Coolronan

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

Original reference: 0694/4

In collection  The Schools’ Collection : County Meath schools

Stories

  1. Cures (p. 301A-305)
  2. Race of the Black Pig (p. 307-308)
  3. Race of the Black Pig (p. 308-310)
  4. Army Under Earls Mill (p. 311)
  5. It is prophesied that the black pig is to run from Drogheda to Slane and from Slane to Navan from Navan to Trim and from Trim to Scarriff and from Scarriff to Earls Mill. (p. 311-312)
  6. Twelve Days of Christmas (p. 312-314)
  7. Three Stories (p. 315-318)
  8. Story of the Lough in Croboy (p. 319-320)
  9. Another Story of the Black Dog (p. 321)
  10. School Games - Thread Thread the Needle (p. 326-327)
  11. School Games - The Lady of the Mountain (p. 328-329)
  12. School Games - Four Corners (p. 329-330)
  13. School Games - Little Dog and High Gates (p. 330-331)
  14. School Games - Right Sally Walker (p. 332-333)
  15. Lot of Names for a Fish that Lives in a Ditch (p. 334)
  16. Halloween (p. 336-338)
  17. Halloween (p. 338-339)
  18. Halloween (p. 339-340)
  19. Cattle in Folklore (p. 341-348)
  20. Christmas in Folklore (p. 348-352)
  21. Food (p. 352-358)
  22. Food (p. 358-360)
  23. Easter Customs - Good Friday (p. 361)
  24. May Day (p. 362)
  25. May Day (p. 362-363)
  26. May Day (p. 364)
  27. Fairy Story (p. 365)
  28. Fairy Story - Fairy Funerals (p. 366)
  29. Fairy Story (p. 367)
  30. Fairy Story (p. 367)
  31. Fairy Story - Saying about Fairies (p. 368)
  32. Mass Hollow (p. 369)
  33. There is a stone in Douglas's field, Robinstown, Ballivor and there is the mark of a bare-foot on it. (p. 369)
  34. War in '98 (p. 370)
  35. War in '98 (p. 370-371)
  36. Famine (p. 371-372)
  37. Famine (p. 372-373)
  38. Folklore - Old Sayings (p. 374-375)
  39. Black Dog of Coolronan (p. 376)
  40. Dog in Crossanstown (p. 376-377)
  41. Folklore about Animals (p. 377-378)
  42. Stories about Landlords - Captain Featherstone Haugh (p. 380-381)
  43. Stories about Landlords - Lord Darnley (p. 381-383)
  44. Objects Found in Bogs, Fields etc (p. 385-386)
  45. Stone Found in Garrock - Robinstown (p. 387-388)
  46. Place Names (p. 390-398)
  47. Old Fairy Stories - The Púca Práine (p. 401-402)
  48. Trades and Crafts (p. 403)
  49. Trades and Crafts (p. 404-405)
  50. Trades and Crafts - Slieve-Maker (p. 405-406)
  51. Trades and Crafts (p. 406-407)
  52. Trades and Crafts (p. 407-409)
  53. Trades and Crafts (p. 409-411)
  54. Trades and Crafts (p. 411-412)
  55. Trades and Crafts (p. 412-413)
  56. Halloween (p. 414-415)
  57. Ghost-Stories (p. 416)
  58. One night a man named Jack Crooks was coming home with a load of Hay and when he was coming at a gate called "The pin gate", the horse frightened and ran away and Jack Crocks was killed. (p. 417)
  59. Bothair na Coille midway between Ballivor and Kildalkey. A dog used to be seen crossing the road after night fall. (p. 417)
  60. At the Battery in Joyce's wood a hand appears and a candle in it and it travels to Miggins' in Ballinadrimna. (p. 417-418)
  61. One night ten men went poaching in Woodtown and they had their nets set and a carriage came and drove through the gate and all the men went on the shun and said one to another "Our nets are broken". (p. 419)
  62. Black Dog (p. 419-420)
  63. There was a man one time he was a herd and he used to bring his dog with him. (p. 421-422)
  64. There was a man and his wife. (p. 422-423)
  65. Long ago there was a man and his wife and she died and he had no money to get a mass said for her. (p. 423)
  66. Long ago people believed that there was a God called the wind. (p. 424)
  67. In Fagens at night they have to leave a lamp lit all night, because if they did not the chairs tables and stools will start dancing round the room. (p. 424-425)
  68. Fairy Stories (p. 426)
  69. Fairy Stories (p. 426-427)
  70. Fairy Stories (p. 427-429)
  71. Fairy Stories (p. 429-430)
  72. Funerals and Wakes (p. 431)
  73. Funerals and Wakes (p. 431-432)
  74. Funerals and Wakes (p. 432-433)
  75. Funerals and Wakes - The Crooked Crab-Tree (p. 433-434)
  76. Funerals and Wakes - Bees in the Hive (p. 435)
  77. Funerals and Wakes - Another Game (p. 435-436)
  78. Resin Candles (p. 436-437)
  79. Big Fire of Coolronan (p. 438-440)
  80. Conor Sheridan (p. 442-443)
  81. A man one time in Westmeath saw a hare out in his field milking his cow. (p. 444-445)
  82. Hidden Treasure (p. 446)
  83. Hidden Treasure (p. 447)
  84. In the Raheen of Coolronan unbaptised children were buried and there are some big stones on the top of the hill. (p. 447-448)
  85. Taking the Butter of Milk (p. 450)
  86. Taking the Butter of Milk (p. 451)
  87. Shrove Tuesday (p. 452)
  88. Shrove Tuesday (p. 452-453)
  89. Boxty Bread (p. 453-454)
  90. Long ago people used to have potatoes three times a day. (p. 454)
  91. Long ago people used to make potato cakes and they would not put flour into them like us. (p. 454)
  92. Long ago people used to have porridge instead of tea. (p. 454-455)
  93. Folklore about the Penal Times (p. 456)
  94. Folklore about the Penal Times (p. 456-458)
  95. Folklore about the Penal Times (p. 458-459)
  96. Local Marriage Customs (p. 460-461)
  97. Local Marriage Customs (p. 461-464)
  98. Local Marriage Customs (p. 464-465)
  99. Names of Field on Miggins Land (p. 465-466)
  100. Local Place Names (p. 467-468)

Resource description

Origin information
Coolronan, Co. Meath
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 chapter (vol. 694, p. 300A-468)
Languages
English  
Genre
Chapter
Subject
Folklore--Ireland--Meath
Geographical myths   linked data (lcsh)
Christmas   linked data (lcsh)
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
Recreation   linked data (lcsh)
Traditional medicine   linked data (lcsh)
Halloween   linked data (lcsh)
Food--Folklore
Easter   linked data (lcsh)
May (Month)--Folklore
Manners and customs   linked data (lcsh)
Ireland--History--Rebellion of 1798
Proverbs   linked data (lcsh)
local legends   linked data (afset)
Occupations   linked data (lcsh)
Death--Folklore
Wake services   linked data (lcsh)
Candlemaking   linked data (lcsh)
Treasure troves--Folklore
Agriculture   linked data (lcsh)
Carnival    linked data (lcsh)
Bread--Folklore
Dissenters, Religious--Legal status, laws, etc.
Marriage   linked data (lcsh)
School location
Coolronan Cúil Rónáin Coolronan Killaconnigan Lune Meath
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5008941
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0694/4

Suggested credit
"The Schools' Manuscript Collection: County Meath 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:50089415>
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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