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When the person that is milking has finished she puts a cross with milk on the cow.

Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).

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Mr Carroll has a field called the "Laca-deire" in Derrymullen.

Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).

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The eggs that the hens lay on Good Friday and Holy Saturday, the people put crosses on them with soot.

Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).

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James Carew was a member of Parliament for North Kildare.

Story collected by a student at Allenwood, Robertstown school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).

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An Old Saying Is:

Story collected by a student at Allenwood, Robertstown school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).

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A Protestant asked a priest to dinner on a Friday.

Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).

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Thatcher's Song

Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).

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Long ago a duck and a hen got a bit of meat each and when the hen got her bit she ate it and when the duck got it she greased herself with it and then ate it and that is why the water runs off the duck's back when she gets wet.

Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).

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There was an old school in Boston.

Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).

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Big leaves grow on top of the water in the Canal and old people say if you fell in where they are they would pull you down and drown you.

Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).

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In Lowtown there was a house by the name of Dunne's.

Story collected by Peg Regan, a student at Allenwood, Robertstown school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) from informant Mrs Sullivan.

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Folklore

Story collected by Thomas Regan, a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).

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Festivals

Story collected by a student at Allenwood, Robertstown school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) from informant Eileen Connelly.

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A bishop named O' Keeffe lived in the lane called bóithrín Ó Keefe between Allenwood and Kilmeague in penal times.

Story collected by Willie Dangor, a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) from informant Mr William Moore.

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A buachallán is a plant that animals would not eat.

Story collected by Patrick Dunne, a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).

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Allenwood, Robertstown

A collection of folklore and local history stories from Allenwood, Robertstown (school) (Allenwood, Co. Kildare), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.

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Allenwood

A collection of folklore and local history stories from Allenwood (school) (Allenwood, Co. Kildare), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.

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Allenwood

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