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Allenwood

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

Original reference: 0774/3

In collection The Schools’ Collection : County Kildare schools

  1. Story (p. 163-165)
  2. Funny Story (p. 165-166)
  3. Story (p. 166-168)
  4. Story (p. 168-170)
  5. This is a rhyme which the boys sing on St Stephens Day when they are going round with the wren. (p. 170-171)
  6. A threepenny bit is called a kid's eye. (p. 171)
  7. There is a rhyme about the days of the week. (p. 171-172)
  8. On my father's land there is a bush growing and beside it is a holly tree. (p. 173)
  9. Funny Story (p. 173-175)
  10. Fairy Forts (p. 175-176)
  11. Churning (p. 176-177)
  12. When the cow is milked the person dips his finger in the milk and makes the Sign of the Cross on the cow. (p. 178)
  13. Feet (p. 178)
  14. A nice game can be played with the old horse shoes. (p. 178-179)
  15. My Home District (p. 179-180)
  16. Churning (p. 180-182)
  17. Funny Story (p. 182-184)
  18. Games (p. 184-185)
  19. My Home District (p. 185-186)
  20. Clothes (p. 186-187)
  21. Funny Story (p. 187-188)
  22. Fairy Forts (p. 188-189)
  23. The eggs that the hens lay on Good Friday and Holy Saturday, the people put crosses on them with soot. (p. 189)
  24. When the person that is milking has finished she puts a cross with milk on the cow. (p. 189-190)
  25. Great Men (p. 191)
  26. Herbs (p. 191-192)
  27. My Home District (p. 192-194)
  28. There are a lot of ruined castles around here, Ballyteague, Kilmeague, Blackwood, and Carbury. (p. 195)
  29. There was a hedge school near Jone's and a man named Mr O Keefe, used to teach the children. (p. 195)
  30. Travelling People (p. 196)
  31. Toys (p. 196-197)
  32. Riddles (p. 197-198)
  33. People with the same name before they were married can cure the wildfire and the whooping cough. (p. 198-199)
  34. Mr Carroll has a field called the "Laca-deire" in Derrymullen. (p. 200)
  35. A buachallán is a plant that animals would not eat. (p. 200)
  36. Place Names (p. 200-201)
  37. Potatoes (p. 201-202)
  38. My Home District (p. 202-203)
  39. Houses (p. 203-205)
  40. Leprechaun (p. 205-207)
  41. Penal Days (p. 207-209)
  42. Place Names (p. 209-211)
  43. Potatoes (p. 212-216)
  44. Proverbs (p. 217)
  45. Prayers (p. 217)
  46. Roads (p. 218-219)
  47. Ruins (p. 219-221)
  48. Long ago the Ballyteague people used to come across the fields to Mass. (p. 222-224)
  49. There was a hedge-school long ago in Ballyteague in a field now owned by Keenan's Ballyteague. (p. 224-227)
  50. Toys (p. 227-231)
  51. Weather (p. 231-233)
  52. Travelling People (p. 233-235)
  53. Riddles (p. 236-237)
  54. Travelling People (p. 238-239)
  55. Weather (p. 239-240)
  56. My Home District (p. 240-241)
  57. Place Names (p. 242-243)
  58. Proverbs (p. 243-245)
  59. Riddles (p. 245-246)
  60. Roads (p. 246-247)
  61. Standard Sack (p. 248)
  62. There is an old woman buried on the canal bank in Derrymullen and there is a big black dog seen at her grave every night. (p. 248-249)
  63. Old people say Happy is the corpse that the rain falls on. (p. 249-250)
  64. Games (p. 250-251)
  65. Herbs (p. 251-253)
  66. Place Names (p. 253-254)
  67. He who fights and runs away will live to fight another day but he who fights and takes his chance will exist in the ambulance. (p. 254-255)
  68. Riddles (p. 255-257)
  69. Mass Stories (p. 257-258)
  70. Food (p. 258-259)
  71. In Kinnegad there used to be a fair called the "fair of the blackthorn stick". (p. 260)
  72. Graveyards (p. 260-261)
  73. My Home District (p. 262-263)
  74. Games (p. 263-265)
  75. Houses (p. 265-267)
  76. Story (p. 267-269)
  77. Herbs (p. 269-270)
  78. Leprechaun (p. 271-272)
  79. Penal Days (p. 272-274)
  80. Place Names (p. 274-277)
  81. Potatoes (p. 277-281)
  82. Old Roads (p. 281-283)
  83. Story (p. 283-284)
  84. Proverbs (p. 285)
  85. Toys (p. 286-287)
  86. Schools (p. 287-289)
  87. Weather (p. 290-291)
  88. Story (p. 292-297)
  89. If a person's eye is itching it is a sign of crying. (p. 297-300)
  90. Games I Play (p. 300-303)
  91. My Home District (p. 303-304)
  92. Weeds (p. 304-305)
  93. Travelling People (p. 305-306)
  94. When the pot-hooks is sticky it is the sign of rain. (p. 307)
  95. Games (p. 307-309)
  96. Story (p. 309-311)
  97. The first bicycles that came round here were called "Philosophers" and some people called them "iron horses". (p. 311-312)
  98. Forts (p. 312-314)
  99. Lucky and Unlucky (p. 314-315)
  100. Folklore (p. 315-317)
  101. Place Names (p. 317-319)
  102. Travelling People (p. 319-320)
  103. Games (p. 320-322)
  104. Story (p. 322-323)
  105. There was a monastery at "the hill of Cill Cuara" in Allenwood North. (p. 323-324)
  106. It is unlucky to look at anyone shaving. (p. 324-325)
  107. Folklore (p. 325-326)
  108. There is a place in Allenwood called "The beggar-man's hill". (p. 326-327)
  109. Riddles (p. 327)
  110. Folklore (p. 328)
  111. There was an old school in Boston. (p. 328)
  112. Songs (p. 329)
  113. Songs (p. 329-330)
  114. Songs (p. 330-331)
  115. Stories (p. 331-332)
  116. Stories (p. 332-333)
  117. Stories (p. 333-334)
  118. Stories (p. 334-335)
  119. Stories (p. 335-337)
  120. Stories (p. 337-338)
  121. Stories (p. 338-339)
  122. Place Names (p. 340)
  123. Riddles (p. 340-342)
  124. Games (p. 342-343)
  125. Story (p. 343-344)
  126. Place Names (p. 345-346)
  127. Proverbs (p. 347-348)
  128. Travelling People (p. 348-349)
  129. Weather (p. 349-350)
  130. Games (p. 350-351)
  131. Story (p. 352-353)
  132. Story (p. 353-354)
  133. Story (p. 354-356)
  134. Story (p. 356-357)
  135. Story (p. 357-359)
  136. Story (p. 359-364)
  137. Long ago an old woman went around with besoms. (p. 365)
  138. Will-o'-the-Wisp (p. 365-369)
  139. Folklore (p. 370-371)
  140. Folklore (p. 371-372)
  141. Folklore (p. 372-373)
  142. Folklore (p. 373-374)
  143. Folklore (p. 374-375)
  144. Folklore (p. 375-376)
  145. Signs (p. 376-377)
  146. Story (p. 377-378)
  147. Story (p. 378-380)
  148. Story (p. 380-381)
  149. Games (p. 382-385)
  150. Story (p. 385-386)
  151. Story (p. 386-387)
  152. Story (p. 388)
  153. The banshee follows certain families. (p. 388-390)
  154. Signs (p. 390-391)
  155. Signs (p. 391)
  156. Riddles (p. 391-393)
  157. Every night the hens talk about going to Denmark the next day. and the next morning something always stops them from going. (p. 393-395)
  158. Herbs (p. 395-396)
  159. Proverbs (p. 396-397)
  160. Story (p. 397-398)
  161. Story (p. 398-399)
  162. Story (p. 399-400)
  163. Story (p. 400-401)
  164. Story (p. 401-402)
  165. Story (p. 402-403)
  166. Story (p. 403-405)
  167. Story (p. 405-406)
  168. Story (p. 406-407)
  169. Story (p. 407-408)
  170. Story (p. 408)
  171. Story (p. 408-409)
  172. Story (p. 409-410)
  173. Riddles (p. 410-412)
  174. As round as an apple... (p. 413)
  175. In Ticknevin Carbury Co Kildare the adults used to go to night school to learn Catechism. (p. 414)
  176. If the sun sets red it is the sign of frost. (p. 414)
  177. Once upon a time a man was coming home from a fair. (p. 414-415)
Origin information
Allenwood, Co. Kildare
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 chapter (vol. 774, p. 162-415)
Languages
English  
Genre
Chapter
Subject
Folklore--Ireland--Kildare (County)
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
Saint Stephen's Day   linked data (lcsh)
Manners and customs   linked data (lcsh)
Treasure troves--Folklore
Jokes   linked data (lcsh)
Ringforts   linked data (lcsh)
Butter   linked data (lcsh)
Clothing and dress   linked data (lcsh)
Recreation   linked data (lcsh)
local legends   linked data (afset)
Good Friday   linked data (lcsh)
Agriculture   linked data (lcsh)
Traditional medicine   linked data (lcsh)
Schools   linked data (lcsh)
Historic sites   linked data (lcsh)
Dissenters, Religious--Legal status, laws, etc.
Irish Travellers (Nomadic people)   linked data (lcsh)
Toys   linked data (lcsh)
Riddles   linked data (lcsh)
Whooping cough   linked data (lcsh)
Potatoes   linked data (lcsh)
Dwellings--Folklore
Leprechauns   linked data (lcsh)
Proverbs   linked data (lcsh)
Prayers   linked data (lcsh)
Roads   linked data (lcsh)
Weather--Folklore
Death--Folklore
Folk poetry   linked data (lcsh)
Food--Folklore
Commerce   linked data (lcsh)
Cemeteries   linked data (lcsh)
Folk beliefs   linked data (afset)
Will-o'-the-wisp   linked data (lcsh)
Banshees   linked data (lcsh)
School location
AllenwoodFiodh AlúineAllenwoodKilmeageConnellKildare
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4742166
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0774/3

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:47421665>
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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