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A collection of folklore and local history stories from Effernan, Cill an Dísirt (school) (Effernan, Co. Clare), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Seán de Nógla., Hidden Treasure - Aylroe Bridge / Reidy, Michael -- Hidden Treasure - Aylroe Hill / Reidy, Michael -- O'Dea's Fort / Mahon, John Mac -- Hollaran's Field / Mann, Michael -- Morgan's Hill / Mann, Michael -- John Quin's Fort / Taylor, Laura -- Houlihan's Fort / Dundon, Bridie -- Funny Stories - Erribul Fort / Reidy, Michael -- Enchanted Hare / Reidy, Michael -- Churn / Reidy, Michael -- Dead Boy / Reidy, Michael -- Inch House / Mann, Michael -- Island Boat / Mann, Michael -- Long ago there was a man going around pretending to be able to cure sick people / Mann, Michael -- Cricket's Funeral / Cunningham, Thomas -- There was a man living in Gortglass and he was going to dances every night / Cunningham, Thomas -- One day a man of the Conways was fishing in Gortglass / Cunningham, Thomas -- About a hundred years ago there lived in the loaclity an old couple in poverty in a small house / Griffin, Gerald -- There was once a man and he was sitting by the fire with his wife and children / Mahon, John Mac -- About ninety years ago there lived a young man in this locality called Paddy Sullivan / Griffin, Gerald -- Once upon a time there was a man and his son. / Griffin, Gerald -- There was a woman in Kilmihil and she was very sick and this day she had to send for the doctor and the doctor came and he sent the man of the house off for the bottle / Neenan, Sinon -- There was once an old man and he wennt into a house one night and he asked for lodging / Neenan, Sinon -- Once there was two sisters, and they got married. / Moloney, Sinon -- Once upon a time there lived a doctor and his son. / Moloney, Sinon -- There once was a husband and wife, they lived happily together and they had alot of money. / Namara, Aggie Mac -- There once was a husband and wife and they had two children, one of which was very young and the other was walking. / Namara, Aggie Mac -- Time / Taylor, Laura -- Tom's New Suit / Taylor, Laura -- Fairies / Taylor, Laura -- There was a rich gentleman there long ago and there was a poor man there also / Dundon, Bridie -- One day there was a poor man going along the road and he was very thirsty / Dundon, Bridie -- In the townland of Erribul there lived a man named Michael Houlihan / Houlihan, Mary -- One night John Murphy and his wife Mary were conversing about the fair that was to be held the next day at Kildysart / Houlihan, Mary -- Once there was a man living near Kildysart / Namara, Mary Mc -- There was a boy living near Labasheeda / Namara, Mary Mc -- One night about eight years ago there was a man living down in Cahercon convent / Mann, Bridget -- One night there was a man coming from his cúaird at twelve o clock / Mann, Bridget -- About twelve years ago two boys named Thomas Crowley and James Crowley of Slievedooley were coming home from their cúaird one night / Foley, Mary -- There were once two brothers and one day they went to the well and one brother said to the other that he should go away and earn his living / Foley, Mary -- One day a little girl was going to see her grandmother. / Brien, Mary O' -- Long ago there was a horse, She was eating grass outside a lake / Finucane, Margaret -- Riddles -- Puzzles -- Weather Signs -- Famous Men -- Accidents -- Old Schools -- Old Trades -- Marriages -- Stories of Penal Days -- Wild Animals -- Cures -- Travelling People -- Forts -- Games -- Slievedooly -- Booltydoolan -- Blessed Wells -- Potatoes -- Customs -- Farm Animals -- Care of the Feet -- Story -- Food Long Ago -- Football and Hurling -- Buying and Selling -- Old Houses -- Churchyard -- Crosses -- Herbs and Branches, 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.