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Eaglais

Abstract: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Eaglais (school) (Burren, Co. Mayo), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher S. Ó Mongaigh.

Original reference: 0089/1

In collection  The Schools’ Collection : County Mayo schools

Stories

  1. Proverbs (p. 001)
  2. Old Custom (p. 002)
  3. Hungry Man Dreaming of Food (p. 002)
  4. Local Accident (p. 003)
  5. Funny Story (p. 004-005)
  6. Black Lump (p. 004)
  7. Riddle (p. 006)
  8. Man and the Bag of Money (p. 007)
  9. Rosary (p. 008)
  10. One night a man was coming home from town. (p. 008)
  11. Child's Grave (p. 009)
  12. Once upon a time there lived a company of country boys who used to be out very late at night. (p. 010)
  13. Story (p. 011)
  14. Don’t Refuse Tea at Night Or Else (p. 012)
  15. Story - Led Astray at Night (p. 013)
  16. Story - Tricking at Cards (p. 014)
  17. Story - Lights Around the House (p. 015)
  18. Thrashing - Our Method (p. 016)
  19. Lion and the Sheep (p. 017)
  20. Flax (p. 018)
  21. Raheenbar (Parish of Glenisland) (p. 018)
  22. Loom (p. 019)
  23. Flax (p. 019)
  24. First People That Came to Burren (p. 020)
  25. Commauns Bridge (p. 020)
  26. Local Evictions (p. 020-021)
  27. Black Pig (p. 022)
  28. Riddles (p. 022-023)
  29. Spinning at Night - The Hags (p. 023)
  30. Going for Poitín - Led astray by Fairies (p. 024)
  31. Fairies and the Coffin (p. 025)
  32. Strange Man Seen at Every Crossroads (p. 026)
  33. Man in Woman's Clothes (p. 027)
  34. Brave Man - The Eagle's Nest (p. 028)
  35. Changed into Wild Geese (p. 029)
  36. At the Gates of Heaven (p. 030)
  37. Scéilín - An Guth ón Sceach (p. 031)
  38. Place Names (p. 031)
  39. Swapping a Son for Gold (p. 032)
  40. Lost Purse (p. 033)
  41. Highest Penny (p. 033)
  42. Children Brought off by an Eagle (p. 034)
  43. Ghost (p. 034)
  44. Lights in a Field (p. 035)
  45. Priest and the Parson (p. 035)
  46. Gold in the Burrenmore Cave (p. 036)
  47. Sheep Stealer (p. 036-037)
  48. Good Fairy Mother (p. 038)
  49. Stranger in the Cart (p. 039)
  50. Riddles (p. 039)
  51. Sight of the Devil (p. 040)
  52. Prayer (p. 040)
  53. Ghosts Who Ate (p. 041)
  54. Stopped by a Cock (p. 041)
  55. Rhyme (p. 041)
  56. Riddles (p. 042-044)
  57. Monk's Ghost (p. 045)
  58. Black Pig (p. 045-046)
  59. Rap at the Door (p. 047)
  60. Lament for Pat Randall Mac Donnell (p. 047-048)
  61. Poteen (p. 049)
  62. Stolen Horse (p. 049)
  63. Irish Cinderella (p. 050)
  64. Place Names (p. 050)
  65. Carried off by Ghosts (p. 051)
  66. Fairies and the Butter (p. 051)
  67. Place Names (p. 052-053)
  68. Tale of a Tail (p. 054)
  69. Famine (p. 054)
  70. Learning English (p. 055)
  71. The wren, the wren, The king of all birds... (p. 056)
  72. A Local Poem (p. 056-057)
  73. Three Pots of Gold (p. 058)
  74. Easy Wealth (p. 059)
  75. Coming from a Wake (p. 060)
  76. Riddles (p. 060)
  77. Asleep in a Chapel (p. 061)
  78. Why she Stayed from Mass (p. 061)
  79. By a Tombstone (p. 062)
  80. Dead Children (p. 062)
  81. Punishment for Missing Mass (p. 063)
  82. In a Graveyard (p. 063-065)
  83. Prayer (p. 064)
  84. Old Prayer (p. 064)
  85. Fairies around a Fire (p. 066)
  86. Devil on him (p. 067)
  87. Lurapóg, larapóg, Buidh O'Neill... (p. 068)
  88. Without title (p. 068)
  89. Briste gan bhásta ar Pháidín Ó Rafterí.. (p. 069)
  90. Lurapóg Larapóg, Lumpa Lac... (p. 069)
  91. Lurapóg learpóg, Bunnán léine... (p. 070)
  92. Cé bhfuair an bacach an brannra.. (p. 071)
  93. Boxty on the griddle, Boxty on the pan.. (p. 071-072)
  94. Dog Saw Something (p. 073)
  95. Molly O'Hara (p. 073)
  96. Big father Nerrtey... (p. 073)
  97. Whitethorn Bush (p. 074)
  98. Strange Lights (p. 075)
  99. Ghost Fair (p. 076-077)
  100. Herrings Eaten by Ghosts (p. 078)
  101. Local Storm (p. 078)
  102. Laying a Ghost (p. 079)
  103. Lion (p. 080)
  104. Big Flood (p. 081)
  105. Carried off by a Flood (p. 082)
  106. Story - The Fairy Horse (p. 083)
  107. Magic Rabbit (p. 083)
  108. Somebody in the Cart (p. 084)
  109. Witch Minding the Gold (p. 085)
  110. Prayer (p. 085)
  111. Don't Be out Late (p. 086)
  112. On a White Horse (p. 087)
  113. On that Cross my sins have nailed Him.. (p. 087)
  114. Selling his Soul to the Devil (p. 088-089)
  115. How Bóthar na Mine Got its Name (p. 090)
  116. St Patrick's Stone (p. 090)
  117. Giving Poteen to the Ghost Cat (p. 091-092)
  118. Ghosts (p. 093)
  119. One night a crowd of boys was coming home from visiting. (p. 094)
  120. Three Men in White (p. 094)
  121. Mass (p. 095)
  122. Prayer (p. 095)
  123. Digging at Night - Fairy Help (p. 096)
  124. If you are going to a fair and you meet a woman when you are going out the door you will have bad luck. (p. 096)
  125. Sound of Bugles and Horses (p. 097)
  126. Riddles (p. 097)
  127. Somebody in the Cart (p. 098)
  128. Knock Stone (p. 098)
  129. How Bóthar na Míne Got its Name (p. 099)
  130. Riddle (p. 100)
  131. Big father Nerritey, Domlicken screbety... (p. 100)
  132. Money Lost at Cards (p. 101)
  133. Package of Cigarettes (p. 101)
  134. Once there was a boy out looking for sheep. (p. 102)
  135. Crochfad-ne mo bannóigín, Teach an Deada Mhóir... (p. 102)
  136. Cé mhéid dréimire a rachadh go dtí an spéir. (p. 102)
  137. Na Firíní ag Baint Coirce (p. 103)
  138. Riddles (p. 104-105)
  139. Riddles (p. 106)
  140. Boy and the Ghost (p. 107)
  141. Boy and the Ghost (p. 108)
  142. Riddles (p. 109)
  143. Accident (p. 110)
  144. Fox and the Deer (p. 111)
  145. Strange Sheep (p. 112)
  146. Black Pig (p. 112)
  147. Graveyard (p. 113-115)
  148. Commaun Bridge (p. 114)
  149. Lights after him (p. 116)
  150. Ghost on the Alt (p. 117)
  151. Riddles (p. 118)
  152. Riddle (p. 119)
  153. Riddles (p. 120-121)
  154. Riddles (p. 122-123)
  155. Rann (p. 124)
  156. Rann (p. 124)
  157. Rann (p. 125)
  158. Rann (p. 125)
  159. Rann (p. 125)
  160. Rann (p. 126)
  161. Rann (p. 126)
  162. Rann (p. 126)
  163. Riddles (p. 127)
  164. Cures (p. 128-129)
  165. If you see two hens fighting... (p. 128)
  166. Mermaid (p. 130-131)
  167. Churning (p. 132)
  168. Three Wishes (p. 133-134)
  169. Ghost and the Man (p. 135)
  170. Forgiveness (p. 136)
  171. Riddles (p. 137-138)
  172. Riddles (p. 139)
  173. Hurly Burly Thromp a Thray (p. 139)
  174. Riddles (p. 140a)
  175. Riddles (p. 140a-140)
  176. Story (p. 141)
  177. Hurry up Hurry, Says the lady of the boat... (p. 141)
  178. Fairies (p. 142)
  179. Riddles (p. 142)
  180. Rosary (p. 143)
  181. Murchadh Mór agus Murchadh Beag (p. 144)
  182. Wronged Revenge (p. 145-146)
  183. A Local Poem (p. 147-148)
  184. Lá Brighde, beidh an t-earrach againn anois... (p. 148-149)
  185. Marthain Phádraig (p. 150-152)
  186. Dónall Ó Conaill (p. 153)
  187. Paidir - Tréis Béile (p. 153)
  188. Tomhais (p. 153)
  189. Murchadh Mór agus Murchadh Beag (p. 154-155)
  190. Murchadh Mór agus Murchadh Beag - Leagan Eile (p. 155-156)
  191. Caidé sin don té sin nach mbaineann sin dó. (p. 156-157)
  192. Lá Fhéile Bríde (p. 158)
  193. Och Och ars an chearc, Gearrad ar marbhadh... (p. 159)
  194. Seán Ó Máille is mála mine aige.. (p. 159)
  195. Hóra! a leanibh... [suantraí] (p. 159)
  196. Tomhais (p. 160)
  197. Riddles (p. 161)
  198. Riddles (p. 161-167)

Resource description

Origin information
Burren, Co. Mayo
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 chapter (vol. 89, p. 1a-167)
Languages
English  irish  
Genre
Chapter
Subject
Folklore--Ireland--Mayo (County)
Folk beliefs   linked data (afset)
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852
Jokes   linked data (lcsh)
Riddles   linked data (lcsh)
Verbal arts and literature   linked data (afset)
Agriculture   linked data (lcsh)
Animals--Folklore
Clothing and dress   linked data (lcsh)
Land use   linked data (lcsh)
Roads   linked data (lcsh)
Geographical myths   linked data (lcsh)
Geographical myths   linked data (lcsh)
Religion   linked data (lcsh)
Treasure troves--Folklore
Prayers   linked data (lcsh)
Folk poetry   linked data (lcsh)
local legends   linked data (afset)
Saint Stephen's Day   linked data (lcsh)
Recreation   linked data (lcsh)
Weather--Folklore
Rain and rainfall   linked data (lcsh)
Manners and customs   linked data (lcsh)
Patrick, Saint, 373?-463?  
Poverty--Ireland
Foxes--Folklore
Cemeteries   linked data (lcsh)
Traditional medicine   linked data (lcsh)
Mermaids   linked data (lcsh)
Butter   linked data (lcsh)
Saint Brigid's Day   linked data (lcsh)
School location
Burren Boirinn Burren Aglish Carra Mayo
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4498043
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0089/1

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:44980435>
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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