Losad

Abstract: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Losad (school) (Losset, Co. Donegal), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Úna Bean Uí Laoghaire.

Original reference: 1072/3

In collection  The Schools’ Collection : County Donegal schools

Stories

  1. Doon Well and the Rock of Doon (p. 271)
  2. O'Friels and Gartan Clay (p. 272)
  3. St Colmcille (p. 273)
  4. St Colmcille (p. 273-274)
  5. Stories of Giants (p. 275)
  6. Fairies (p. 276)
  7. Fairies (p. 276-277)
  8. Haunted Places (p. 278)
  9. Haunted Places (p. 278)
  10. Haunted Places (p. 279)
  11. Brohan Road (p. 280)
  12. Poisoned Glen (p. 281)
  13. Penal Days (p. 282)
  14. Story about Colmcille (p. 283)
  15. Gentle Places (p. 284)
  16. Haunted Places (p. 285)
  17. Fairies (p. 286)
  18. Haunted Places (p. 287)
  19. Story about Colmcille (p. 288)
  20. Ghost Story (p. 289-290)
  21. Story about Giants (p. 291-293)
  22. On one occasion a woman was coming from visiting a friend's house. She was passing Menbanon Bridge (which is three miles from our school) and saw gold sovereigns lying on the road. (p. 294)
  23. Hidden Treasure (p. 295)
  24. St Brigid's Eve (p. 296)
  25. Some Old Cures (p. 297-300)
  26. Poteen-Making (p. 301)
  27. Danny Hewettson (p. 302)
  28. Another Story about Poteen-Making (p. 303)
  29. Near to the town of Buncranna in the peninsula of Inishowen at a spot where a little river flows into the sea there once stood a castle in the days of long ago. It was at this period that the Danes or Northmen as thy were called were plundering the coasts of Irelands and spreading terror wherever they went. (p. 304-305)
  30. Colmcille (p. 306)
  31. Haunted Places (p. 307)
  32. There lived in Derryveagh a man named O Donnell who was considered a great pikes man. The pike was commonly used as a weapon in those days and it was considered a great offence for a man to own one. (p. 308)
  33. Now on an island in Gartan lake Godfrey O Donnell spent a year in retirement dying from wounds he received at the battle of Credrean Hill near Sligo. (p. 309)
  34. In the vicinity of Lough Salt two wolves roamed about. The people say that they could change themselves into human beings at will. (p. 310-311)
  35. The people in some localities are very superstitious. Now I often heard my people at home telling of others they knew who would not lace one shoe before putting on the other for fear of St. Colmcille's curse. (p. 312)

Resource description

Origin information
Losset, Co. Donegal
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 chapter (vol. 1072, p. 271a-312)
Languages
English  
Genre
Chapter
Subject
Folklore--Ireland--Donegal (County)
Manners and customs   linked data (lcsh)
Columba, Saint, 521-597   linked data (viaf)
Giants--Folklore
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
Roads   linked data (lcsh)
local legends   linked data (afset)
supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
belief   linked data (afset)
Geographical myths   linked data (lcsh)
Finn MacCumhaill, 3rd cent.   linked data (viaf)
Treasure troves--Folklore
Saint Brigid's Day   linked data (lcsh)
Traditional medicine   linked data (lcsh)
Food--Folklore
Land use   linked data (lcsh)
School location
Losset An Losaid Losset Gartan Kilmacrenan Donegal
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4428403
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 1072/3

Suggested credit
"The Schools' Manuscript Collection: County Donegal 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:44284035>
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.

School location

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