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Dunboyne (C.)

Abstract: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Dunboyne (C.) (school) (Dunboyne, Co. Meath), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Seosaimhín Ní Chonmidhe.

Original reference: 0689/1

In collection  The Schools’ Collection : County Meath schools

Stories

  1. Cures (p. 002)
  2. Loughsallagh Graveyard (p. 003)
  3. Wake Games and Customs (p. 003-004)
  4. Weather-Lore (p. 005)
  5. The Tolka was navigable in former years as far as Bennetstown... (p. 006)
  6. My grandfather if were alive to-day would be 85 years old. (p. 007)
  7. There was a chapel in the far-green and the Yeomen burned it down... (p. 007-008)
  8. Customs (p. 008-009)
  9. Graveyards (p. 010)
  10. Holy Well (p. 011)
  11. Old Mill (p. 011)
  12. Old Houses (p. 012)
  13. Days (p. 012)
  14. Days (p. 012)
  15. Ancient Ruins (p. 013-014)
  16. Animal Calls (p. 015-016)
  17. Churning (p. 016-017)
  18. Old Local Superstitions (p. 017)
  19. In Baytown there lived a woman in a tin house... (p. 018)
  20. Haunted Dwellings (p. 018-019)
  21. Fairy Folk (p. 020)
  22. Fairy Folk (p. 020-021)
  23. Early in the month of March 1934 men from Dunboyne district while working at a steam roller... (p. 023)
  24. Murdering Field (p. 023-024)
  25. Dunboyne Graveyard (p. 025)
  26. Salestown (p. 025-026)
  27. I saw a Croppys grave in my Uncle's field in Kilmainham Wood. (p. 027)
  28. Milestown - Cromwell (p. 028)
  29. Jarretstown (p. 028)
  30. Ghosts (p. 028-029)
  31. Jarretstown (p. 029-030)
  32. Ballymacoll (p. 030)
  33. Knockhudder (p. 030-031)
  34. Rathleek (p. 031-032)
  35. Food (p. 032)
  36. Domhnach Baoithinn (p. 033)
  37. Local Fairs (p. 034)
  38. Fairs (p. 034-035)
  39. Irish Words in Common Use (p. 035-036)
  40. Fields (p. 037-040)
  41. Games (p. 042-043)
  42. How Games Are Played (p. 043-045)
  43. How Games Are Played - Shepherd Come to Collect Your Sheep (p. 046)
  44. How Games are Played - The Great Big Ship, The King of Bambaree (p. 047-048)
  45. How Games are Played - Tiddley Winks, Come and Find, When I Was a Washerwoman (p. 049-050)
  46. How Games are Played - Wallflowers (p. 051)
  47. How Games are Played - Here's an Old Women from Sandyland (p. 052)
  48. How Games are Played - Five Old Men Came to Work Today (p. 053)
  49. Wake Games (p. 054)
  50. Wake Games - The Priest of the Parish Lost His Considering Hat (p. 054-055)
  51. Wake Games - Have a Piece of Fish (p. 056)
  52. Ghost Stories (p. 057)
  53. Ghost Stories (p. 058)
  54. Ghost Stories (p. 058)
  55. Ghost Stories (p. 059)
  56. Funny Stories (p. 060-061)
  57. Funny Stories (p. 061-062)
  58. Funny Stories (p. 062)
  59. Funny Stories (p. 062-063)
  60. Funny Stories (p. 064)
  61. Riddles (p. 065-070)
  62. Cures (p. 071-072)
  63. Cures (p. 072-073)
  64. Fairy Forts (p. 074)
  65. Fairy Forts (p. 075)
  66. Fairy Forts (p. 075)
  67. Fairy Forts (p. 076)
  68. Fairy Forts (p. 076)
  69. Fairy Forts (p. 076-077)

Resource description

Origin information
Dunboyne, Co. Meath
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 chapter (vol. 689, p. 1-77)
Languages
English  
Genre
Chapter
Subject
Folklore--Ireland--Meath
Cemeteries   linked data (lcsh)
Weather--Folklore
Occupations   linked data (lcsh)
Schools   linked data (lcsh)
Dissenters, Religious--Legal status, laws, etc.
Manners and customs   linked data (lcsh)
Dwellings--Folklore
Folk beliefs   linked data (afset)
animal calls   linked data (afset)
Butter   linked data (lcsh)
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
Historic sites   linked data (lcsh)
Food--Folklore
Commerce   linked data (lcsh)
Irish language--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
local legends   linked data (afset)
Recreation   linked data (lcsh)
Death--Folklore
Jokes   linked data (lcsh)
Riddles   linked data (lcsh)
Traditional medicine   linked data (lcsh)
Ringforts   linked data (lcsh)
School location
Dunboyne Dún Búinne Dunboyne Dunboyne Dunboyne Meath
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5008921
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0689/1

Suggested credit
"The Schools' Manuscript Collection: County Meath 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:50089215>
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.

School location

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