Urbal

Abstract: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Urbal (school) (Urbal, Co. Leitrim), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Gerald Kelliher.

Original reference: 0206/4

In collection The Schools’ Collection : County Leitrim schools

  1. Baile na gCléireach (p. 454-458)
  2. Incident of the Penal Days (p. 459)
  3. Incident of the Penal Days (p. 460-461)
  4. Story of the Good People (p. 462)
  5. Schools of the Parish 50 Years Ago (p. 463)
  6. Sweat-Houses (p. 464)
  7. May Day (p. 464-465)
  8. Piseoga (p. 466-467)
  9. Bringing of Butter (p. 468-470)
  10. Story of the Fairies (p. 470-471)
  11. Ghost Story (p. 471-472)
  12. Ghost Story (p. 471-472)
  13. Information Regarding Eden School (p. 473-474)
  14. Resin Candles (p. 475)
  15. Rush Candles (p. 475)
  16. Medicinal Herbs and Cures (p. 476-478)
  17. Famine (p. 479-481)
  18. Poor Scholar's Saying (p. 481-482)
  19. Piseoga (p. 482-483)
  20. Fireside Game of Olden Times (p. 483-484)
  21. Cure for Blessed Sickness (p. 484)
  22. Hidden Treasure (p. 484-485)
  23. Hidden Treasure (p. 485-486)
  24. Hidden Treasure (p. 486)
  25. Hidden Treasure (p. 487)
  26. Hidden Treasure (p. 488)
  27. Hidden Treasure (p. 489)
  28. Cure for Headache (p. 490)
  29. Festival Days (p. 490-491)
  30. Local Heroes (p. 491-492)
  31. Old Fort (p. 492)
  32. St Brigid's Well (p. 493)
  33. Cures for Removing Warts (p. 494)
  34. Game (Fireside) (p. 494)
  35. Game - Boys Sitting around the Fire (p. 495)
  36. Game with Ashes Piled on the Hearthstone (p. 495-496)
  37. Game for Fireside (p. 497-498)
  38. Sitting Bróg (p. 496-497)
  39. Tricks (p. 499)
  40. Riddles (p. 499-500)
  41. About one hundred years ago (perhaps longer) trees grew along the shore of Lake Allen. (p. 500-501)
  42. A Funny Story (p. 501)
  43. When old women used be finished milking a cow they'd say... (p. 502)
  44. Rhyme (p. 502)
  45. Preparation of Food (p. 502)
  46. Clipping of the 'Multeen' - Game (p. 503)
  47. Game - The Nine Daughters (p. 504-505)
  48. Nine Daughters (p. 505-506)
  49. Landlord and Evictions - Ballinaglera Parish (p. 507-512)
  50. Song - Brady Emergency Man (p. 513-514)
  51. Song - Brady Emergency Man (p. 515)
  52. Song - Tom Brady (Emergency Man) (p. 516-517)
  53. Story of the Fox (p. 518)
  54. Story of the Fox (p. 518-519)
  55. Story of the Fox (p. 519-520)
  56. Story of the Weasel (p. 520-521)
  57. Inviting Weasels to Kill Rats (p. 522)
  58. The Wild Cats (p. 522-523)
  59. The Leipreachán (p. 523-524)
  60. Drowning (p. 524-525)
  61. Riddles (p. 526-527)
  62. Local Hero (p. 527-528)
  63. Fairy Fort (p. 528)
  64. Hidden Treasure (p. 529)
  65. Creel-Making (p. 530)
  66. How to Make Pardóga (p. 531)
  67. Price of Life (p. 532-533)
  68. Brady - Emergency Man (p. 534-551)
  69. As told in a previous account in this book Bartley Creamer was charged with the murder of Kelly (emergency man). (p. 551-553)
  70. Marriage of Two Ghosts (p. 554-556)
  71. Shooting of Lord Leitrim (p. 557-558)
  72. Slievenakilla Evictions (p. 558-560)
  73. Lines written on a St Patrick's Day (1889) parade in Ballinaglera by N. Mc Carthy, a wandering poet. (p. 561-563)
  74. Lovely Mary Anne (p. 564-565)
  75. Story (p. 565-566)
  76. Funny Story (p. 566-567)
  77. Story (p. 568-569)
  78. Conor's Lane (p. 569-570)
  79. Story (p. 570-571)
  80. Story of a Pot of Gold (p. 571-572)
  81. Forts (p. 572-573)
  82. Story about a Fort (p. 573-574)
  83. Leipreacháin (p. 574-575)
  84. Story of the Mermaid (p. 575-576)
  85. Story of a Fort (p. 576-577)
  86. Riddles (p. 577-578)
  87. Ballinagleragh Parish (p. 579-581)
  88. Slieve an Iarainn (p. 581-582)
  89. Gobán Saor (p. 582)
  90. Cromwell (p. 582-584)
  91. During the War of 1641 Bishop Mac Sweeney, at one time the only bishop in Erin, was in hiding for a long time in the Slieve-an-Iarainn district from which he had to try to rule the diocese of Kilmore. (p. 584-586)
  92. 1798 (p. 586-593)
  93. Cure of the Heart-Fever (p. 594)
  94. Cure of the Whooping-Cough (p. 594)
  95. Story (p. 595-596)
  96. Story (p. 596-597)
  97. Story (p. 598-599)
  98. Story (p. 600-601)
  99. Leipreachán (p. 601-602)
  100. Weasel (p. 602-603)
  101. Story (p. 603-604)
  102. Story (p. 604-606)
  103. Local Roads (p. 607-609)
  104. Hidden Treasure (p. 609-610)
  105. Blacksmith (p. 610-611)
  106. Hooping-Cough (p. 612)
  107. Homemade Toys (p. 612-613)
  108. Story (p. 613-614)
  109. Story (p. 614-615)
  110. Story (p. 616)
Origin information
Urbal, Co. Leitrim
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 chapter (vol. 206, p. 453-616)
Languages
English  
Genre
Chapter
Subject
Folklore--Ireland--Leitrim (County)
Dissenters, Religious--Legal status, laws, etc.
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
Schools   linked data (lcsh)
Traditional medicine   linked data (lcsh)
May (Month)--Folklore
Folk beliefs   linked data (afset)
Agriculture   linked data (lcsh)
Candlemaking   linked data (lcsh)
Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852
Folk poetry   linked data (lcsh)
Recreation   linked data (lcsh)
Treasure troves--Folklore
Headache   linked data (lcsh)
Manners and customs   linked data (lcsh)
Ringforts   linked data (lcsh)
Brigid, of Ireland, Saint, ca. 453-ca. 524   linked data (viaf)
Warts   linked data (lcsh)
Riddles   linked data (lcsh)
Jokes   linked data (lcsh)
Food--Folklore
Foxes--Folklore
Animals--Folklore
Leprechauns   linked data (lcsh)
Drowning   linked data (lcsh)
Basket making   linked data (lcsh)
Land use   linked data (lcsh)
Mermaids   linked data (lcsh)
local legends   linked data (afset)
Gobán Saor (Legendary character)   linked data (lcsh)
Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658   linked data (viaf)
Ireland--History--Rebellion of 1798
Whooping cough   linked data (lcsh)
Religion   linked data (lcsh)
narratives   linked data (afset)
Roads   linked data (lcsh)
Smithing   linked data (afset)
Toys   linked data (lcsh)
O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847   linked data (lcsh)
School location
UrbalAn tIorballUrbalDrumreillyDrumahaireLeitrim
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4605947
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0206/4

Suggested credit
"The Schools' Manuscript Collection: County Leitrim 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:46059475>
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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