Clochar na Trócaire, Baile an Gharrdha

A collection of folklore and local history stories from Clochar na Trócaire, Baile an Gharrdha (school) (Ballingarry, Co. Limerick), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Sr M. Treasa.
Riddles -- Weather-Lore -- Local Heroes - Weight-Throwers -- Strong Men -- Swift Runners -- Great Workers -- Great Jumpers -- Great Mowers -- Dancers -- Singers -- Storytellers -- Local Happenings / Buacháin, Éibhlín Ní -- Local Happenings - The Fairy Party -- Sprid na Bearna -- Houseburning -- Epidemics -- Patrick Dunworth, Ballingarry was drowned in the Mague, Adare, Co. Limerick. -- Burning -- Severe Weather -- Hedge-Schools -- Hedge-Schoolmaster -- Old School -- Local Crafts -- Local Crafts -- Local Marriage Customs -- In Penal Times -- Local Place Names -- Local Cures -- Bird-Lore -- Lore of Certain Days -- Travelling Folk -- Forts -- Forts / Murphy, Miss Maureen -- Forts / Hartnett, Betty -- Forts -- Paddocks / Enery, Hanna Mc -- Famine Times / Enery, Hanna Mc -- Local Roads / Enery, Hanna Mc -- Local Poets / Enery, Hanna Mc -- Ballingarry Exiled / Bohan, Eily -- My Home District / Enery, Hanna Mc -- My Home District / Grady, Annie O' -- My Home District / Sheehy, Eily -- Potato Crop / Enery, Hanna Mc -- Potato Crop / Sheehy, Eily -- Potato Crop / Grady, Annie O' -- Games I Play / Sheehy, Eily -- Games I Play / Enery, Hanna Mc -- Games I Play / Houlihan, Peggie -- Local Forges / Irwin, Sadie -- Local Forges / Grady, Annie O' -- Herbs / Grady, Bernie O' -- Proverbs / Sheehy, Eily -- Proverbs / Houlhan, Peggie -- Proverbs / Healy, Hanna -- Proverbs / Bohan, Eily -- Proverbs / Bohan, Michael -- Proverbs / Enery, Hannah Mc -- Farm Animals / Sheehy, Eily -- Farm Animals / Irwin, Sadie -- Care of Feet -- Care of Feet / Grady, Annie O -- Care of Feet / Lynch, Annie -- Our Holy Wells / Grady, Annie O -- Our Holy Wells / Burke, Francis -- Our Holy Wells / Irwin, Sadie -- Festival Customs / Irwin, Sadie -- Festival Customs / Grady, Annie O -- Churning / Enery, Hannah Mc -- Clothes Made Locally / Healy, Hannah -- Local Landlords / Bohan, Eileen -- Local Landlords / Grady, Annie O -- Local Landlords / Connor, Mary B. O -- Local Landlords / Irwin, Sadie -- Local Herbs / Grady, Annie O -- Food in Olden Times / Grady, Annie O -- Food in Olden Times / Healy, Hannah -- Food in Olden Times / Enery, Hannah Mc -- Old Story / Enery, Hannah Mc -- Local Monuments / Irwin, Sadie -- Food in Olden Times / Irwin, Sadie -- Buying and Selling / Grady, Annie O -- Buying and Selling / Irwin, Sadie -- Strange Animals / Irwin, Sadie -- Strange Animals - An Glas Geimhneach / Danagher, Maureen -- Emblems / Grady, Annie O -- Local Ruins -- Ancient Prayers / Fitzgearld, Joan -- Ancient Prayers / Irwin, Sadie -- Anglo Norman Occupation -- Ancient Prayers / Grady, Annie O -- Graveyards / Grady, Annie O -- Graveyards / Irwin, Sadie -- Graveyards / Fitzgearld, Joan -- Fairy Story / Hourigan, Hannah -- Story about the Mass / Hourigan, Hannah -- Leprechauns / Grady, Annie O -- Local Songs / Kelly, Theresa O -- Local Songs / Danagher, Maureen -- Local Fairs / Grady, Annie O -- Local Fairs / Healy, Hannah -- Old Houses / Bohan, 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.