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Old Roads

Abstract: Story collected by Dan Lenihan, a student at Ballycastle Boys' school (Ballycastle, Co. Mayo) from informant Mrs Polke.

Original reference: 0140/1/23

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County The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Mayo Schools

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Old Roads [duchas:4369334]

There is a very nice old road near Ballycastle school. It is a lovely place for games. It is so wide and soft and green. A little fence marks it from the field in which it ruins. There are no stones on it a it has never been gravelled just a passage fenced in the field. These old roads can be traced in every locality. Some have been ploughed up but in many places are left untact. The fences are worn down now but still quite high enough to mark the road. The roads are claimed as right away in many places and few dispute even though it may run through arable lands.

Origin information
Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 042
Volume 0140
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Mícheál de Búrca.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Roads   linked data (lcsh)
Roads--Bóithre
Agriculture   linked data (lcsh)
Agriculture--Talmhaíocht
Informant location
BallycastleBaile an ChaisilBallycastleDoonfeenyTirawleyMayo
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4474702
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0140/1/23

Suggested credit
"Old Roads"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4474702>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Mícheál de Búrca.
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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