Cliffoney (B.)

Abstract: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Cliffoney (B.) (school) (Cliffony, Co. Sligo), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Patrick Mc Hugh.

Original reference: 0155/5

In collection The Schools’ Collection : County Sligo schools

  1. St Patrick at the Rivers Duff and Drowes (p. 0467-0468)
  2. St Brigid's Well (p. 0468-0469)
  3. Cliffony Pattern (p. 0469-0470)
  4. Hidden Treasure (p. 0470-0471)
  5. John Ferguson and the Fairies of Áth Slua (p. 0471-0473)
  6. Pilgrimage to St Patrick's Well (p. 0474)
  7. St Brigid's Eve (p. 0474-0476)
  8. Making of Rush Candles (p. 0476-0477)
  9. Good People (p. 0478-0479)
  10. Local Hero (p. 0480)
  11. Giant's Grave (p. 0481-0482)
  12. Shipwreck (p. 0482-0483)
  13. Cure of the Colic (p. 0484)
  14. Penal Times (p. 0485-0486)
  15. Queen Maeve (p. 0487)
  16. Local Funny Story (p. 0488)
  17. May Morning (p. 0489-0490)
  18. Story about a Witch (p. 0491-0492)
  19. Inishmurray Island (p. 0493-0495)
  20. Daniel O'Connell and the Landlord's Agent (p. 0496-0498)
  21. Townland where the Cock Never Crows (p. 0499-0500)
  22. Fort of Teampall Buí (p. 0500-0501)
  23. Removal of Stones from a Fairy Fort (p. 0502-0505)
  24. Hidden Treasures (p. 0506)
  25. Fort of Áth Slua (p. 0507-0508)
  26. Removal of Stones from a Fairy Fort (p. 0509-0510)
  27. Priest Hunters (p. 0511)
  28. Great Jumpers (p. 0512)
  29. Ballaghnatrillick's Strong Man (p. 0513-0514)
  30. Great Runner (p. 0515-0516)
  31. Hidden Treasure (p. 0517)
  32. Old Crafts - The Making of Starch (p. 0518)
  33. Great Runners (p. 0519-0520)
  34. Wailing Glen (p. 0520-0521)
  35. St Molaise's Holy Well (p. 0521-0523)
  36. Strong Woman (p. 0524)
  37. Local Marriage Customs (p. 0525)
  38. Big Wind 1839 - Crangle's Night (p. 0526-0527)
  39. Cure of the Jaundice (p. 0528)
  40. Cure of the Rose (p. 0529)
  41. Elf-Shot Cattle (p. 0530-0531)
  42. Premonition of Death (p. 0532-0534)
  43. Banshee (p. 0535-0540)
  44. Elf-Shot Cattle (p. 0541)
  45. Famine of 1846-47 (p. 0542-0543)
  46. Cure of the Sprain (p. 0544-0545)
  47. Cure of the Ringworm (p. 0545-0546)
  48. Cure of the Mumps (p. 0546)
  49. Cure of the Shillyshaw (p. 0547)
  50. Cure of the Mumps (p. 0548)
  51. Cure of the Mote (p. 0548-0549)
  52. Cure of Heart Fever (p. 0549-0550)
  53. Great Mower (p. 0550)
  54. Wonderful Woman (p. 0551-0552)
  55. Story of the Landlord and His Tenants (p. 0552-0556)
  56. Story about a Magic Rock (p. 0557-0558)
  57. Cure of the Chin Cough (The Whooping Cough) (p. 0559)
  58. Landlords' Agent (p. 0560)
  59. Tobar an Aillt (p. 0561-0562)
  60. Travelling Folk (p. 0562-0563)
  61. Two Great Mowers (p. 0564)
  62. Cure of the Chin Cough - A True Story (p. 0565)
  63. Bad Landlord (p. 0566)
  64. Local Custom (p. 0567)
  65. How the People Made Their Own Starch (p. 0568)
  66. Mass Rock (p. 0569-0570)
  67. Hedge-Schoolmasters (p. 0570-0572)
  68. Famine Times (p. 0572-0573)
  69. Cure of a Peculiar Disease (p. 0574)
  70. Strawboys (p. 0575-0576)
  71. Local Riddles (p. 0577)
  72. Flu of 1918 (p. 0578)
  73. Festival Customs (p. 0579-0581)
  74. Local Cure - A Weak Heart (p. 0582)
  75. Festival Customs (p. 0583A)
  76. Weather-Lore (p. 0583-0584)
  77. St Patrick's Day (p. 0584-0585)
Origin information
Cliffony, Co. Sligo
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 chapter (vol. 155, p. 464-585)
Languages
English  
Genre
Chapter
Subject
Folklore--Ireland--Sligo
Brigid, of Ireland, Saint, ca. 453-ca. 524   linked data (viaf)
Manners and customs   linked data (lcsh)
Treasure troves--Folklore
Patrick, Saint, 373?-463?  
Saint Brigid's Day   linked data (lcsh)
Candlemaking   linked data (lcsh)
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
Historic sites   linked data (lcsh)
Shipwrecks   linked data (lcsh)
Traditional medicine   linked data (lcsh)
Dissenters, Religious--Legal status, laws, etc.
Jokes   linked data (lcsh)
May (Month)--Folklore
Agriculture   linked data (lcsh)
Ringforts   linked data (lcsh)
Occupations   linked data (lcsh)
Marriage   linked data (lcsh)
Winds--Folklore
Jaundice   linked data (lcsh)
Erysipelas   linked data (lcsh)
Animals--Diseases
Banshees   linked data (lcsh)
Sprains   linked data (lcsh)
Ringworm   linked data (lcsh)
Mumps   linked data (lcsh)
Throat--Diseases
Eye--Diseases
Land use   linked data (lcsh)
Whooping cough   linked data (lcsh)
Irish Travellers (Nomadic people)   linked data (lcsh)
Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852
Riddles   linked data (lcsh)
Weather--Folklore
Saint Patrick's Day   linked data (lcsh)
School location
CliffonyCliafuineCliffonyAhamlishCarburySligo
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4701657
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0155/5

Suggested credit
"The Schools' Manuscript Collection: County Sligo 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:47016575>
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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