Virginia (B)

Abstract: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Virginia (B) (school) (Virginia, Co. Cavan), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher E. Ó Raghallaigh.

Original reference: 1001/1

In collection The Schools’ Collection : County Cavan schools

  1. Riddles (p. 003-007)
  2. Funny Stories - Captain Napper (p. 008)
  3. Letter (p. 009)
  4. Fortune (p. 010-011)
  5. Dead Rat (p. 012)
  6. Hidden Treasure - Mullen's Gold (p. 012-013)
  7. Newcastle Lake (p. 014)
  8. Crock of Gold (p. 014)
  9. Copper Vessels (p. 015)
  10. Hidden Gold (p. 016)
  11. Cabinet Maker (p. 017)
  12. Robbers and Yeomen (p. 017-018)
  13. Weather-Lore (p. 019-020)
  14. Local Heroes - Pat O'Brien (p. 021)
  15. Local Heroes - James Clerkin (p. 021)
  16. Local Heroes - Phil Garrity (p. 021-022)
  17. Local Heroes - Mick Tighe (p. 022-023)
  18. Local Heroes - Bernard MacIntyre (p. 023)
  19. Local Heroes - Mr McDonnell (p. 023-024)
  20. Local Heroes - Hughey Reilly (p. 024-025)
  21. Local Heroes - John Farrelly (p. 025-026)
  22. Local Heroes - Matt Lynch (p. 026-027)
  23. Local Heroes - General Phil Sheridan (p. 027-028)
  24. Local Happenings - The Bigger and Fay Elections (p. 029-031)
  25. It was on the eighth day of October in the year of eighty-four. (p. 031-032)
  26. Local Happenings - Drownings (p. 032-033)
  27. Local Happenings - Peter Lynch (p. 034)
  28. Local Happenings - Spinks' Hill (p. 034)
  29. Local Happenings - W.J. Carolan (p. 035)
  30. Local Happenings - Charlie Fisher (p. 035-036)
  31. Burnings (p. 036-037)
  32. Epidemic (p. 037)
  33. Severe Weather - Big Wind (p. 037-038)
  34. Local Poet (p. 039)
  35. Flu (p. 039)
  36. Black Fever (p. 040)
  37. Big Wind (p. 041)
  38. Thunder and Lightning (p. 042)
  39. Frost Storm (p. 043)
  40. Drowning (p. 044)
  41. Hedge-Schools - Curraghmore (p. 045-046)
  42. Hedge-Schools - Curraghmore (p. 046-047)
  43. Raffoney Hedge-School (p. 047-048)
  44. Raffoney National School (p. 048-049)
  45. Ballaghanea School (p. 049)
  46. Barrick Street School (p. 049-050)
  47. There was an old school in 1840 where the Temperance Hall is now. (p. 051-052)
  48. Murmod School (p. 052-053)
  49. Old Crafts - Fishing (p. 054)
  50. Old Crafts - Basket-Making (p. 054-055)
  51. Old Crafts - Rush Candles (p. 055-056)
  52. Old Crafts - Resin Candles (p. 056-057)
  53. Old Crafts - Fire Cranes (p. 057-058)
  54. Old Crafts - Nail-Making (p. 058)
  55. Old Crafts - Lime-Kilns (p. 059)
  56. Old Crafts - Soap-Making (p. 060)
  57. Old Crafts - Rope-Making (p. 060)
  58. Smith's Forge (p. 061)
  59. Local Marriage Customs (p. 062-063)
  60. Local Marriage Customs (p. 064-065)
  61. Local Marriage Customs (p. 066-067)
  62. In the Penal Times (p. 068)
  63. In the Penal Times (p. 068-069)
  64. In the Penal Times (p. 069-070)
  65. In the Penal Times (p. 070)
  66. In the Penal Times (p. 070-071)
  67. Local Place Names - Dunancory (p. 072)
  68. Local Place Names - Balaclava (p. 072)
  69. Local Place Names - Snow's Hill (p. 073)
  70. Local Place Names - Spinks' Hill (p. 073-074)
  71. Local Place Names - Brown's Bottom (p. 075)
  72. Local Place Names - The Brewery Lane (p. 075)
  73. Local Place Names - The Lone Field (p. 076)
  74. Local Place Names - Poll an Tormáin (p. 076)
  75. Local Place Names - Tipper's Rock (p. 077)
  76. Bird-Lore (p. 078)
  77. Bird-Lore - The Crow (p. 078)
  78. Bird-Lore - The Wild Duck (p. 079)
  79. Bird-Lore - The Partridge (p. 079)
  80. Bird-Lore - The Corn-Crake (p. 079-080)
  81. Bird-Lore - The Teal (p. 081)
  82. Bird-Lore - The Chaffinch (p. 081)
  83. Bird-Lore - the Blue Tit (p. 081-082)
  84. Bird-Lore - The Robin (p. 082-083)
  85. Bird-Lore - The Blackbird (p. 083)
  86. Bird-Lore - The Kingfisher (p. 084)
  87. Local Cures - The Rose (p. 084)
  88. Local Cures - The Rickets (p. 084-085)
  89. Local Cures - The Hives (p. 086)
  90. Local Cures - The Ringworm (p. 086)
  91. Local Cures - The Wart (p. 086)
  92. Local Cures - The Whittle (p. 087)
  93. Local Cures - the Toothache (p. 087)
  94. Local Cures - the Thrush (p. 087)
  95. Local Cures - The Dirty Mouth (p. 088)
  96. Local Cures - The Burn (p. 088-089)
  97. Local Cures - The Yellow Jaundice (p. 089-090)
  98. Local Cures - the Whooping-Cough (p. 090)
  99. Local Cures - The Whooping-Cough (p. 090-091)
  100. Homemade Toys - The Catapult (p. 091-092)
  101. Homemade Toys - Tops (p. 092)
  102. Homemade Toys - Snares (p. 092-093)
  103. Homemade Toys - Cat and Dog (p. 094)
  104. Snares for Birds (p. 095)
  105. Homemade Toys - Christmas Horns (p. 095-096)
  106. Lore of Certain Days (p. 096-097)
  107. Cure of the Evil (p. 097)
  108. Cure for the Scour (p. 097)
  109. Magpie (p. 098)
  110. Red-Haired Woman (p. 099)
  111. Hatching (p. 099)
  112. Three Borrowed Days (p. 099-100)
  113. Cross Day of the Year (p. 101)
  114. Lucky and Unlucky Days (p. 101)
  115. Good Friday (p. 101-102)
  116. Christmas Horn (p. 103)
  117. Travelling Folk - Mary Greenan (p. 104)
  118. Travelling Folk - Owen Smith (p. 104-105)
  119. Travelling Folk - James Heery (p. 105-106)
  120. Travelling Folk - Paddy Carroll (p. 106-107)
  121. Travelling Folk - Paddy Carroll (p. 107-108)
  122. Travelling Folk - Brian Dunne (p. 108)
  123. Travelling Folk - Owen Connolly (p. 108-109)
  124. Fairy Forts - Mr farrelly's Fort (p. 110)
  125. Fairy Forts - Lios na gCat (p. 111)
  126. Fairy Forts - Music in Ballaghanea (p. 111)
  127. Fairy Forts - McGinn's Fort (p. 111-112)
  128. Pass between Forts (p. 113)
  129. Fort (p. 113)
  130. Flannigan's Fort (p. 114)
  131. Smith's Forts (p. 115)
  132. Hallow Eve (p. 116)
  133. Hallow Eve (p. 116)
  134. Fairies (p. 117)
  135. Elliott's Fort (p. 117-118)
  136. Johnny Bell's Fort (p. 118-119)
  137. Local Poets - John the Jobber (p. 119-120)
  138. Local Poets - Charles Moore O'Donoghue (p. 121-122)
  139. Local Poets - Jack Robinson (p. 122-123)
  140. Local Poets - James Smith (p. 123-125)
  141. Local Poets - Phil Duffy (p. 126-127)
  142. Local Poets - Martin (p. 128)
  143. Local Poets - Thornton (p. 128-129)
  144. Johnny Snow (p. 129-130)
  145. Famine Times (p. 130-131)
  146. Mary Robinson (p. 131-132)
  147. Parnell (p. 132)
  148. Kelletts (p. 132-133)
  149. Famine Times (p. 133-134)
  150. Famine Times (p. 134)
  151. Famine Times (p. 135)
  152. Famine Times (p. 136)
  153. Parnell's Meal (p. 136-137)
  154. Games I Play - Pitching Buttons (p. 138-139)
  155. Games I Play - Catching Birds (p. 139-140)
  156. Games I Play - Conquerors (p. 140)
  157. Games I Play (p. 141-143)
  158. Games I Play - Cock a Pistol (p. 144-145)
  159. Games I Play - Poor Snipy (p. 146)
  160. Games I Play - To Be It (p. 146)
  161. Games I Play - Hop Cock Arusa (p. 146-147)
  162. Games I Play - Witch in the Well (p. 148)
  163. Hares and Hounds (p. 149)
  164. Games I Play - Broken Bottle (p. 149-150)
  165. Games I Play - Sunday Monday (p. 150-151)
  166. Games I Play - Marbles (p. 151)
  167. Local Roads (p. 152)
  168. New Line (p. 153)
  169. Local Roads (p. 154)
  170. Bóirín (p. 154)
  171. My Home District - Burreen (p. 155)
  172. My Home District - Virginia (p. 156-157)
  173. My Home District - Raffoney (p. 157-158)
  174. My Home District - Rahardrum (p. 158-159)
  175. Ancient Minstrelsy of Breffni (p. 160)
  176. Our Holy Wells - St Patrick's Well (p. 159-161)
  177. Our Holy Wells - Killet's Well (p. 161)
  178. Our Holy Wells - Big Bog Well (p. 161-162)
  179. Our Holy Wells - St Bridget's Well (p. 162-163)
  180. Our Holy Wells - St Ultan's Well (p. 164)
  181. Our Holy Wells - St Ultan's Well (p. 164-165)
  182. Our Holy Wells - St Kilian's Well (p. 166-167)
  183. Herbs - Nettles (p. 167-168)
  184. Herbs - The Fairy Fingers (p. 168)
  185. Herbs - The Golden Rod (p. 168-169)
  186. Herbs - The Morning Glory (p. 170)
  187. Herbs - The Docking (p. 170)
  188. Herbs - Dog Daisy (p. 171)
  189. Herbs - Thistles (p. 171)
Origin information
Virginia, Co. Cavan
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 chapter (vol. 1001, p. 1-171)
Languages
English  
Genre
Chapter
Subject
Folklore--Ireland--Cavan (County)
Jokes   linked data (lcsh)
Treasure troves--Folklore
Brigands and robbers   linked data (lcsh)
Weather--Folklore
Drowning   linked data (lcsh)
Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852
Poverty--Ireland
Fires   linked data (lcsh)
Winds--Folklore
Folk poetry   linked data (lcsh)
Thunder   linked data (lcsh)
Frost   linked data (lcsh)
Occupations   linked data (lcsh)
Agriculture   linked data (lcsh)
Basket making   linked data (lcsh)
Candlemaking   linked data (lcsh)
Nail craft   linked data (lcsh)
Limekilns   linked data (lcsh)
Soap trade   linked data (lcsh)
Rope trade   linked data (lcsh)
Smithing   linked data (afset)
Marriage   linked data (lcsh)
Dissenters, Religious--Legal status, laws, etc.
local legends   linked data (afset)
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
Birds--Folklore
Erysipelas   linked data (lcsh)
Rickets   linked data (lcsh)
Rheumatism   linked data (lcsh)
Ringworm   linked data (lcsh)
Warts   linked data (lcsh)
Felon (Disease)   linked data (lcsh)
Toothache   linked data (lcsh)
Thrushes   linked data (lcsh)
Burns and scalds   linked data (lcsh)
Jaundice   linked data (lcsh)
Whooping cough   linked data (lcsh)
Toys   linked data (lcsh)
Christmas   linked data (lcsh)
Manners and customs   linked data (lcsh)
Scrofula   linked data (lcsh)
Traditional medicine   linked data (lcsh)
Animals--Folklore
Folk beliefs   linked data (afset)
Animals--Folklore
Good Friday   linked data (lcsh)
Irish Travellers (Nomadic people)   linked data (lcsh)
Ringforts   linked data (lcsh)
Halloween   linked data (lcsh)
Recreation   linked data (lcsh)
Roads   linked data (lcsh)
Patrick, Saint, 373?-463?  
School location
VirginiaAchadh an IúirVirginiaLurganCastlerahanCavan
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5070791
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 1001/1

Suggested credit
"The Schools' Manuscript Collection: County Cavan 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:50707915>
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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