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Drumcoghill

Abstract: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Drumcoghill (school) (Drumcoghill Lower, Co. Cavan), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Bean Uí Iomaire.

Original reference: 0982/5

In collection The Schools’ Collection : County Cavan schools

  1. Riddles (p. 205A-205)
  2. Riddles (p. 206)
  3. Riddles (p. 207)
  4. Riddles (p. 208-209)
  5. Riddles (p. 210-211)
  6. Weather-Lore (p. 212-217)
  7. Weather-Lore (p. 218)
  8. Puzzles (p. 218)
  9. Halloween Tricks (p. 219)
  10. School Game (p. 220-221)
  11. Interesting Stories (p. 222-223)
  12. True Story (p. 225-224)
  13. True Story (p. 224)
  14. Deepest Rock Cutting in Ireland (p. 226)
  15. Good People (p. 227)
  16. Halloween Superstitions (p. 228-230)
  17. Halloween Fairy Tales (p. 231)
  18. Problem (p. 231)
  19. Halloween Fairy Tales (p. 232)
  20. Halloween Dishes (p. 233)
  21. Story (p. 235-234)
  22. Questions (p. 234)
  23. Story (p. 236)
  24. Problem (p. 236)
  25. Story (p. 237)
  26. Riddle (p. 237)
  27. Interesting Story (p. 238-239)
  28. Story (p. 240)
  29. Riddles (p. 240)
  30. Halloween Games (p. 241)
  31. Ghost Stories (p. 242-243)
  32. Moon Proverbs (p. 244)
  33. Country Game - Paddy's Land (p. 244)
  34. Good Fairy (p. 245)
  35. Riddles (p. 246-249)
  36. January Proverbs (p. 250)
  37. February Proverbs (p. 251)
  38. Homemade Toys (p. 251)
  39. Homemade Toys (p. 251)
  40. March Proverbs (p. 252)
  41. Living One (p. 252)
  42. Proverbs (p. 253)
  43. April Proverbs (p. 254)
  44. Weeds Harmful - Some Useful (p. 254)
  45. May Proverbs (p. 255)
  46. June Proverbs (p. 256)
  47. July Proverbs (p. 257)
  48. Amusements of Long Ago (p. 258)
  49. Your Sin Will Find you out (p. 259)
  50. Wakes (p. 260-261)
  51. Holy Wells (p. 262-264)
  52. Coughs (p. 265)
  53. Wake Customs (p. 266)
  54. My Family Tree (p. 267)
  55. Family Tree (p. 268)
  56. Attorney (p. 268)
  57. They say this was an epitaph on a tombstone near here... (p. 268)
  58. Our School Surnames (p. 269)
  59. Trades Practiced by the Parents (p. 269)
  60. Complexion (p. 269)
  61. Family Tree (p. 270)
  62. Story (p. 270)
  63. Townlands Surrounding Our School (p. 271)
  64. Homemade Toys (p. 271)
  65. Thatching a House (p. 272-273)
  66. Making of Sowens (p. 274-275)
  67. Local Cures (p. 276-279)
  68. Grisset (p. 280)
  69. Cures (p. 281)
  70. Big Wind (p. 282)
  71. Our School (p. 282-283)
  72. Irish Words Commonly Used in This District (p. 284)
  73. Sayings (p. 284)
  74. Candles (p. 284-285)
  75. Unusual Strange Expressions (p. 286)
  76. Churning (p. 286-289)
  77. Names of Fields on Our Farm (p. 290)
  78. Cure for Rupture (p. 290-291)
  79. Names of Fields on Our Farm (p. 292)
  80. Joke (p. 292)
  81. It is said the Danes could make Poteen from heather. (p. 292)
  82. Nicknames (p. 293)
  83. Fairies' Pass (p. 294)
  84. Passes (p. 295)
  85. Blast (p. 295)
  86. Our Stock (p. 296)
  87. Spurray's School (p. 297)
  88. Hedge-Schools (p. 297-299)
  89. Faris - Cloggy (p. 300-302)
  90. Townland of Corr Upper (p. 303)
  91. Upper Corr (p. 304-305)
  92. Townland of Upper Corr (p. 306-307)
  93. Playing Jacks (p. 308)
  94. Bean Sí (p. 309)
  95. Playing Marbles (p. 310)
  96. Jack Stones (p. 310)
  97. Woollen Garments (p. 311)
  98. Shirts (p. 312)
  99. Tailors, Clothes etc. (p. 313)
  100. Story in Connection with Tailors (p. 314)
  101. Clothes (p. 315)
  102. Jaundice (p. 316)
  103. Cholera, Smallpox etc. (p. 317-318)
  104. Hydrophobia - Bite of Mad Dog (p. 319)
  105. Falling Sickness or Epileptic Fits (p. 320)
  106. Jaundice (p. 320)
  107. Shingles (p. 321)
  108. Querns (p. 321)
  109. Game - Pitching Buttons (p. 322)
  110. Milk and Butter (p. 324-325)
  111. Stories Regarding Taking of Milk (p. 326)
  112. Evil Eye - Being Overlooked (p. 327)
  113. Sayings - Beliefs (p. 328)
  114. During the Famine Period (p. 328)
  115. Beliefs and Superstitions (p. 329)
  116. Useful Articles - Homemade (p. 330-331)
  117. Rugs (p. 332)
  118. Did you pass the 'Hungry Rock' Co. Sligo. (p. 332)
  119. Articles from Straw (p. 333)
  120. Articles From Osiers, Sally Rods (p. 333)
  121. Kilmore Old Church (p. 334-335)
  122. Story (p. 336-337)
  123. Kildallan (p. 338-340)
  124. Story - Trinity Abbey (p. 341-342)
  125. Story Connected with Above (p. 342-343)
  126. Riddles (p. 343)
  127. Trinity Abbey (p. 344-347)
  128. Runners etc. (p. 348)
  129. The scarcest thing in the World... (p. 348)
  130. Noted Jumpers, Mowers etc. (p. 349)
  131. Our Farm (p. 351-350)
  132. Bacon Supply (p. 352)
  133. Beliefs (p. 353)
  134. Killashandra Old Church (p. 354)
  135. Flagons and Chalice (p. 354)
  136. Rhymes and Riddles (p. 355)
  137. Furniture or Vessels Now out of Use (p. 356-359)
  138. Gaelic Words and Expressions in Use (p. 360-362)
  139. Cures (p. 363-366)
Origin information
Drumcoghill Lower, Co. Cavan
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 chapter (vol. 982, p. 203-366)
Languages
English  
Genre
Chapter
Subject
Folklore--Ireland--Cavan (County)
Folk poetry   linked data (lcsh)
Riddles   linked data (lcsh)
Weather--Folklore
Recreation   linked data (lcsh)
Halloween   linked data (lcsh)
Jokes   linked data (lcsh)
Roads   linked data (lcsh)
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
Folk beliefs   linked data (afset)
Food--Folklore
Proverbs   linked data (lcsh)
Verbal arts and literature   linked data (afset)
Toys   linked data (lcsh)
Rites and ceremonies   linked data (lcsh)
Manners and customs   linked data (lcsh)
Traditional medicine   linked data (lcsh)
May (Month)--Folklore
Treasure troves--Folklore
Wake services   linked data (lcsh)
Cough   linked data (lcsh)
Death--Folklore
Historic sites   linked data (lcsh)
Occupations   linked data (lcsh)
Thatched roofs   linked data (lcsh)
Dwellings--Folklore
Winds--Folklore
Schools   linked data (lcsh)
Agriculture   linked data (lcsh)
Butter   linked data (lcsh)
Vikings   linked data (lcsh)
Names, Personal--Folklore
Clothing and dress   linked data (lcsh)
local legends   linked data (afset)
Banshees   linked data (lcsh)
Jaundice   linked data (lcsh)
Evil eye   linked data (lcsh)
Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852
Dissenters, Religious--Legal status, laws, etc.
School location
Drumcoghill LowerDrumcoghill LowerKillashandraTullyhuncoCavan
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5044858
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0982/5

Suggested credit
"The Schools' Manuscript Collection: County Cavan 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:50448585>
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.

Rights & Usage Conditions

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