Maynooth (Pres. Convent)

Abstract: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Maynooth (Pres. Convent) (school) (Maynooth, Co. Kildare), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Sr. M. Borgia.

Original reference: 0772/2

In collection  The Schools’ Collection : County Kildare schools

Stories

  1. As I look up as I look down as I look on the deadly ground, I saw the Blessed Virgin coming towards me seven Mass books in her hand, seven priests singing, seven bells ringing. (p. 018-019)
  2. Two men were going to the fair of Kells with a drove of sheep shortly after midnight. (p. 020-021)
  3. Years ago during the penal days there was a very cruel landlord who lived in Westmeath. (p. 022-023)
  4. There are many names on fields such as Larkens, the post field, the hall door field, the motor field, the big tree, the pump field, the sand pit field, and the cover. (p. 024-025)
  5. The well of St Finbarr is situated near the village of Straffan. (p. 026)
  6. Erysipelas is a swelling on the hands and face. (p. 027)
  7. The names of the fields on our farm are - The cows field... (p. 028)
  8. The cures for a sty in your eye is to pluck ten gooseberry thorns. point one to the eye each morning for nine mornings throw away the tenth. (p. 029)
  9. Old Cure for the Whooping-Cough (p. 030)
  10. This is the cure of the whoopingcough. (p. 031)
  11. This girl, Nan Nolan, when suffering from Whooping Cough in 1937, was first put "under an ass" and "over an ass three times" father and mother holding the child and passing her from hand to hand under the animal. (p. 031)
  12. Cure for Headaches (p. 032)
  13. Cure for Corns (p. 033)
  14. Big Wind (p. 034)
  15. About a mile from Maynooth we have a very ancient building called the Obelisk. (p. 035)
  16. Ghost Stories (p. 036)
  17. Composition (p. 037)
  18. Composition (p. 038)
  19. About a mile from Maynooth we have a very ancient building called the Obelisk. (p. 039)
  20. Cures for Pip (p. 040)
  21. Ghost Stories (p. 041)
  22. Cures (p. 042)
  23. Names of Fields (p. 043)
  24. Cures (p. 044)
  25. Cures for Warts (p. 045)
  26. Cures (p. 046)

Resource description

Origin information
Maynooth, Co. Kildare
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 chapter (vol. 772, p. 17-46)
Languages
English  
Genre
Chapter
Subject
Folklore--Ireland--Kildare (County)
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
Manners and customs   linked data (lcsh)
Erysipelas   linked data (lcsh)
local legends   linked data (afset)
Hordeolum   linked data (lcsh)
Whooping cough   linked data (lcsh)
Traditional medicine   linked data (lcsh)
Foot--Wounds and injuries
Winds--Folklore
Historic sites   linked data (lcsh)
Warts   linked data (lcsh)
School location
Maynooth Maigh Nuad Maynooth Laraghbryan Salt North Kildare
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4742154
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0772/2

Suggested credit
"The Schools' Manuscript Collection: County Kildare 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:47421545>
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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