Carrowreagh

Abstract: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Carrowreagh (school) (Carrowreagh, Co. Donegal), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Annie Davidson.

Original reference: 1109/1

In collection The Schools’ Collection : County Donegal schools

  1. Grianán of Aileach (p. 2-81)
  2. Riddles (p. 15-22)
  3. Thatching (p. 23-24)
  4. Thatching (p. 25-26)
  5. Tools and Materials Used in Thatching (p. 27)
  6. Fairies (p. 28)
  7. Fairies (p. 29)
  8. Fairies (p. 30)
  9. How to Prepare a Field for Potatoes (p. 31)
  10. Names of Former Teachers of Carrowreagh (p. 32-33)
  11. Carrowreagh Old School (p. 34)
  12. Other Clergymen in Connection with the School (p. 35)
  13. Hills of Donegal (p. 36-37)
  14. Games - See-Saw (p. 38)
  15. How to Cure Mumps (p. 39)
  16. How to Cure Whooping-Cough (p. 39)
  17. Games - Duck (p. 40)
  18. Games - Hide and Go Seek (p. 41)
  19. Games - Tig (p. 42)
  20. Games - Cap Ball (p. 43-44)
  21. Games - Playing Jacks (p. 45-47)
  22. Games - Weigh the Butter and Sell the Cheese (p. 49)
  23. Bird-Lore (p. 50-52)
  24. Birds (p. 53-54)
  25. Games - See-Saw (p. 55)
  26. Games - Weigh the Butter and Sell the Cheese (p. 56)
  27. Churning (p. 57)
  28. Plunge Churn, Staff and Butter Print (p. 58)
  29. Wooden Piggin (p. 59)
  30. Churning (p. 60-69)
  31. Travelling Folk (p. 61-62)
  32. Travelling Folk (p. 63-64)
  33. Peat Spade (p. 65)
  34. Cutting Turf (p. 66)
  35. Rough Drawing of Turf Spade (p. 67)
  36. Cutting Turf (p. 68)
  37. Large Stone Wheel Used in Olden Times for Rolling Flax (p. 70)
  38. Rolling Flax in Olden Times (p. 70-71)
  39. Homemade Toys (p. 72)
  40. Spinning Jenny (p. 73)
  41. Boat (p. 73)
  42. Homemade Toys (p. 74)
  43. Golliwog (p. 75)
  44. Homemade Toys (p. 76)
  45. Irish Spinning Wheel Belonging to Mr Campbell Peoples (p. 77)
  46. Fairy Story (p. 82-83)
  47. Proverbs (p. 84)
  48. Proverbs (p. 85-86)
  49. Proverbs (p. 87)
  50. Proverbs (p. 88)
  51. Secret Hoards - Elizabethan Coins Found in a Quarry (p. 89-90)
  52. Old Houses (p. 91)
  53. Old Houses (p. 92)
  54. Fairy Stories (Local) (p. 93)
  55. Local Fairy Tale (p. 94)
  56. Christmas Rhymes (p. 95-99)
  57. Fairy Story (p. 100)
  58. Antiquities (p. 101-104)
  59. Care of the Feet (p. 105)
  60. Burt Presbyterian Church (p. 106-110)
  61. Local Cures (p. 111-113)
  62. Care of the Feet (p. 113-114)
  63. Local Cures (p. 115)
  64. Local Cures (p. 116-117)
  65. Holy Wells (p. 118-119)
  66. Herbs (Additional Cures) (p. 120)
  67. Cure for Cancer (p. 120)
  68. Additional Local Cures (p. 121)
  69. Additional Local Cures (p. 121)
  70. Additional Local Cures (p. 121)
  71. Additional Local Cures (p. 121)
  72. Additional Local Cures (p. 121)
  73. My Home District (p. 122-123)
  74. Song - A Boat Sunk Off Tory Island (p. 124-126)
  75. Lore of Certain Days (p. 127)
  76. Local Marriage Customs (p. 128)
  77. Local Marriage Customs (p. 129-130)
  78. Severe Weather (p. 131)
  79. Severe Weather (p. 131)
  80. Quern (p. 132-133)
  81. Bread (p. 134)
  82. Grid-Iron for Baking Oatcake (p. 135-136)
  83. Local Heroes - The Giant's Throw (p. 137)
  84. Bread - Boxty Bread (p. 138)
  85. Boxty Bread (p. 138)
  86. Bread - Oatmeal Fadge or Oaten Fadge (p. 139)
  87. Farm Implements Used before the Introduction of Machinery (p. 140-141)
  88. Food in Olden Times (p. 142-143)
  89. Food in Olden Times (p. 144-145)
  90. Care of Farm Animals (p. 146-147)
  91. Local Happenings - The Ship Tayleur (p. 147-148)
  92. Local Happenings - Shipwrecks (p. 149)
  93. Old Graveyards (p. 150-152)
  94. Rachel's Fate (p. 153-158)
  95. Yarrow (p. 158-162)
  96. Local Poets (p. 163-164)
Origin information
Carrowreagh, Co. Donegal
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 chapter (vol. 1109, p. 1-164)
Languages
English  
Genre
Chapter
Subject
Folklore--Ireland--Donegal (County)
Thatched roofs   linked data (lcsh)
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
Riddles   linked data (lcsh)
Potatoes   linked data (lcsh)
Recreation   linked data (lcsh)
Mumps   linked data (lcsh)
Whooping cough   linked data (lcsh)
Birds--Folklore
Butter   linked data (lcsh)
Coopering   linked data (afset)
Irish Travellers (Nomadic people)   linked data (lcsh)
Agriculture   linked data (lcsh)
Historic sites   linked data (lcsh)
Toys   linked data (lcsh)
Textile industry   linked data (lcsh)
Proverbs   linked data (lcsh)
Dwellings--Folklore
Christmas   linked data (lcsh)
Shoes   linked data (lcsh)
belief   linked data (afset)
Traditional medicine   linked data (lcsh)
Manners and customs   linked data (lcsh)
Cancer   linked data (lcsh)
local legends   linked data (afset)
Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852
Folk poetry   linked data (lcsh)
Marriage   linked data (lcsh)
Severe storms   linked data (lcsh)
Bread--Folklore
Food--Folklore
Animal culture   linked data (lcsh)
Shipwrecks   linked data (lcsh)
Cemeteries   linked data (lcsh)
School location
CarrowreaghCarrowreaghBurtInishowen WestDonegal
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4493747
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 1109/1

Suggested credit
"The Schools' Manuscript Collection: County Donegal 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:44937475>
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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