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Stories re Lake Sheelin - How Lake Sheelin Got Its Name

Abstract: Story collected by Brian Gaffney, a student at An Charraig school (Carrick, Co. Cavan) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0987/3/18

 An Charraig [Vol. 0987, Chapter 0003]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Cavan Schools

COLLECTOR
Gaffney, Brian 
Gender
male
Location
Carrick (Townland) 
Drumlumman (Civil parish) 
Clanmahon (Barony) 
Cavan (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

Stories re Lake Sheelin - How Lake Sheelin Got Its Name  [duchas:5058966]

How Lake  Sheelin got its name 

I heard the following story about how lake Sheelin came to be a lake. In olden days there was w well in a meadow and the well was always covered. There was a notice at the well telling everyone that brought water out of it to cover it after them.

One day a woman came to the well for water and she forgot to cover the well after her. Then the water began to rise and followed the woman and drowned her. Then it rose to be seven miles long and three miles wide.

Brian Gaffney Carrick
Age

Resource description

Origin information
Carrick, Co. Cavan
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 108
Volume 0987
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher S. Ó Tiománaí.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Manners and customs   linked data (lcsh)
Events (by time of year)--Ócáidí (de réir trátha bliana)
narratives   linked data (afset)
Narratives--Scéalta
School location
Carrick Carrick Drumlumman Clanmahon Cavan
Story location
Lough Sheelin Loch Síleann Kilbride Fore Cavan
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5092251
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0987/3/18

Suggested credit
"Stories re Lake Sheelin - How Lake Sheelin Got Its Name"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5092251>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher S. Ó Tiománaí.
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.

Story location (Lough Sheelin)

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