Lochán na mBan

Abstract: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Lochán na mBan (school) (Loughaunnaman, Co. Mayo), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Tomás Ó Conghaile.

Original reference: 0099/4

In collection The Schools’ Collection : County Mayo schools

  1. Story - Cooke's Bush (p. 261-262)
  2. Candles (p. 263)
  3. Riddles (p. 264-268)
  4. Local Forge (p. 268-269)
  5. Graveyards (p. 270-271)
  6. Marriage Customs (p. 271-272)
  7. Forts (p. 273-274)
  8. The chief occupation of the people in this country is farming. (p. 274-275)
  9. Marriage Customs (p. 276-277)
  10. Churning (p. 277-278)
  11. Village I Live in (p. 278-279)
  12. Castle Magarrett (p. 280-281)
  13. Potatoes (p. 281-282)
  14. Travelling Folk (p. 283-284)
  15. Houses where Mass Used to Be in Long Ago (p. 284-285)
  16. Travelling Folk (p. 285-286)
  17. Homemade Dye (p. 286-287)
  18. Priest Hunters (p. 287)
  19. Buying and Selling (p. 288)
  20. Old Houses (p. 289)
  21. Holy Wells (p. 290-291)
  22. Carrane House (p. 291-293)
  23. Prendergast (p. 293-294)
  24. The word Loughanemon means the lake of the women. (p. 294-296)
  25. Bothán-a-Stile (p. 296-297)
  26. Patrick Nally (p. 298)
  27. Conor O' Kelly (p. 298-299)
  28. Domestic Animals (p. 299-300)
  29. Pisreoga (p. 301-302)
  30. Bread (p. 303-304)
  31. Proverbs (p. 304-305)
  32. Local Cures (p. 305-306)
  33. Unnatural Calf (p. 306-307)
  34. Fairs (p. 307-308)
  35. Phantom Motor Car (p. 308-309)
  36. Ballyhowley Castle (p. 309-310)
  37. How Kilkenny Came to Knock First (p. 310-311)
  38. Fairs (p. 311-313)
Origin information
Loughaunnaman, Co. Mayo
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 chapter (vol. 99, p. 260-313)
Languages
English  
Genre
Chapter
Subject
Folklore--Ireland--Mayo (County)
Riddles   linked data (lcsh)
Smithing   linked data (afset)
Cemeteries   linked data (lcsh)
Marriage   linked data (lcsh)
Ringforts   linked data (lcsh)
Butter   linked data (lcsh)
Historic sites   linked data (lcsh)
Potatoes   linked data (lcsh)
Irish Travellers (Nomadic people)   linked data (lcsh)
Dissenters, Religious--Legal status, laws, etc.
Commerce   linked data (lcsh)
Dwellings--Folklore
Manners and customs   linked data (lcsh)
Land use   linked data (lcsh)
Fenians   linked data (lcsh)
Animal culture   linked data (lcsh)
Folk beliefs   linked data (afset)
Bread--Folklore
Proverbs   linked data (lcsh)
Traditional medicine   linked data (lcsh)
School location
LoughaunnamanLochán na mBanLoughaunnamanKilcolmanClanmorrisMayo
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4427855
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0099/4

Suggested credit
"The Schools' Manuscript Collection: County Mayo 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:44278555>
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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