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Kilglass

Abstract: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Kilglass (school) (Kilglass, Co. Sligo), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Bean Uí Chléirigh.

Original reference: 0164/5

In collection  The Schools’ Collection : County Sligo schools

Stories

  1. Story (p. 195)
  2. Faction Fight (p. 196)
  3. "Manners"! Mary (p. 197)
  4. A man who had never worn shoes gathered enough money to buy a pair. (p. 197)
  5. There was a man who went to buy a pair of shoes, and when he went into the shop he produced a rod. (p. 198)
  6. Another man bought a new pair of shoes, for which he had been long working and saving. (p. 199)
  7. A man had a very sore toe one time - it was festering, and he knocked it against something, seemingly every hour in the day. (p. 199)
  8. At Enniscrone on Killala Bay, it must be some 80 years ago, a man was washed ashore. (p. 200)
  9. Sturgeon (p. 200-202)
  10. Long Ago in Enniscrone (p. 202-205)
  11. The jaunting car seems to have been found only in Ireland. (p. 206-209)
  12. There was a man long ago who wanted to choose a good wife... (p. 210)
  13. Rent in the Breeches (p. 211-217)
  14. McAndrews of Backs (p. 218-219)
  15. There was a very glib poet, over fifty years ago, around Enniscrone. (p. 219-220)
  16. When the pier was being built about fifty years ago, at Inniscrone, they used to set a charge of dynamite and light a fuse, and take good care to get clear away to a distance before the explosion went off. (p. 221-223)
  17. Whale (p. 223-225)
  18. First Box of Matches (p. 226-228)
  19. Story of Leaffony Long Ago (p. 229-233)
  20. Ceann na Searrach (p. 234-235)
  21. True Story of a Horse at the Present Day (p. 236-237)
  22. Sly Fox (p. 238-239)
  23. Sea Baby (p. 240)
  24. Enchanted Hare (p. 241-242)
  25. Bob Rua Armstrong (p. 243-244)
  26. Boying Hale (p. 245)
  27. The American Indians were here in Ireland and they sailed away in canoes when the present people came. (p. 246)
  28. O'Dowds (p. 247-249)
  29. Local Marriage Customs (p. 251)
  30. 1798 (p. 253-256)
  31. Travelling Folk (p. 257-260)

Resource description

Origin information
Kilglass, Co. Sligo
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 chapter (vol. 164, p. 194-260)
Languages
English  
Genre
Chapter
Subject
Folklore--Ireland--Sligo
Folk poetry   linked data (lcsh)
Clothing and dress   linked data (lcsh)
Fishing   linked data (lcsh)
Rites and ceremonies   linked data (lcsh)
Foxes--Folklore
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
Land use   linked data (lcsh)
Historic sites   linked data (lcsh)
Marriage   linked data (lcsh)
Ireland--History--Rebellion of 1798
Irish Travellers (Nomadic people)   linked data (lcsh)
School location
Kilglass Cill Ghlas Kilglass Kilglass Tireragh Sligo
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4672091
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0164/5

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:46720915>
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

Rights & Usage Conditions

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Copyright of the original resource: University College Dublin

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