipreachán / Keon, Martha Mc -- Weather-Lore / Corcoran, Nano -- Weather-Lore / Conlon, Josephine -- Weather-Lore / Kerins, Una -- Weather-Lore / Keon, Martha Mc -- Leipreachán / Conway, Lizzie -- Emblems and Objects of Value / Horan, Enda -- Emblems and Objects of Value / Conway, Lizzie -- Emblems and Objects of Value / Reily, May O' -- Riddles / Conway, Lizzie -- Riddles / Corcoran, Nano -- Riddles / Conlon, Josephine -- Riddles / Horan, Eva -- Customs of Halloween / Keon, Martha Mc -- Churning / Conlon, Johanna -- Churning / Conlon, Patricia -- Old Crafts - Spinning and Weaving / Conlon, Maureen -- Old Crafts - Lime-Kilns / Keon, Martha Mc -- Old Crafts - Nail-Making / Horan, Enda -- Old Crafts - Wood-Work / Corcoran, Nano -- Old Crafts - Nail-Making / Currid, Paddy -- Old Crafts - Shoemaking / Conway, Lizzie -- Old Crafts - Rope-Making / Keon, Joe Mc -- Old Crafts - Candle-Making -- Old Crafts - Basket-Making / Brehony, Margaret -- Herbs and Weeds / Conlon, Johanna -- Herbs / Keon, Martha Mc -- Herbs / Corcoran, Nano -- Herbs and Weeds / Reilly, Mary O' -- Herbs and Weeds / Horan, Enda -- Bird-Lore / Conlon, Maureen -- Bird-Lore / Keon, Martha Mc -- Local Landlords / Corcoran, Nano -- Local Landlords / Conlon, Maureen -- Local Landlords / Keon, Joe Mac -- Funny Story / Reilly, Mary O' -- Funny Story / Conway, Lizzie -- Hedge-Schools / Conlon, Joan -- My Home District / Kerins, Una -- My Home District / Horan, Enda -- My Home District / Corcoran, Nano -- My Home District / Duggan, Maura, 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.