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A collection of folklore and local history stories from Baile an Droichid (Ballindrait) (school) (Tamnawood, Co. Donegal), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Máire Bean Mhic Cleantóige., Local Cures - The Whitlow / Gonigle, Ruby Mc -- Croghan Hill / Gonigle, Ruby Mc -- Rossgier / Gonigle, Ruby Mc -- Cavanacor / Gonigle, Ruby Mc -- Stumpy's Brae / Smyth, Eileen -- Fairies / Holmes, Peggy, 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 Cormeen (school) (Cormeen, Co. Meath), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Brian T. Ó Dubhláin., Hidden Treasure / Smyth, Eileen -- Hidden Treasure / Carroll, Annie -- Hidden Treasure / Daly, Eileen -- Hidden Treasure / Lynch, Kathleen -- In Parish of Moynalty / Carolan, Peggie -- Hidden Treasure / Reilly, Jim -- Funny Story / Smyth, Eileen -- Funny Story / Carroll, Annie -- Funny Story / Cooke, Ella -- Funny Story / Brogan, Michael -- Collection of Riddles / Smyth, Eileen -- Collection of Riddles / Brogan, Michael -- Collection of Riddles / Carroll, Annie -- A Collection of Riddles / Smyth, Michael -- Weather-Lore / Smyth, Eileen -- Weather-Lore / Smyth, Michael -- Weather-Lore / Cooke, Ella -- Local Heroes / Daly, J. -- Local Happenings / Reilly, Patricia O' -- Local Happenings / Carroll, Annie -- Local Happenings / Carolan, Michael -- Severe Weather / Smyth, Eileen -- Severe Weather / Carroll, Annie -- Severe Weather / Gargan, Thomas -- Old Schools / Smyth, Michael -- Old Schools / Carolan, Michael -- Old Schools / Smyth, Ted -- Old Schools / Carolan, Peggie -- Old Crafts / Cooke, Vera -- Old Crafts / Carroll, Annie -- Old Crafts / Gargan, Thomas -- Local Marriage Customs / Carolan, Una -- Local Marriage Customs / Lynch, Kathleen -- Local Marriage Customs / Carroll, Annie -- Local Marriage Customs / Gargan, Thomas -- In the Penal Times / Carolan, Peggie -- In the Penal Times / Carolan, Una -- In the Penal Times / Lynch, Kathleen -- In the Penal Times / Carolan, Michael -- In the Penal Times / Smyth, Angela -- Local Place Names / Brogan, Michael -- Local Place Names / Carolan, Una -- Local Place Names / Guinness, John Mc -- Local Place Names / Cooke, Ella -- Local Place Names / Smyth, Angela -- Local Place Names / Skelly, Philomena -- Bird-Lore / Smyth, Lena -- Bird-Lore / Brogan, Michael -- Bird-Lore / Carolan, Michael -- Local Cures / Smyth, Lena -- Local Cures / Gargan, Thomas -- Local Cures / Lynch, Kathleen -- Local Cures / Smyth, Ted -- Homemade Toys / Lynch, Kathleen -- Homemade Toys / Gargan, Thomas -- Homemade Toys / Daly, Eileen -- Lore of Certain Days / Carolan, Peggie -- Lore of Certain Days / Gargan, Thomas -- Lore of Certain Days / Smyth, Michael -- Lore of Certain Days / Smyth, Eileen -- Travelling Folk / Skelly, Philomena -- Travelling Folk / Reilly, Rose -- Travelling Folk / Carroll, Annie -- Fairy Forts / Smyth, Lena -- Fairy Forts / Smyth, Paddy -- Fairy Forts / Carolan, Peggie -- Fairy Forts / Reilly, Rose -- Fairy Forts / Cabe, Joan Mc -- Fairy Forts / Carroll, Annie -- Local Poets / Carolan, Peggie -- Local Poets / Carroll, Annie -- Local Poets / Brogan, Michael -- Local Poets / Daly, Eileen -- Famine Times / Carolan, Peggie -- Famine Times / Lynch, Kathleen -- Famine Times / Dolan, Pat -- Famine Times / Guinness, John Mc -- Games I Play / Carolan, Peggie -- Games I Play / Lynch, Angela -- Games I Play / Lynch, Kathleen -- Games I Play / Smyth, Ted -- Local Roads / Smyth, Angela -- Local Roads / Smyth, Ted -- Local Roads / Smyth, Lena -- Local Roads / Gargan, Michael -- My Home District / Smyth, Ted -- My Home District / Carroll, Annie -- My Home District / Smyth, Lena -- Our Holy Wells / Lynch, Kathleen -- Our Holy Wells / Carolan, Peggie -- Herbs / Carolan, Una -- Herbs / Smyth, Lena -- Herbs / Carroll, Annie -- Potato Crop / Carolan, Peggie -- Potato Crop / Reilly, Joe -- Local Forge / Gargan, Thomas -- Local Forge -- Proverbs / Smyth, Eileen -- Proverbs / Cooke, Ella -- Proverbs / Smyth, Angela -- Proverbs / Reilly, Patricia O' -- Festival Customs / Gargan, Thomas -- Festival Customs / Brogan, Michael -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Cooke, Ella -- Churning / Reilly, Rose -- Churning / Reilly, Joe -- Care of the Feet / Gargan, Thomas -- Care of the Feet / Reilly, Joe -- Clothes Made Locally / Reilly, Joe -- Clothes Made Locally / Gargan, Michael -- Stories of the Holy Family / Reilly, Joe -- Stories of the Holy Family / Smyth, Larry -- Local Patron Saint / Carolan, Peggie -- Local Fairs / Reilly, Joe -- Landlord / Carolan, Peggie -- Hurling and Football Matches / Smyth, Mat -- Old Story / Carolan, Peggie -- Old Story / Carroll, Annie -- Old Story / Lynch, Kathleen -- Old Irish Tales / Carroll, Annie, 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 Corlurgan (school) (Corlurgan, Co. Cavan), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher F. Fletcher., My Home District -- Home Thoughts / Reilly, Una -- My Home District / Hyland, Kathleen -- Old Stories about My Home District / Smyth, Eileen -- My Home District / Smyth, Anna -- Fairy Forts / Smyth, Eileen -- Fairy Forts / Smyth, Anna -- Fairy Forts / Flood, Eugene -- Potato Crops / Flood, Eugene -- Collection of Riddles / Flood, Eugene -- Collection of Riddles / Smyth, Anna -- Funny Story / Flood, Eugene -- Collection of Riddles / Hyland, Kathleen -- Old Crafts / Hyland, Kathleen -- Thatching in this District / Flood, Eugene -- Pottery-Making / Flood, Eugene -- Old Graveyards -- Old Graveyards / Smyth, Ella -- Potato Crop / Smyth, Eileen -- Churning / Smyth, Eileen -- Collection of Riddles / Smyth, Eileen -- Local Forge / Smyth, Eileen -- Bread / Smyth, Eileen -- Care of the Feet / Smyth, Eileen -- Old Crafts / Smyth, Eileen -- Local Ruins / Flood, Eugene -- Local Forge / Flood, Eugene -- Old Graveyards / Flood, Eugene -- Care of the Feet / Flood, Eugene -- Bread / Flood, Eugene -- Leipreachán / Flood, Eugene -- Old Graveyards / Hyland, Kathleen -- Old Schools / Smyth, Ella -- Bread / Hyland, Kathleen -- Old Place Names / Smyth, Patrick -- Local Place Names / Brady, Phil -- Care of Farm Animals / Reilly, Una -- Local Ruins / Reilly, Una -- Local Cures / Hyland, Kathleen -- Collection of Riddles / Reilly, Una -- Local Cures / Johnston, Isabella -- Lore of Certain Days / Reilly, Una -- Riddles / Brady, Phil -- Weather-Lore / Reilly, Una -- Local Marriage Customs / Reilly, Una -- Severe Weather -- Fairy Forts / Hyland, Kathleen -- Funny Story / Hyland, Kathleen -- Old Schools / Reilly, Una -- Old Houses / Reilly, Una -- Old Irish Tales / Hyland, Kathleen, 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 Edenmore, Ballinamuck (school) (Edenmore, Co. Longford), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Réid., Hidden Treasure / Duignan, Annie / Smyth, Eileen -- Hidden Treasure / Smyth, Eileen / Smyth, Mary Anne -- Hidden Treasure / Smyth, Eileen / Nerney, Teresa Mc -- Hidden Treasure / Smyth, Eileen / Nerney, Teresa Mc -- Hidden Treasure / Smyth, Eileen / Kiernan, Rose -- Swift Runners / Duignan, Annie / Kiernan, Rose -- Irish Folklore / Duignan, Annie / Smyth, Mary Ann -- Irish Folklore / Duignan, Annie / Smyh, Eileen -- Irish Folklore / Keohane, Jenny -- Irish Folklore / Keohane, Jenny -- Irish Folklore / Kiernan, Rose -- Swift Men / Reynolds, Bridget -- Great Burnings / Reynolds, Bridget -- Old Schools / Reynolds, Bridget -- Local Marriage Customs / Kiernan, Rose -- Local Marriage Customs / Jobe, Margaret -- Penal Days / Smyth, Eileen / Nerney, Maisie Mc -- Bird-Lore / Smyth, Eileen / Nerney, Maisie Mc -- Local Cures / Smyth, Eileen / Nerney, Maisie Mc -- Holy Wells / Smyth, Eileen / Nerney, Maisie Mc -- Local Cures / Keohane, Jenny -- Games / Keohane, Jenny -- Great Burnings / Smyth, Mary Ann -- Bird-Lore / Smyth, Mary Ann / Nerney, Maisie Mc -- Penal Days / Nerney, Maisie Mc / Smyth, Mary Ann -- Games I Play / Nerney, Maisie Mc / Smyth, Mary Ann -- Homemade Toys / Nerney, Maisie Mc / Harte, Brigid -- Fairy Forts / Nerney, Maisie Mc / Harte, Brigid -- Local Roads / Nerney, Maisie Mc / Harte, Brigid -- Marriage Customs / Mulligan, Ellie / Sheridan, Peter -- Penal Times / Sheridan, Peter / Mulligan, Ellie -- Local Cures / Sheridan, Peter / Mulligan, Ellie -- Bird-Lore / Sheridan, Peter / Mulligan, Ellie -- Holy Well Cures / Sheridan, Peter / Mulligan, Ellie -- Fairy Forts / Jobe, Margaret -- Holy Wells - Cures / Jobe, Margaret -- Local Cures / Jobe, Margaret -- Bird-Lore / Jobe, Margaret -- Old Schools / Jobe, Margaret -- Fairy Forts / Keohane, Jenny -- Great Burnings / Keohane, Jenny -- Local Marriages / Keohane, Jenny -- Great Burnings / Kiernan, Rose / Keohane, Jenny -- Old Schools / Kiernan, Rose / Keohane, Jenny -- Bird-Lore / Kiernan, Rose / Keohane, Jenny -- Homemade Toys / Reynolds, Bridget / Keohane, Jenny -- Collection of Special Prayers / Smyth, Eileen -- Religious Stories / Sheridan, Peter / Smyth, Eileen -- Old Graveyards / Seery, Bridie / Smyth, Eileen -- Leprechaun / Nerney, Annie Mc / Smyth, Eileen, 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 Keelagh (school) (Keelagh, Co. Cavan), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Ellen Reilly., Story / Reilly, Hugh -- Story / Smyth, Eileen -- Story / Tully, Francis -- Story / Murphy, Katie -- Story -- Story / Dowd, Paul A. -- Story / Lynch, Katie -- Story / Donald, B. Mc -- Local Happenings / Smyth, Eileen -- Riddles / Leonard, Charles -- Story / Conaty, Thomas -- Story / Donald, Kathleen Mc -- Story / Lynch, Katie -- Riddles / Smith, Eileen -- Local Marriage Customs / Smyth, Eileen -- Local Cures / Smyth, Eileen -- Weather-Lore / Smyth, Eileen -- Story / Smith, Eileen -- Forts / Murphy, Katie -- Local Marriage Customs / Murphy, Katie -- Local Cures / Murphy, Katie -- Weather-Lore -- Local Marriage Customs / Reilly, Hugh -- Homemade Toys / Reilly, Hugh -- Famine / Leonard, Charles -- Forts / Leonard, Charles -- Churning / Donald, Kathleen Mc -- My Home District / Smyth, Eileen -- Forges / Smyth, Eileen -- Weather-Lore / Donald, Brigid Mc -- Story / Donald, Brigid Mc -- Story / Donald, Brigid Mc -- Local Cures / Donald, Brigid Mc -- Local Songs / Smyth, Eileen -- Riddles / Tully, Francis -- Care of the Feet / Smith, Eileen -- Famine Times / Smyth, Eileen -- Landlords / Smyth, Eileen -- Story / Smyth, Eileen -- Travelling Folk / Smyth, Eileen -- Care of Feet / Donald, Kathleen Mc -- Forges / Donald, Kathleen Mc -- Clothes Made Locally / Donald, Kathleen Mc -- My Home District / Donald, Kathleen Mc -- Famine / Donald, Kathleen Mc -- Travelling Folk / Donald, Kathleen Mc -- Landlords / Donald, Kathleen Mc -- My Irish Motor Car / Donald, Kathleen Mc -- Story / Dowd, Paul -- Story / Dowd, Paul -- Riddles / Dowd, Paul -- Weather-Lore / Dowd, Paul -- Local Marriage Customs / Dowd, Paul A. -- Travelling Folk / Dowd, Paul -- My Native District / Dowd, Paul -- Landlordism / Dowd, Paul -- Old Song / Dowd, Paul A. -- Travelling Folk / Lynch, Katie -- Forts / Lynch, Katie -- Local Marriage Customs / Lynch, Katie -- Local Cures / Lynch, Katie -- Local Happenings / Lych, Katie -- Forts / Donald, Brigid Mc -- Travelling People / Donald, Brigid Mc -- Churning / Donald, Brigid Mc -- Care of Feet / Donald, Brigid Mc -- Forge / Donald, Brigid Mc -- My Townland / Donald, Brigid Mc -- Landlord / Donald, B. Mc -- Churning / Lynch, Katie -- Care of Feet / Lynch, Katie -- Forts / Smyth, Eileen -- Churning / Smyth, Eileen -- Food / Dowd, Paul -- Old Song / Dowd, Paul A. -- This Hut / Dowd, Paul A. -- Modern Poetry / Conaty, Thomas -- Prayers / Reilly, Ellen -- Skibbereen / Donald, Bridget Mc -- Bread / Reilly, Ellen, 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.