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Scrabagh

Authors :: Scrabagh
Ffrench, Mrs Rose
Caslin, Teresa
Caslin, Emily
Bambrick, Tony
Beirne, Annie O'
Rogers, Helen
Greene, Michael
Glancy, John
Beirne, Annie Teresa O'
Beirne, Annie T. O'
Beirne, Thomas
Duignan, Margaret
Conlon, Patrick
School Children
Beirne, Thomas O'
Greene, Mick
Beirne, Vincent O'
Publication Year :: 1937
Publisher :: National Folklore Collection, University College Dublin, 1937.
Abstract: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Scrabagh (school) (Scrabbagh, Co. Roscommon), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Mrs Rose Ffrench.<br />My Home District / Caslin, Teresa -- Hidden Treasures / Caslin, Emily -- Local Cures -- A Funny Story / Bambrick, Tony -- Fairy Forts / Beirne, Annie O' -- Blessed Wells / Caslin, Emily -- Local Heroes / Caslin, Teresa -- Old Graveyards / Rogers, Helen -- Riddles -- Marriage Customs / Caslin, Teresa -- Herbs / Caslin, Teresa -- Food in Olden Times / Caslin, Emily -- Weather-Lore / Caslin, Teresa -- Churning / Bambrick, Tony -- How I Spent Halloween / Caslin, Emily -- Local Forge / Caslin, Teresa -- Lore of Certain Days / Caslin, Emily -- Bread / Greene, Michael -- Herbs / Caslin, Teresa -- Another Widow Left Alone -- Old Irish Customs / Caslin, Emily -- Care of the Farm Animals / Glancy, John -- Potato Crop / Beirne, Annie Teresa O' -- Bard of Ardleckna / Caslin, Teresa -- Buying and Selling / Beirne, Annie Teresa O' -- Sweet Smiling Carnadoe / Beirne, Annie T. O' -- Lime-Burning -- Wake and Funeral Customs / Caslin, Teresa -- Candle-Making / Beirne, Thomas -- Fishing and Fowling / Beirne, Annie O' -- Barrel and Churn-Making / Duignan, Margaret -- Rope-Making / Bambrick, Tony -- Nail-Making / Greene, Michael -- Thatching / Conlon, Patrick -- Soap-Making / Caslin, Teresa -- Local Proverbs / , School children -- Local Events of Long Ago - Lough Boderg Regatta / Caslin, Teresa -- Old Houses / Duignan, Margaret -- Fair of Dangan / Caslin, Teresa -- Creel-Making / Beirne, Thomas O' -- Scrabagh Races / Greene, Mick -- Local Landlords / Beirne, Vincent O' -- Emblems and Objects of Value / Bambrick, Tony -- The following was composed by Mr. Owens N.T. Dangan Kilmore 1890... -- Threshing -- Weaving -- Dyeing -- Clothes were usually made of frieze and corduroy... -- Evil Eye<br />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.