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Dristeran

Abstract: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Dristeran (school) (Dristernan, Co. Donegal), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Séamus Ó Cnaimhsighe.

Original reference: 1122/4

In collection  The Schools’ Collection : County Donegal schools

Stories

  1. Folklore (p. 221-222)
  2. Folklore (p. 223)
  3. One Sunday afternoon two girls from Ballyhassy went to Redford shore to bathe. (p. 224)
  4. Folklore (p. 225)
  5. Folklore (p. 226)
  6. Folklore (p. 226-227)
  7. Folklore (p. 228)
  8. St Buadan's Bell (p. 228)
  9. Folklore (p. 229)
  10. Folklore (p. 230)
  11. Folklore (p. 231)
  12. Folklore (p. 232-233)
  13. There was a monastery at Carrowmore in the parish of Culdaff. (p. 234)
  14. Folklore (p. 235)
  15. Folklore (p. 236)
  16. Folklore (p. 237)
  17. Folklore (p. 238)
  18. Folklore (p. 239)
  19. Folklore (p. 239-240)
  20. Folklore (p. 240-241)
  21. Folklore (p. 241)
  22. Folklore (p. 241-242)
  23. Folklore (p. 242)
  24. Folklore (p. 242-243)
  25. Folklore (p. 244)
  26. Folklore (p. 244-245)
  27. Folklore (p. 245-246)
  28. Gleneely (p. 247-248)
  29. Once upon a time two men were cutting turf in Crucknanoinin. (p. 249)
  30. Once upon a time there was a man who lived in Culdaff. (p. 249-250)
  31. Potatoes (p. 250-251)
  32. One time John Farren was going to Carn with a cow. (p. 252-253)
  33. There is a farm near our school called Grousehall. (p. 254)
  34. There is a very strange looking rowan tree growing a couple of fields away on the same farm near (Grousehall). (p. 255)
  35. Near my home is a holly tree. (p. 256)
  36. The neighbours around my home tell of a very strong man called Dan Farren who used to live here. (p. 257-258)
  37. Big Paddy of whom I wrote last week firmly believes in fairies. (p. 258-259)
  38. There is a little lough above my house called Caillebreig. (p. 260)
  39. There is a neighbour's house near me. (p. 261)
  40. About a hundred years ago there lived a lovely girl in Malin. (p. 262-263)
  41. Shot by the Fairies (p. 264)
  42. Old Customs (p. 265)
  43. There was a house in Moneydarragh in which a woman lived alone. (p. 266-267)
  44. About 56 years ago Neil Mc Colgan's father (Neil lives here) was building a house. (p. 268)
  45. About the first quarter of the nineteenth century there was a hedge school in this district. (p. 268-269)
  46. My grandfather also named George Mc Candless was ploughing in a field along the road. (p. 269-270)
  47. Haunted Room (p. 271)
  48. Cheap Hat (p. 271-272)
  49. Druids' Circle (p. 273)
  50. Power of a Priest (p. 273-274)
  51. James's Well (p. 275)
  52. Monk's Rock (p. 276)
  53. Local Poets (p. 277-280)
  54. One night as a priest was on a sickcall in the parish of Culdaff he met three children coming towards him - two of them had lights in their hands, but the other had not. (p. 281)
  55. Folklore (p. 282-283)
  56. Loss of the Cambria (p. 284-287)

Resource description

Origin information
Dristernan, Co. Donegal
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 chapter (vol. 1122, p. 220-287)
Languages
English  
Genre
Chapter
Subject
Folklore--Ireland--Donegal (County)
Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852
Manners and customs   linked data (lcsh)
Historic sites   linked data (lcsh)
Religion   linked data (lcsh)
Traditional medicine   linked data (lcsh)
Potatoes   linked data (lcsh)
local legends   linked data (afset)
Occupations   linked data (lcsh)
Folk beliefs   linked data (afset)
Jokes   linked data (lcsh)
belief   linked data (afset)
Folk poetry   linked data (lcsh)
School location
Dristernan Dristearnán Dristernan Culdaff Inishowen East Donegal
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4541001
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 1122/4

Suggested credit
"The Schools' Manuscript Collection: County Donegal 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:45410015>
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.

School location

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