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1. The dandelion was drawn as tea is now is, and was given to people suffering from heart trouble on bronchitis.

Dates:
1937-1938 — 1937 — 2014-2016 — 2014
Type/Formats:
Text — Folktale
Contributors:
Fhionnlaoich, M. Beanín agus an tSr. Nic — Canny, Maude — Canny, Mrs Annie — Ireland. Department of Arts, Culture, and the Gaeltacht — University College Dublin [ … ]
Abstract:
Story collected by Maude Canny, a student at Clochar na Trócaire, Carn Domhnaigh school (Ballylosky, Co. Donegal) from informant Mrs Annie Canny.
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2. When the first tea came to Carn, there was a 'station' in Glentogher and though it would be a rare thing to have tea ready for the clergy after the station, the woman of the house in which the station was held, bought a pound of tea and put it in a large pan, filled it with water, and boiled it.

Dates:
1937-1938 — 1937 — 2014-2016 — 2014
Type/Formats:
Text — Folktale
Contributors:
Bhaoighill, M. Beirín Ní — Doherty, Mrs Maggie — Ireland. Department of Arts, Culture, and the Gaeltacht — University College Dublin — National Folklore Foundation--Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann [ … ]
Abstract:
Story collected by a student at Clochar na Trócaire, Carn Domhnaigh school (Ballylosky, Co. Donegal) from informant Mrs Maggie Doherty.
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3. Other information is given that before tea came to this district, the people used milk and home-baked bread as an evening meal.

Dates:
1937-1938 — 1937 — 2014-2016 — 2014
Type/Formats:
Text — Folktale
Contributors:
Bhaoighill, M. Beirín Ní — Kearney, Mrs — Ireland. Department of Arts, Culture, and the Gaeltacht — University College Dublin — National Folklore Foundation--Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann [ … ]
Abstract:
Story collected by a student at Clochar na Trócaire, Carn Domhnaigh school (Ballylosky, Co. Donegal) from informant Mrs Kearney.
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4. When people in olden times were having their tea, they just pulled a creel out into the middle of the floor and set it at a slanting angle by putting on turf under one side of it.

Dates:
1937-1938 — 1937 — 2014-2016 — 2014
Type/Formats:
Text — Folktale
Contributors:
Fhionnlaoich, M. Beanín agus an tSr. Nic — Donough, Mary B. Mac — Canny, Cecelia — Ireland. Department of Arts, Culture, and the Gaeltacht — University College Dublin [ … ]
Abstract:
Story collected by Mary B. Mac Donough, a student at Clochar na Trócaire, Carn Domhnaigh school (Ballylosky, Co. Donegal) from informant Cecelia Canny.