Baile Stiabhna, Askeaton

Abstract: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Baile Stiabhna, Askeaton (school) (Ballysteen, Co. Limerick), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Caitlín Ní Shúilleabháin.

Original reference: 0503/3

In collection The Schools’ Collection : County Limerick schools

  1. Games (p. 325-328)
  2. Top-Spinning (p. 328-329)
  3. Nut-Cracking (p. 329)
  4. Top-Making (p. 330)
  5. High Gates (p. 331)
  6. My Pot's Boiling (p. 331-332)
  7. Chicky-Me-Chock (p. 332-333)
  8. Picky Beds (p. 333-334)
  9. Local Place Names (p. 335)
  10. Local Place Names (p. 335-336)
  11. My Home District (p. 337-338)
  12. My Home District (p. 338-339)
  13. My Home District (p. 339-340)
  14. Bird-Lore (p. 341-342)
  15. Old Graveyard (p. 342-343)
  16. Local Cures (p. 343-344)
  17. Local Cures (p. 345)
  18. Festival Customs (p. 346-348)
  19. Local Happenings (p. 348-349)
  20. Potato Crop (p. 350)
  21. Local Fairs (p. 351-352)
  22. Care of the Feet (p. 353-354)
  23. Care of Farm Animals (p. 354-355)
  24. Fairy Forts (p. 355-356)
  25. Fairy Forts (p. 356-357)
  26. Old Crafts (p. 358)
  27. Old Crafts (p. 359)
  28. Local Marriages (p. 360)
  29. Food in Olden Times (p. 361)
  30. Local Landlords (p. 362)
  31. Old Houses (p. 363)
  32. Local Heroes (p. 364-365)
  33. Bread (p. 366)
  34. Churning (p. 367)
  35. Churning (p. 368)
  36. Local Happenings (p. 369)
  37. Drownings (p. 370)
  38. Drowning (p. 371)
  39. Burnings (p. 372)
  40. Weather-Lore (p. 373-374)
  41. Local Ruins (p. 375-376)
  42. Local Forges (p. 376-377)
  43. Lore of Certain Days (p. 378-379)
  44. Travelling Folk (p. 380)
  45. Local Roads (p. 381-383)
  46. Famine Times (p. 384-385)
  47. Buying and Selling (p. 386-388)
  48. Hurling and Football (p. 389-390)
  49. Homemade Toys (p. 390-391)
  50. Homemade Toys (p. 391-392)
  51. Emblems and Objects of Value (p. 392-393)
  52. Local Poets (p. 394)
  53. Historical Incidents (p. 395-396)
  54. Poems (p. 397-398)
  55. Evening by the Shannon (p. 399-400)
  56. Burial of Aubrey de Vere of Curraghchase (p. 401)
  57. Spring Thoughts (p. 402-403)
  58. Days Gone By (p. 403-404)
  59. Someone and I (p. 405)
  60. Slave in the Dismal Swamp (p. 406-407)
  61. Hidden Treasures (p. 408-409)
  62. Hidden Treasures (p. 409-410)
  63. Hidden Treasures (p. 410)
  64. Lepreachaun (p. 411)
  65. Lepreachán (p. 412)
  66. Hedge-Schools (p. 413)
  67. Mass Rock (p. 414)
Origin information
Ballysteen, Co. Limerick
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 chapter (vol. 503, p. 325a-414)
Languages
English  
Genre
Chapter
Subject
Folklore--Ireland--Limerick (County)
local legends   linked data (afset)
Birds--Folklore
Cemeteries   linked data (lcsh)
Traditional medicine   linked data (lcsh)
Manners and customs   linked data (lcsh)
Poverty--Ireland
Potatoes   linked data (lcsh)
Commerce   linked data (lcsh)
Shoes   linked data (lcsh)
Animal culture   linked data (lcsh)
Ringforts   linked data (lcsh)
Occupations   linked data (lcsh)
Marriage   linked data (lcsh)
Food--Folklore
Land use   linked data (lcsh)
Dwellings--Folklore
Bread--Folklore
Butter   linked data (lcsh)
Drowning   linked data (lcsh)
Fires   linked data (lcsh)
Weather--Folklore
Historic sites   linked data (lcsh)
Smithing   linked data (afset)
Irish Travellers (Nomadic people)   linked data (lcsh)
Roads   linked data (lcsh)
Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852
Recreation   linked data (lcsh)
Toys   linked data (lcsh)
Folk poetry   linked data (lcsh)
Treasure troves--Folklore
Leprechauns   linked data (lcsh)
Schools   linked data (lcsh)
Dissenters, Religious--Legal status, laws, etc.
School location
BallysteenBaile StiabhnaBallysteenIverussKenryLimerick
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4922020
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0503/3

Suggested credit
"The Schools' Manuscript Collection: County Limerick 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:49220205>
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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