Kilcullen (Convent)

Abstract: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Kilcullen (Convent) (school) (Kilcullen, Co. Kildare), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Na Siúracha..

Original reference: 0780/7

In collection  The Schools’ Collection : County Kildare schools

Stories

  1. Festival Customs (p. 201)
  2. Festival Customs (p. 201)
  3. Festival Customs (p. 201)
  4. Festival Customs (p. 201-202)
  5. Festival Customs (p. 202-203)
  6. All Soul's Day (p. 203)
  7. All Soul's Night (p. 203)
  8. All Soul's Night (p. 203)
  9. All Soul's Night (p. 203)
  10. Stories (p. 204)
  11. Stories (p. 204-205)
  12. Stories (p. 205-206)
  13. Stories (p. 206)
  14. Stories (p. 207)
  15. Stories (p. 207)
  16. Stories (p. 207)
  17. Stories (p. 208)
  18. Stories (p. 208)
  19. Stories (p. 208)
  20. Historical Tradition (p. 209-210)
  21. Historical Tradition (p. 210-211)
  22. Historical Tradition (p. 211)
  23. Historical Tradition (p. 211-212)
  24. Collection of Riddles (p. 213)
  25. Local Happenings (p. 216)
  26. Local Happenings (p. 216)
  27. Local Happenings (p. 217)
  28. Folk-Tales - The Princess who Never Laughed (p. 218-219)
  29. Folk-Tales - The Princess who Could Not Cry (p. 220)
  30. Folk-Tales - Man Trades His House for Cow, Cow for Pig etc (p. 220-221)
  31. Folk-Tales - Don't Count Your Chickens before They Are Hatched (p. 221-222)
  32. Folk-Tales - The Three Wishes (p. 222)
  33. Folk-Tales - The Magic Bottle (p. 222-223)
  34. Homemade Toys (p. 224)
  35. Homemade Toys (p. 224)
  36. Homemade Toys (p. 224)
  37. Homemade Toys (p. 224)
  38. Homemade Toys (p. 225)
  39. Homemade Toys (p. 225)
  40. Homemade Toys (p. 225)
  41. Local Heroes (p. 226)
  42. Local Heroes (p. 226)
  43. Local Heroes (p. 226)
  44. Story - How Knockaulin Came to Be Spindle-Covered (p. 227)
  45. Holy Wells (p. 228)
  46. Holy Wells (p. 228-229)
  47. Folk-Tales - The Seven Crows (p. 230-231)
  48. Folk-Tales - Girl Seeks Her Lost Enchanted Brother (p. 231-232)
  49. Folk-Tales - Three Fishermen and a Princess (p. 232)
  50. Folk-Tales - The Cruel Stepmother (p. 232-233)
  51. Folk-Tales (p. 234)
  52. Local Cures (p. 235)
  53. Local Cures (p. 235)
  54. Local Cures (p. 235)
  55. Local Cures (p. 235)
  56. Local Cures (p. 235-236)
  57. Local Cures (p. 238)
  58. Local Cures (p. 238)
  59. Local Cures (p. 238)
  60. Local Cures (p. 238)
  61. Stys (p. 239)
  62. Stys (p. 239)
  63. Stys (p. 239)
  64. Stys (p. 239)
  65. Stys (p. 239)
  66. Chilblains (p. 239)
  67. Whooping-Cough (p. 240)
  68. Whooping-Cough (p. 240)
  69. Whooping-Cough (p. 240)
  70. Whooping-Cough (p. 240)
  71. Whooping-Cough (p. 240)
  72. Whooping-Cough (p. 240)
  73. Whooping-Cough (p. 240)
  74. Thrush (p. 241)
  75. Thrush (p. 241)
  76. Thrush (p. 241)
  77. Swollen Feet (p. 241)
  78. Corns (p. 241)
  79. Boils (p. 242)
  80. Wounds (p. 242)
  81. Blood Poison (p. 242)
  82. Sting of Nettles (p. 242)
  83. Whitlow (p. 242)
  84. Gumboil (p. 242)
  85. Sore Throat (p. 242)
  86. Sore Eye (p. 242)
  87. Manara Fever (p. 243)
  88. Consumption (p. 243)
  89. Consumption (p. 243)
  90. Headache (p. 244)
  91. Headache (p. 244)
  92. Headache (p. 244)
  93. Headache (p. 244)
  94. Headache (p. 244)
  95. Headache (p. 244)
  96. Ringworm (p. 245)
  97. Ringworm (p. 245)
  98. Freckles (p. 245)
  99. Freckles (p. 245)
  100. Sprain (p. 245)
  101. Rheumatism (p. 245)
  102. Taking Out Thorns (p. 245)
  103. Black Eye (p. 245)
  104. Shingles (p. 245-246)
  105. Folk-Tales (p. 247-248)
  106. King Labhra's Secret (p. 248-249)
  107. Care of Our Farm Animals (p. 251)
  108. Care of Our Farm Animals (p. 251)
  109. Care of Our Farm Animals (p. 251)
  110. Care of Our Farm Animals (p. 251)
  111. Care of Our Farm Animals (p. 251)
  112. Care of Our Farm Animals (p. 251-252)
  113. Care of Our Farm Animals (p. 253)
  114. Care of Our Farm Animals (p. 253)
  115. Care of Our Farm Animals (p. 253)
  116. Care of Our Farm Animals (p. 253)
  117. Care of Our Farm Animals (p. 253-254)
  118. Care of Our Farm Animals (p. 255)
  119. Care of Our Farm Animals (p. 255)
  120. Care of Our Farm Animals (p. 255)
  121. Care of Our Farm Animals (p. 255)
  122. Care of Our Farm Animals (p. 255)
  123. Care of Our Farm Animals (p. 255)
  124. Halverstown House (p. 256)
  125. Haunted Field (p. 256)
  126. At Halverstown House owned by Pucells there was a tree which was planted by Daniel O' Connell's father... (p. 257)
  127. From Helen Maloney's house there is a tunnel leading to Old Kilcullen Tower... (p. 258)
  128. Green Hills Castle (p. 258)
  129. Weather-Lore - Signs of Rain (p. 261)
  130. Weather-Lore - Signs of Rain (p. 261)
  131. Weather-Lore - Signs of Rain (p. 261)
  132. Weather-Lore - Signs of Rain (p. 261)
  133. Weather-Lore - Signs of Rain (p. 262)
  134. Weather-Lore - Signs of Rain (p. 262)
  135. Weather-Lore - Signs of Rain (p. 262)
  136. Weather-Lore - Signs of Storm (p. 263)
  137. Weather-Lore - Signs of Storm (p. 263)
  138. Weather-Lore - Signs of Storm (p. 263)
  139. Weather-Lore - Signs of Storm (p. 263)
  140. Weather-Lore - Signs of Storm (p. 263-264)
  141. Severe Weather (p. 264-265)
  142. Severe Weather (p. 265)
  143. Signs of Fine Weather (p. 266)
  144. Signs of Fine Weather (p. 266)
  145. Games I Play - Colours (p. 268)
  146. Games I Play - Mother (p. 268)
  147. Games I Play - Sticky Toffee (p. 269)
  148. Games I Play - Statues (p. 269)
  149. Games I Play - Chuckie (p. 269)
  150. Games I Play - Clock (p. 269-270)
  151. Games I Play - Blind Man's Buff (p. 270-271)
  152. Games I Play - Match Man (p. 271)
  153. Games I Play - Hare and Hounds (p. 271-272)
  154. What We Count around Kilcullen Playing Tig (p. 273)
  155. What We Count around Kilcullen Playing Tig (p. 273)
  156. What We Count around Kilcullen Playing Tig (p. 273)
  157. What We Count around Kilcullen Playing Tig (p. 274)
  158. What We Count around Kilcullen Playing Tig (p. 274)
  159. What We Count around Kilcullen Playing Tig (p. 274)
  160. What We Count around Kilcullen Playing Tig (p. 274)
  161. What We Count around Kilcullen Playing Tig (p. 274)
  162. What We Count around Kilcullen Playing Tig (p. 275)
  163. What We Count around Kilcullen Playing Tig (p. 275)
  164. What We Count around Kilcullen Playing Tig (p. 275)
  165. line or give two hops in one bed... (p. 275)
  166. Cat and Dog (p. 276)
  167. Hopscotch (p. 276-278)
  168. Other Rhymes We Say while Skipping (p. 279)
  169. Other Rhymes We Say while Skipping (p. 279)
  170. Other Rhymes We Say while Skipping (p. 279)
  171. Other Rhymes We Say while Skipping (p. 279-280)
  172. Proverbs (p. 281)
  173. Proverbs (p. 281-282)
  174. Proverbs (p. 282-283)
  175. Proverbs (p. 283)
  176. Proverbs (p. 283-284)
  177. Proverbs (p. 285)
  178. Proverbs (p. 285)
  179. Proverbs (p. 285-286)
  180. Proverbs (p. 287)
  181. Proverbs (p. 287-288)
  182. Proverbs (p. 288-289)
  183. Proverbs (p. 289)
  184. Proverbs (p. 289)
  185. Proverbs (p. 290)
  186. Proverbs (p. 290-291)
  187. Stories of Holy Family (p. 292)
  188. Stories of Holy Family (p. 292-293)
  189. Stories of Holy Family (p. 293-294)
  190. Stories of Holy Family (p. 294)
  191. Stories of Holy Family (p. 294-295)
  192. Story of the Holly (p. 296)
  193. Story of the Holly (p. 296-297)
  194. Old Crafts (p. 298)
  195. Basket-Making (p. 298)
  196. Hay-Rope-Making (p. 299)
  197. Barrel-Making (p. 299-300)
  198. Festival Customs - Christmas (p. 301)
  199. Festival Customs - Christmas (p. 301)
  200. Festival Customs - Christmas (p. 301)
  201. Festival Customs - Christmas (p. 301)
  202. Festival Customs - Christmas (p. 301)
  203. Festival Customs - Christmas (p. 302)
  204. Festival Customs - Christmas (p. 302)
  205. Festival Customs - Christmas (p. 302)
  206. Festival Customs - Christmas (p. 302)
  207. Festival Customs - Christmas (p. 302)
  208. Festival Customs - Christmas (p. 302)
  209. Local Marriage Customs (p. 319)
  210. Customs Observed on Wedding Day (p. 319-320)
  211. Customs Observed on Wedding Day (p. 320-321)
  212. Customs Observed on Wedding Day (p. 321)
  213. Customs Observed on Wedding Day (p. 321)
  214. Old Graveyards (p. 322-323)
  215. Old Graveyards (p. 323-324)
  216. Old Graveyards (p. 324)
  217. Old Graveyards (p. 324)
  218. Old Graveyards (p. 325)
  219. Old Graveyards (p. 325)
  220. When we meet a funeral... (p. 325)
  221. A corpse should always be taken... (p. 325)
  222. The moment a person dies in a house... (p. 325)
  223. Birth Customs (p. 326)
  224. Birth Customs (p. 326)
  225. Birth Customs (p. 326-327)
  226. Birth Customs (p. 327-328)
  227. Finger Nails (p. 328)
  228. Local Place Names (p. 329)
  229. Local Place Names (p. 329-330)
  230. Hangman's Bush (p. 331)
  231. About half a mile from the Convent there is a cross roads - one branching off the Athy Road to Carlow... (p. 331)
  232. There are a few stones in Burke's field at the side of the Moate lane near Brennan's Public House... (p. 331)
  233. Local Forge (p. 332)
  234. Bread - Boxty Bread (p. 333)
  235. Bread - Potato Cakes (p. 333)
  236. Bread - Griddle Cakes (p. 333-334)
  237. Churning (p. 335-336)
  238. Emblems and Objects of Value (p. 338-339)
  239. Lore of Certain Days and Things (p. 340)
  240. Lore of Certain Days and Things (p. 340)
  241. Lore of Certain Days and Things (p. 340)
  242. Lore of Certain Days and Things (p. 340)
  243. Lore of Certain Days and Things (p. 340)
  244. Lore of Certain Days and Things (p. 341)
  245. Lore of Certain Days and Things (p. 341)
  246. Lore of Certain Days and Things (p. 341)
  247. Lore of Certain Days and Things (p. 341)
  248. Lore of Certain Days and Things (p. 341-342)
  249. Lore of Certain Days and Things (p. 342-343)
  250. Lore of Certain Days and Things (p. 343)
  251. Lore of Certain Days and Things (p. 343)
  252. Lore of Certain Days and Things (p. 344)
  253. Lore of Certain Days and Things (p. 344)
  254. Lore of Certain Days and Things (p. 344)
  255. Lore of Certain Days and Things (p. 344)
  256. Lore of Certain Days and Things (p. 344)
  257. Lore of Certain Days and Things (p. 344)

Resource description

Origin information
Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 chapter (vol. 780, p. 201a-344)
Languages
English  
Genre
Chapter
Subject
Folklore--Ireland--Kildare (County)
Manners and customs   linked data (lcsh)
Jokes   linked data (lcsh)
Dissenters, Religious--Legal status, laws, etc.
Clothing and dress   linked data (lcsh)
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
legendary creatures   linked data (afset)
Ireland--History--Rebellion of 1798
Riddles   linked data (lcsh)
Poverty--Ireland
narratives   linked data (afset)
Toys   linked data (lcsh)
Traditional medicine   linked data (lcsh)
Hordeolum   linked data (lcsh)
Chilblains   linked data (lcsh)
Whooping cough   linked data (lcsh)
Thrushes   linked data (lcsh)
Foot--Wounds and injuries
Furuncle   linked data (lcsh)
Wounds and injuries   linked data (lcsh)
Bites and stings   linked data (lcsh)
Felon (Disease)   linked data (lcsh)
Throat--Diseases
Eye--Diseases
Tuberculosis   linked data (lcsh)
Headache   linked data (lcsh)
Ringworm   linked data (lcsh)
Sprains   linked data (lcsh)
Rheumatism   linked data (lcsh)
Thorns   linked data (lcsh)
Animal culture   linked data (lcsh)
O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847   linked data (lcsh)
Weather--Folklore
Severe storms   linked data (lcsh)
Recreation   linked data (lcsh)
Proverbs   linked data (lcsh)
Religion   linked data (lcsh)
Occupations   linked data (lcsh)
Basket making   linked data (lcsh)
Rope trade   linked data (lcsh)
Coopering   linked data (afset)
Christmas   linked data (lcsh)
Marriage   linked data (lcsh)
Cemeteries   linked data (lcsh)
Historic sites   linked data (lcsh)
Death--Folklore
Childbirth--Folklore
local legends   linked data (afset)
Smithing   linked data (afset)
Bread--Folklore
Butter   linked data (lcsh)
Folk beliefs   linked data (afset)
School location
Kilcullen Cill Chuillinn Kilcullen Carnalway Naas South Kildare
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4769972
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0780/7

Suggested credit
"The Schools' Manuscript Collection: County Kildare 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:47699725>
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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