Shrove

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

Original reference: 1118/1

In collection The Schools’ Collection : County Donegal schools

  1. Hidden Treasure (p. 1)
  2. Hidden Treasure (p. 1)
  3. Weather-Lore (p. 2-3)
  4. Marriage Customs (p. 4-5)
  5. Local Happenings (p. 6-7)
  6. Local Cures (p. 8-9)
  7. Local Proverbs (p. 10-12)
  8. Old Schools (p. 13-14)
  9. Old Crafts (p. 15-16)
  10. Fairy Forts (p. 17-18)
  11. Famine Times (p. 19-20)
  12. Local Roads (p. 21-22)
  13. Herbs (p. 23-24)
  14. Potato Crop (p. 25-26)
  15. Festival Customs (p. 27-28)
  16. Our Holy Wells (p. 29-30)
  17. Churning (p. 31)
  18. Care of the Feet (p. 32-33)
  19. Local Forge (p. 34-35)
  20. Local Fairs (p. 36-37)
  21. Local Monuments (p. 38-39)
  22. Food in Olden Times (p. 40-42)
  23. Bread (p. 43-44)
  24. Old Houses (p. 45-46)
  25. My Home District (p. 47-48)
  26. Old Graveyards (p. 49)
  27. Severe Weather (p. 50)
  28. Landlords (p. 51-52)
  29. In the Penal Times (p. 53)
  30. Buying and Selling (p. 54-55)
  31. Local Heroes (p. 56-57)
  32. Stories of Giants and Warriors (p. 58)
  33. Travelling Folk (p. 59-61)
  34. Am-Ragh-Am, a field, Ard-na-caora, small hill, Adorwail, name of a village in Glenn. (p. 62-75)
  35. Texts on Folklore of District (p. 76)
  36. List of Story-Tellers (p. 77)
Origin information
Stroove, Co. Donegal
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 chapter (vol. 1118, p. 1a-78)
Languages
English  
Genre
Chapter
Subject
Folklore--Ireland--Donegal (County)
Treasure troves--Folklore
Weather--Folklore
Marriage   linked data (lcsh)
Poverty--Ireland
Traditional medicine   linked data (lcsh)
Proverbs   linked data (lcsh)
Schools   linked data (lcsh)
Occupations   linked data (lcsh)
Ringforts   linked data (lcsh)
Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852
Roads   linked data (lcsh)
Potatoes   linked data (lcsh)
Manners and customs   linked data (lcsh)
Butter   linked data (lcsh)
Shoes   linked data (lcsh)
Smithing   linked data (afset)
Commerce   linked data (lcsh)
Historic sites   linked data (lcsh)
Food--Folklore
Bread--Folklore
Dwellings--Folklore
local legends   linked data (afset)
Cemeteries   linked data (lcsh)
Severe storms   linked data (lcsh)
Land use   linked data (lcsh)
belief   linked data (afset)
Giants--Folklore
Irish Travellers (Nomadic people)   linked data (lcsh)
School location
StrooveAn tSrúibhStrooveMoville LowerInishowen EastDonegal
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4493783
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 1118/1

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:44937835>
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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