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Athboy (C.)

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

Original reference: 0697/2

In collection The Schools’ Collection : County Meath schools

  1. Old Song (p. 035-037)
  2. Song (p. 037-040)
  3. Homemade Toys (p. 041-042)
  4. Homemade Toys (p. 042-044)
  5. Homemade Toys (p. 044-045)
  6. Games I Play (p. 046-050)
  7. Games I Play (p. 050-053)
  8. Bird-Lore (p. 054-057)
  9. Bird-Lore (p. 058-060)
  10. Bird-Lore (p. 061-065)
  11. Festival Customs (p. 065-067)
  12. Festival Customs (p. 068-072)
  13. Clothes Made Locally (p. 073-075)
  14. Clothes Made Locally (p. 076-077)
  15. Clothes Made Locally (p. 078-079)
  16. Local Ruins (p. 080-081)
  17. Local Ruins (p. 082-083)
  18. Local Ruins (p. 084-086)
  19. Old Houses (p. 087-089)
  20. Old Houses (p. 090-091)
  21. Old Houses (p. 092-093)
  22. Local Sayings (p. 094-095)
  23. Local Sayings (p. 096-097)
  24. Local Sayings (p. 098-100)
  25. Emblems and Objects of Value (p. 101-102)
  26. Emblems and Objects of Value (p. 103-104)
  27. Historical Tradition (p. 105-106)
  28. Historical Traditions (p. 106-107)
  29. Historical Traditions (p. 107-108)
  30. Hurling and Football (p. 109-110)
  31. Hurling and Football Matches (p. 111-112)
  32. Hurling and Football Matches (p. 113-115)
  33. Story (p. 116-117)
  34. Old Story (p. 118-119)
  35. Old Story (p. 120-121)
  36. Fairy Forts (p. 122-123)
  37. Fairy Forts (p. 124-125)
  38. Fairy Forts (p. 126-127)
  39. Local Poets (p. 128)
  40. Local Poets (p. 129)
  41. Local Poets (p. 130)
  42. Bread (p. 131-132)
  43. Bread (p. 133-135)
  44. Bread (p. 136-137)
  45. In the Penal Times (p. 138)
  46. In the Penal Times (p. 139)
  47. Penal Days (p. 140)
  48. Famine Times (p. 141-143)
  49. Famine Times (p. 144-146)
  50. Famine Times (p. 147-149)
  51. Lore on Certain Days (p. 150-151)
  52. Lore of a Certain Day (p. 152-154)
  53. Lore of Certain Days (p. 154-156)
  54. Travelling Folk (p. 157-159)
  55. Travelling Folk (p. 159-161)
  56. Travelling Folk (p. 162-164)
  57. Famine Times (p. 165-167)
  58. Religious Stories (p. 168-169)
  59. Religious Stories (p. 169-170)
  60. Religious Stories (p. 171-172)
  61. Leprechaun (p. 173-174)
  62. Leprechaun (p. 175-176)
  63. Leprechaun (p. 177-178)
  64. Haunted Houses and Ghosts (p. 178-182)
  65. Haunted Houses and Ghosts (p. 183-185)
  66. Haunted Houses and Ghosts (p. 186-187)
  67. Banshee (p. 188-189)
Origin information
Athboy, Co. Meath
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 chapter (vol. 697, p. 33-189)
Languages
English  
Genre
Chapter
Subject
Folklore--Ireland--Meath
Folk poetry   linked data (lcsh)
Toys   linked data (lcsh)
Recreation   linked data (lcsh)
Birds--Folklore
Manners and customs   linked data (lcsh)
Clothing and dress   linked data (lcsh)
Historic sites   linked data (lcsh)
Dwellings--Folklore
Proverbs   linked data (lcsh)
Ringforts   linked data (lcsh)
Bread--Folklore
Dissenters, Religious--Legal status, laws, etc.
Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852
Irish Travellers (Nomadic people)   linked data (lcsh)
Religion   linked data (lcsh)
Leprechauns   linked data (lcsh)
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
Banshees   linked data (lcsh)
School location
AthboyBaile Átha BuíAthboyAthboyLuneMeath
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5008951
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0697/2

Suggested credit
"The Schools' Manuscript Collection: County Meath 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:50089515>
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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