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Abstract: A collection of folklore and local history stories from An Tobar (school) (Tubber, Co. Galway), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher P. Ó Súilleabháin.

Original reference: 0614/1

An Tobar

Súilleabháin, P. Ó [Teacher]

Ireland. Department of Arts, Culture, and the Gaeltacht [Funder]

University College Dublin [Funder]

National Folklore Foundation [Funder]
Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann [Funder]

In collection The Schools’ Collection : County Galway schools

Stories

Na Páirceanna Atá Againn (p. 002)
Focail Ghaeilge a Chualas sa Bhaile (p. 003)
Story (p. 004-005)
There is a blessed well in Moyrhee about two miles from Tubber school. (p. 006)
St. Brigid's Eve is on the 31st January every year. (p. 007)
Near where I live there is a blessed well called Tubbereendoney. (p. 008-009)
Banshee (p. 010-012)
About one hundred years ago the farmers around here used to sow a lot of wheat. (p. 013-014)
Long ago the people of Ireland had different food from what they have now. (p. 015)
When the hay is cut in the Summer time the sheep are put in to fatten in the after-grass. (p. 016)
The other night my father told me a funny story about a man who lived in Conolly in the West of Clare. (p. 017-018)
There is a lake in Bunnahow. (p. 019)
The old people had a cure for a burn on the face. (p. 020)
If a horse's breast got skinned from a bad collar the old people had a cure for it. (p. 021)
Once there was a giant living in a cave near the Burren mountains. (p. 022)
There was a man living in this part of the country long ago who used to make his living by making whips and selling them at the markets at Gort and Ennis. (p. 023)
Fidane castle is about a quarter of a mile from our house. (p. 024-026)
There is a graveyard called Teampall na Deirce in this parish. (p. 027)

Resource description

Origin information: Tubber, Co. Galway
Date created: [1937] – [1938]
Type of Resource: text
Physical description: 1 chapter (vol. 614, p. 1-27)
Languages: English engirish gle
Genre: Chapter
Subject: Folklore--Ireland--Galway (County); Irish language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.; Manners and customs linked data (lcsh); Banshees linked data (lcsh); Food--Folklore; Agriculture linked data (lcsh); Burns and scalds linked data (lcsh); Occupations linked data (lcsh); Cemeteries linked data (lcsh)
School location: Tubber An Tobar Tubber Beagh Kiltartan Galway
Location: https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4922357
Location: University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .
Original reference: 0614/1
Suggested credit: "The Schools' Manuscript Collection: County Galway schools," held by the National Folklore Collection UCD. © Digital content by University College Dublin, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <http://digital.ucd.ie/view/duchas:49223575>
Funding: 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.
Record source: Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

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