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Story of the Monks

Abstract: Story collected by a student at Naomh Muire (B), Mionloch school (Menlough, Co. Galway) from informant Thomas Naughton.

Original reference: 0077/1/2

 Naomh Muire (B), Mionloch [Vol. 0077, Chapter 0001]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Galway Schools

INFORMANT
Naughton, Thomas
Gender
male

Story text

transcribed at

 

The Story of the Monks  [duchas:4621271]

There is a strange custom in the this parish that is not in any other parish. Nobody is buried in the parish on Monday. There was a Monks College in Menlough and another in Cloonkeen. The two Monks had a row. The man from Menlough wished that there would be a dead body in the parish every Monday. The man from Cloonkeen wished that it would be a starling that would be dead. It is said that there is a dead starling found in the graveyard every Monday morning. The people were afraid that they would have to bury one every week.

Resource description

Origin information
Menlough, Co. Galway
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 003
Volume 0077
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Pádraig Ó Díscín.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Death--Folklore
Death--Bás
School location
Menlough Mionlach Killoscobe Tiaquin Galway
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4628873
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0077/1/2

Suggested credit
"The Story of the Monks"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4628873>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Pádraig Ó Díscín.
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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