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1. The Pound of Butter

Dates:
1937-1938 — 1937 — 2014-2016 — 2014
Type/Formats:
Text — Folktale
Contributors:
Stac, Seán de — Mullen, Patrick — Reilly, Thomas — Ireland. Department of Arts, Culture, and the Gaeltacht — University College Dublin [ … ]
Abstract:
Story collected by Patrick Mullen, a student at Oristown school (Oristown, Co. Meath) from informant Thomas Reilly.
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2. The woman distributed the butter amongst her neighbours.

Dates:
1937-1938 — 1937 — 2014-2016 — 2014
Type/Formats:
Text — Folktale
Contributors:
Cooke, Brigid — Ireland. Department of Arts, Culture, and the Gaeltacht — University College Dublin — National Folklore Foundation--Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann
Abstract:
Story collected by a student at Carley school (Crooked Wood, Co. Westmeath) (no informant identified).
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3. The parish priest of Lixnaw, all his butter was carried with pishogues.

Dates:
1937-1938 — 1937 — 2014-2016 — 2014
Type/Formats:
Text — Folktale
Contributors:
Coileáin, Pádraig Ó — Woulfe, Mrs Ellen — Ireland. Department of Arts, Culture, and the Gaeltacht — University College Dublin — National Folklore Foundation--Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann [ … ]
Abstract:
Story collected by a student at Cnoc Uí Choileáin, Mainistir na Féile school (Mountcollins, Co. Limerick) from informant Mrs Ellen Woulfe.
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4. It was supposed that whoever took water first from a common well on May morning took at the same time the butter from all the people's churns who used that same well.

Dates:
2014-2016 — 2014
Type/Formats:
Text — Folktale
Contributors:
Trócaire, Siúracha na — Morris, Teresa — Ireland. Department of Arts, Culture, and the Gaeltacht — University College Dublin — National Folklore Foundation--Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann [ … ]
Abstract:
Story collected by Teresa Morris, a student at Clochar na Trócaire, Ceannanus Mór school (Kells, Co. Meath) (no informant identified).
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5. I heard my Grandmother say, that one time when she was young, she carried a crock of butter on her head to the market in Cork City, a distance of about twenty miles, and brought back another load the same way walking.

Dates:
1937-1938 — 1937 — 2014-2016 — 2014
Type/Formats:
Text — Folktale
Contributors:
Cochláin, Domhnall Ó — Ireland. Department of Arts, Culture, and the Gaeltacht — University College Dublin — National Folklore Foundation--Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann
Abstract:
Story collected by a student at Caisleán na Leacht, Droichead Banndan school (Castlenalact, Co. Cork) (no informant identified).
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6. Churning

Dates:
1937-1938 — 1937 — 2014-2016 — 2014
Type/Formats:
Text — Folktale
Contributors:
Droighneáin, P. Ó — Cléirigh, Mícheál Ó — Cléirigh, Bean Uí — Ireland. Department of Arts, Culture, and the Gaeltacht — University College Dublin [ … ]
Abstract:
Story collected by Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, a student at Clonmellon (B.) school (Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath) from informant Bean Uí Cléirigh.
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7. Barefield, Inis

Dates:
1937-1938 — 1937 — 2014-2016 — 2014
Type/Formats:
Text — Chapter
Contributors:
Barefield, Inis — Ríordáin, Ml. Ó — Namara, Bridget Mc — Hanrahan, Kitty — Namara, Nancy Mc [ … ]
Abstract:
A collection of folklore and local history stories from Barefield, Inis (school) (Barefield or Gortlumman, Co. Clare), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Ml. Ó Ríordáin. [ … ]
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8. Leamore

Dates:
1937-1938 — 1937 — 2014-2016 — 2014
Type/Formats:
Text — Chapter
Contributors:
Leamore — Egan, Kate — Egan, Eileen — Loughlin, John Mc — Egan, Patrick [ … ]
Abstract:
A collection of folklore and local history stories from Leamore (school) (Lea More, Co. Offaly), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Kate Egan. [ … ]
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9. Borrisokane

Dates:
1937-1938 — 1937 — 2014-2016 — 2014
Type/Formats:
Text — Chapter
Contributors:
Borrisokane — Henderson, Mary P. — Dann, Mabel — Hobbs, Victoria — Stanley, Olive [ … ]
Abstract:
A collection of folklore and local history stories from Borrisokane (school) (Borrisokane, Co. Tipperary), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Mary P. Henderson. [ … ]
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10. Maighin (B.), An Teampoll Mór

Dates:
1937-1938 — 1937 — 2014-2016 — 2014
Type/Formats:
Text — Chapter
Contributors:
Maighin (B.), An Teampoll Mór — Tighearnaigh, Seán Ua — Carroll, Mary — Carroll, Thomas — Travers, John [ … ]
Abstract:
A collection of folklore and local history stories from Maighin (B.), An Teampoll Mór (school) (Moyne, Co. Tipperary), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Seán Ua Tighearnaigh. [ … ]