Garrowhill, Longford

Abstract: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Garrowhill, Longford (school) (Garrowhill, Co. Longford), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher P. Mac Aonghusa.

Original reference: 0756/4

In collection  The Schools’ Collection : Longford county schools

Stories

  1. Went a Furze-Smashing (p. 363-365)
  2. New Empty Sack (p. 365-367)
  3. Large Black Dog (p. 367-369)
  4. Another Dog Story (p. 369-370)
  5. Good People (p. 370-371)
  6. Fairy Pigeons (p. 371-372)
  7. Aughnamadow (p. 373-374)
  8. Mystery Hearse (p. 374-375)
  9. Another Mystery - Beaten with Something like a Pillow (p. 375-377)
  10. Folklore Story (p. 378)
  11. Fiddler (p. 378-379)
  12. Mysterious Affair (p. 379-380)
  13. Hidden Treasure (p. 380-381)
  14. Folklore Story - A Fairy Story (p. 381-382)
  15. Folklore Story (p. 382-383)
  16. Mysterious Affair (p. 383-386)
  17. Folklore Story (p. 387)
  18. Folklore Story (p. 388)
  19. Folklore Story (p. 389)
  20. Folklore Story (p. 390)
  21. Folklore Story (p. 391)
  22. Folklore Story (p. 392-393)
  23. Folklore Story (p. 394)
  24. Folklore Story (p. 394-395)
  25. Folklore Story (p. 395-396)
  26. Folklore Story (p. 396-397)
  27. Double Apparition - A Donkey and a Man on the Same Journey (p. 398-399)
  28. Apparition - An Enormous Black Dog (p. 400)
  29. Extraordinary Weight Crushing down a Hedge (p. 401-402)
  30. Horse One Time - A Sow Another (p. 402-403)
  31. Mysterious Man Disappears into the Ground (p. 404)
  32. Another Mysterious Person in White (p. 405-406)
  33. fairy Regiment of Cavalry (p. 406-407)
  34. Apparition in Daylight (p. 408-409)
  35. Something Which the Dog Only Saw Went Up the Chimmney (p. 409-410)
  36. Mystery About the Shifting of a Cock of Hay (p. 410-411)
  37. Nerve Touching Incident (p. 411-412)
  38. Mysterious Light (p. 413)
  39. Another Mysterious Light (p. 414-415)
  40. Mysterious Beggar (p. 416-417)
  41. Banshee (p. 418-419)
  42. Apparition (p. 419-420)
  43. Two Mysterious Policemen (p. 421-422)
  44. Mysterious Step and a Cry (p. 422-423)
  45. Woman Apparition Becomes a Turkey-Cock (p. 423-426)
  46. Mysterious Voice Overheard (p. 424-425)
  47. Devil (p. 426-427)
  48. Apparition in the Form of a White Cow (p. 428)
  49. Woman Icy-Cold (p. 429-430)
  50. Light that Led him Astray (p. 430-431)
  51. Mysterious Dog (p. 431-432)
  52. Apparition - A Funeral in the Daylight (p. 432-433)
  53. Apparition - A Man Lying on the Parapet of a Bridge (p. 434)
  54. It Is Not what Mick Prunty Saw Anyhow (p. 435-436)
  55. He Himself was on a ceilidhe in Owen Murray's of the same townland about thirty years ago... (p. 437-438)
  56. Owen Deceased appeared to John Feehily (p. 438-439)
  57. Ruins that Became of Enormous Length (p. 440-441)
  58. Apparition of the Mother of God (p. 442-444)
  59. Apparition in the Form of a Woman as Helper (p. 444-445)
  60. Apparition in the Form of a Man (p. 446)
  61. Halloween Customs (p. 447)
  62. Funny Story (p. 448)
  63. Riddles (p. 449)
  64. Weather-Lore (p. 450)
  65. Halloween Customs (p. 451)
  66. Hidden Treasure (p. 452)
  67. Riddles (p. 453)
  68. Fairy Forts (p. 454)
  69. Local Place Names (p. 455)
  70. Bird-Lore (p. 456)
  71. Halloween Customs (p. 457)
  72. Local Heroes (p. 458)
  73. Riddles (p. 459)
  74. My Home District (p. 460)
  75. Local Place Names (p. 461)
  76. Riddles (p. 462)
  77. Funny Story (p. 463)
  78. Weather Signs (p. 464)
  79. Our Home District (p. 465)
  80. Local Bread (p. 466)
  81. Local Marriage Customs (p. 467)
  82. My Home District (p. 468)
  83. Local Roads (p. 469)
  84. Games I Play (p. 470)
  85. Local Cures (p. 471)
  86. Riddles (p. 472)
  87. Local Forges (p. 473)
  88. Local Marriage Customs (p. 474)
  89. Local Fairs (p. 475)
  90. Bird-Lore (p. 476)
  91. Funny Story (p. 477)
  92. Local Place Names (p. 478)
  93. Famine Years (p. 479)
  94. Local Landlords (p. 480)
  95. Local Fairs (p. 481)
  96. Local Houses (p. 482)
  97. Local Churchyards (p. 483)
  98. Local Story 1938 (p. 484-486)
  99. Old Story (p. 487)
  100. Old Local Houses (p. 488)
  101. Weather-Lore (p. 489)
  102. Funny Story (p. 490)
  103. Riddles (p. 491)
  104. My Home District (p. 492)
  105. Old Houses (p. 493)
  106. Fairy Forts (p. 494)
  107. Local Forges (p. 495)
  108. Local Story (p. 496)
  109. Local Landlords (p. 497)
  110. Local Giants (p. 498)
  111. Local Cures (p. 499)
  112. Bird-Lore (p. 500-501)
  113. Riddles (p. 502)
  114. Weather-Lore (p. 503)
  115. Local Place Names (p. 504)
  116. Bird-Lore (p. 505)
  117. Famine Times (p. 506)
  118. Marriage Customs (p. 507)
  119. Local Forges (p. 508)
  120. Local Story (p. 509-510)
  121. Fairy Forts (p. 511)
  122. Herbs (p. 512)
  123. Local Marriage Customs (p. 513)
  124. Local Fairs (p. 514)
  125. Old Houses (p. 515)
  126. Riddles (p. 516-517)
  127. Famine Times (p. 518)
  128. Herbs (p. 519)
  129. Local Marriages (p. 520)
  130. Care of the Feet (p. 521)
  131. Superstitions (p. 522)
  132. Riddles (p. 523)
  133. Bird-Lore (p. 524)
  134. Fairy Forts (p. 525)
  135. Weather (p. 526)
  136. Funny Story (p. 527)
  137. Folklore - A Funny Story (p. 528)
  138. Folklore - Old Prayers (p. 529)
  139. Folklore - Farm Animals (p. 530)
  140. Folklore - Weather Signs (p. 531)
  141. Folklore - Farm Animals (p. 532)
  142. Folklore - Giants and Warriors (p. 533)
  143. Folklore - Local Fairs (p. 534)
  144. Folklore (p. 535)
  145. Folklore - Local Story (p. 536-537)
  146. Folklore - Weather Signs (p. 538)
  147. Games that I Play (p. 539)
  148. Local Marriage Customs (p. 540)
  149. Our Home District (p. 541)
  150. Bird-Lore (p. 542)
  151. Local Place Names (p. 543)
  152. Funny Story (p. 544)
  153. Local Riddles (p. 545)
  154. Bierr Rabbitt (p. 546-548)

Resource description

Origin information
Garrowhill, Co. Longford
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 chapter (vol. 756, p. 363A-548)
Languages
English  
Genre
Chapter
Subject
Folklore--Ireland--Longford
Ringforts   linked data (lcsh)
Manners and customs   linked data (lcsh)
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
Riddles   linked data (lcsh)
Weather--Folklore
Treasure troves--Folklore
Animals--Folklore
Jokes   linked data (lcsh)
Food--Folklore
Rites and ceremonies   linked data (lcsh)
Dwellings--Folklore
Roads   linked data (lcsh)
Recreation   linked data (lcsh)
Traditional medicine   linked data (lcsh)
Occupations   linked data (lcsh)
Commerce   linked data (lcsh)
Dissenters, Religious--Legal status, laws, etc.
Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852
Land use   linked data (lcsh)
Clothing and dress   linked data (lcsh)
Folk beliefs   linked data (afset)
Verbal arts and literature   linked data (afset)
Agriculture   linked data (lcsh)
School location
Garrowhill An Gharbhchoill Garrowhill Clongesh Longford Longford
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5009158
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0756/4

Suggested credit
"The Schools' Manuscript Collection: Longford county 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:50091585>
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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