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Crummy

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

Original reference: 0211/4

In collection The Schools’ Collection : County Leitrim schools

  1. Ghost Story (p. 303)
  2. Long ago there lived a man and his mother in a small tatched house beside Sliéve an Iarainn Mountain. (p. 304)
  3. Pot of Gold (p. 304-305)
  4. One night a few men went to play cards in a certain house and their was a man named Casey with them. (p. 305-306)
  5. One night a man coming home from a fair. (p. 307)
  6. Ghost Story (p. 307-308)
  7. One night a man was coming home from his rambles and he had to pass by a grave-yard... (p. 309)
  8. One time there was a widow and she had one cow. (p. 310)
  9. Dead Coach (p. 311)
  10. Ghost Story - The Barrel (p. 311)
  11. Fairies' Dance (p. 312-313)
  12. Attempting to Take Back a Person from Fairies (p. 314)
  13. Fairy Ointment (p. 315-316)
  14. Taking Away People - The Blastman etc. (p. 317)
  15. One night a man was coming home from his céilide... (p. 318)
  16. Ghost Story (p. 319)
  17. Ghost Story (p. 320)
  18. Stray Sod (p. 321)
  19. Stray Sod (p. 321-322)
  20. Black Man (p. 323)
  21. Three-Legged Hare (p. 324-325)
  22. Dún na bhFéirín (p. 326)
  23. Sleeping Army (p. 327)
  24. Loch Caoch (p. 328)
  25. Blastman (p. 329)
  26. Man with the Six Fingers (p. 330)
  27. Water-Horse (p. 331-332)
  28. Guban Saor (p. 332-333)
  29. How Guban Saor's Son Shortened the Road (p. 334-335)
  30. Hallow Eve Customs - Raking the Stack (p. 337)
  31. Hallow Eve Customs (p. 338)
  32. Hallow Eve Customs - Plucking the Yarrow (p. 338)
  33. Christmas Customs (p. 339)
  34. Riddles (p. 340-341)
  35. As I went through yonder gap, I met my Uncle Davy... (p. 342-343)
  36. Pisreoga (p. 345-347)
  37. Pisreoga (p. 348-349)
  38. Marriage (p. 350)
  39. Customs and Beliefs Regards Death etc. (p. 352-353)
  40. Miscellaneous Customs and Beliefs (p. 354-356)
  41. Cures (p. 357)
  42. Local Cures (p. 358-359)
  43. Cures (p. 360-361)
  44. Feeding Herbs (p. 361-362)
  45. Poisonious and Harmful Herbs (p. 362)
  46. Crummy (p. 364)
  47. Care of the Feet (p. 365)
  48. Saint Ciallain's Bell (p. 366)
  49. Foods in Olden Times (p. 367-368)
  50. Bonfire Customs (p. 369)
  51. Preparing the Ground for the Potato Crop (p. 370-371)
  52. Stories of Our Lord (p. 372)
  53. Clock (p. 373)
  54. Priests in Penal Times (p. 374)
  55. One time the soldiers captured a priest and threw him into a burning lime kiln, thinking he should be burned to death. (p. 375)
  56. What is seldom is wonderful. (p. 376)
  57. Liosta Focal (p. 378-379)
Origin information
Crummy, Co. Leitrim
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 chapter (vol. 211, p. 303a-379)
Languages
English  
Genre
Chapter
Subject
Folklore--Ireland--Leitrim (County)
Treasure troves--Folklore
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
Geographical myths   linked data (lcsh)
Ringforts   linked data (lcsh)
Animals, Mythical   linked data (lcsh)
Halloween   linked data (lcsh)
Christmas   linked data (lcsh)
Riddles   linked data (lcsh)
Folk beliefs   linked data (afset)
Marriage   linked data (lcsh)
Traditional medicine   linked data (lcsh)
Folk poetry   linked data (lcsh)
local legends   linked data (afset)
Shoes   linked data (lcsh)
Manners and customs   linked data (lcsh)
John the Baptist’s Day   linked data (lcsh)
Potatoes   linked data (lcsh)
Religion   linked data (lcsh)
Dissenters, Religious--Legal status, laws, etc.
Verbal arts and literature   linked data (afset)
School location
CrummyCromaighCrummyKiltubbridLeitrimLeitrim
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4649692
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0211/4

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:46496925>
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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