Síolach

Abstract: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Síolach (school) (Sheelagh, Co. Louth), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher S. Ó Gnímh.

Original reference: 0664/1

In collection  The Schools’ Collection : County Louth schools

Stories

  1. Irish Words in Common Use in Locality (p. 002)
  2. Place Names (p. 003-005)
  3. Local Superstitions (p. 006)
  4. Wakes (p. 006-008)
  5. Weackie (bhacach) a nickname given to a girl who lived around here about eighty years ago. (p. 010)
  6. One evening Pat McArdle was going to the shop for bread and when he was passing Quinn's fort he saw a crowd of little men dancing round a bush. (p. 011)
  7. Once upon a time there was a widow woman and her son living in a small house. (p. 011-013)
  8. Once upon a time there was an old man and his son living in a small house. (p. 014-018)
  9. Once upon a time there lived a King who had three sons. (p. 018-023)
  10. Once upon a time when a tramp tailor went into a house the child was crying and the mother said it was always crying like that. (p. 020)
  11. Once upon a time a crowd of people were playing cards in a house and when they were playing some time one of the players was geting all the tricks by fraud. (p. 021)
  12. Once upon a time there was a man coming home from playing cards and when he was passing through a wood he saw a little man with a very little table and the little man asked the other man for the pack of cards that he had in his pocket. (p. 022)
  13. Old Riddles (p. 024)
  14. Local Heroes (p. 025-026)
  15. Severe Weather - Big Wind of 1839 (p. 027)
  16. Old Schools (p. 028)
  17. Black Bull (p. 029-033)
  18. Wee Bannock (p. 034-037)
  19. Barley Grain (p. 038-041)
  20. Fairy Tale (p. 042-045)
  21. Seán Gabha - The Blacksmith (p. 046-050)
  22. Fairy Tale (p. 051-054)
  23. Rathfriland on the Hill (p. 056-058)
  24. Charming Wee Maid of Dunleer (p. 059-062)
  25. Once upon a time there was a man who had three sons and they were very poor. (p. 064-067)
  26. Once upon a time there was a girl coming home from America and she stayed overnight in England. (p. 068)
  27. One Christmas Eve Patrick Duffy went down to Sheelagh yard and before he left the house he saw the church all lighted up but when he went up to the chapel yard he found that there were no lights atall. (p. 069)
  28. Local Stories about Fairies (p. 070-071)
  29. A man named Matthews, a native of Shanmullagh, Dundalk was a carter on the road. (p. 072-073)
  30. Mary Ralph Coulter, Carrickastuck, Dundalk who lived there about eighty years ago could turn herself into a hare. (p. 074-075)
  31. Derryfalone Hackballs Cross - Buck Foster - Landlord and Law-Maker (p. 076-077)
  32. Fosters (p. 078)
  33. The O Callaghan's were the landlords in the Shelagh District. (p. 079-080)
  34. Local Blacksmiths (p. 081)
  35. Local Mass Rock (p. 082)
  36. Cow Illnesses and Cures (p. 083)
  37. Cure of Cassidy's Clothes (p. 084)
  38. Cure of the Man-Creeper (p. 085)
  39. Cure of Rupture (p. 086)
  40. Cure of Jaundice (p. 087)
  41. Local Superstitions - Cures (p. 088-090)
  42. May Bush (p. 091)
  43. Wind (p. 092)
  44. Moon (p. 093)

Resource description

Origin information
Sheelagh, Co. Louth
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 chapter (vol. 664, p. 1-93)
Languages
English  
Genre
Chapter
Subject
Folklore--Ireland--Louth (County)
local legends   linked data (afset)
Death--Folklore
Folk beliefs   linked data (afset)
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
Riddles   linked data (lcsh)
Winds--Folklore
Signs and symbols--Ireland
Schools   linked data (lcsh)
Folk poetry   linked data (lcsh)
Smithing   linked data (afset)
Marriage   linked data (lcsh)
Veterinary therapeutics   linked data (lcsh)
Traditional medicine   linked data (lcsh)
Newts   linked data (lcsh)
Jaundice   linked data (lcsh)
May (Month)--Folklore
Weather--Folklore
School location
Sheelagh Saileogach Sheelagh Creggan Dundalk Upper Louth
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5008831
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0664/1

Suggested credit
"The Schools' Manuscript Collection: County Louth 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:50088315>
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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