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Clochar na Trócaire, Ceannanus Mór

Abstract: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Clochar na Trócaire, Ceannanus Mór (school) (Kells, Co. Meath), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Siúracha na Trócaire.

Original reference: 0703/1

In collection The Schools’ Collection : County Meath schools

  1. Funny Story (p. 001)
  2. Old Story (p. 002)
  3. Funny Story (p. 003)
  4. Big Wind 1839 (p. 003-004)
  5. Night of the Big Wind (p. 004-005)
  6. On the Night of the Big Wind (p. 005-006)
  7. More about the Big Wind (p. 007)
  8. Another Story about the Big Wind (p. 007-008)
  9. Riddles (p. 008-009)
  10. My Home District (p. 009-011)
  11. Old Story (p. 011-012)
  12. Funny Story (p. 012-013)
  13. Saint Columba's First Visit to Kells (p. 013-014)
  14. Bective Street (p. 014)
  15. Canon Street (p. 014-015)
  16. St Columba's House (p. 015-016)
  17. Funny Story (p. 016-017)
  18. Funny Story (p. 018)
  19. My Home District (p. 019)
  20. Big Wind (p. 019-020)
  21. Funny Story (p. 021)
  22. Weather-Lore (p. 022)
  23. Lone Bush (p. 023)
  24. St Kieran's Well (p. 024)
  25. St Columba's Well (p. 025)
  26. Weather-Lore (p. 026)
  27. Weather-Lore (p. 027)
  28. More Weather-Lore (p. 028-029)
  29. Food in Olden Times (p. 030)
  30. Food in Olden Times (p. 030-031)
  31. Food in Olden Times (p. 032-033)
  32. Food in Olden Times (p. 034-035)
  33. Lore of Certain Days (p. 036)
  34. Sneezing (p. 036-037)
  35. Lucky and Unlucky Days (p. 037-038)
  36. Lore of Certain Days (p. 038-040)
  37. Lore of Certain Days (p. 040-041)
  38. Lore of Certain Days (p. 041)
  39. Lore of Certain Days (p. 042)
  40. Lore of Certain Days - The Priest's Shirt (p. 042)
  41. Lore of Certain Days (p. 043)
  42. Lore of Certain Days (p. 043)
  43. Lore of Certain Days (p. 043)
  44. Lore of Certain Days (p. 043)
  45. Lore of Certain Days (p. 043-044)
  46. Lore of Certain Days - Candlemas Day (p. 045)
  47. Lore of Certain Days (p. 045)
  48. True Story (p. 046)
  49. Tree Story (p. 047)
  50. A Prayer to the Angel Guardian (p. 047)
  51. True Story (p. 048-049)
  52. Collection of Prayers (p. 050)
  53. Collection of Prayers (p. 050-051)
  54. Collection of Prayers (p. 051-052)
  55. Prayers (p. 052-053)
  56. Prayers (p. 053-054)
  57. Prayers (p. 054-055)
  58. Prayers (p. 055-056)
  59. Prayers (p. 056)
  60. Prayers (p. 057)
  61. Prayers (p. 058)
  62. Prayers (p. 058-059)
  63. Kells Castle (p. 060-061)
  64. Local Ruins - Kells Castle (p. 062-063)
  65. Kells Castle (p. 064)
  66. Round Tower of Kells (p. 065)
  67. Round Tower of Kells (p. 066-067)
  68. Round Tower of Kells (p. 068-069)
  69. Local Ruins (p. 069-070)
  70. Old Schools (p. 071-073)
  71. Old Schools (p. 073-075)
  72. Old Schools (p. 075-076)
  73. Old Schools (p. 077-078)
  74. Old Schools (p. 078-079)
  75. Tinker's Corner (p. 080)
  76. On the Cookstown Road (p. 080-081)
  77. Man in Black (p. 081-082)
  78. Church Tower (p. 082)
  79. Old Festivals (p. 083)
  80. Old Crafts (p. 083-142)
  81. Old Stone Crosses in Kells (p. 084-085)
  82. Cross of Kells (p. 085-086)
  83. Old Stone Crosses (p. 086-088)
  84. Kells in Pagan Times (p. 088-089)
  85. Kells in Pagan Times (p. 089-090)
  86. Mullaghea Church Bell (p. 090-091)
  87. Lost His Bet but Kept His Word (p. 091-092)
  88. How the Marquis of Headfort Befriended a Priest (p. 093-094)
  89. Incident of September 1798 (p. 094-095)
  90. Another Story about Archbishop Hugh de Lacy (p. 095-096)
  91. Local Cures (p. 096-098)
  92. Local Cures (p. 098-099)
  93. Local Cures (p. 100)
  94. Local Cures (p. 101-102)
  95. Local Cures (p. 102-103)
  96. Cures (p. 103-104)
  97. Old Cures (p. 105)
  98. Distinguished Men who Visited Kells in Bygone Days (p. 106-107)
  99. Old Crafts (p. 107-108)
  100. Old Crafts (p. 108-109)
  101. Chandlery in Market Street (p. 110)
  102. Sawmills (p. 110)
  103. Old Crafts in Kells (p. 111)
  104. Old Crafts (p. 111-112)
  105. Our Blessed Lady and the Rushes (p. 112-113)
  106. Old Crafts (p. 113-114)
  107. Festival Customs (p. 115-116)
  108. Festival Customs (p. 116-117)
  109. Festival Customs (p. 117-118)
  110. Festival Customs (p. 119)
  111. Festival Customs (p. 119)
  112. Festival Customs (p. 119-120)
  113. Festival Customs (p. 120-121)
  114. Festival Customs (p. 122)
  115. Festival Customs (p. 122)
  116. Festival Customs (p. 123)
  117. Festival Customs (p. 123)
  118. Wool and Flannel (p. 124)
  119. Old Catholic Church of Kells (p. 125)
  120. Straying Sod (p. 125-126)
  121. Barne's Mansion (p. 126-127)
  122. Triangle (p. 127-128)
  123. St Patrick in Co. Meath (p. 128-129)
  124. Old Graveyards (p. 129-130)
  125. Hidden Treasure (p. 130-131)
  126. Little Bit of Folklore (p. 131)
  127. St Patrick's Bell (p. 131-132)
  128. It was supposed that whoever took water first from a common well on May morning took at the same time the butter from all the people's churns who used that same well. (p. 132-133)
  129. A man walking in his field one day found himself getting entangled in something. (p. 133)
  130. Cromwell's Mansion (p. 133-134)
  131. Maigh Bolg Church (p. 134-135)
  132. Prophecies of St Columba (p. 135)
  133. Kells in Cromwell's Time (p. 136)
  134. Setting Charms on May Eve (p. 137)
  135. Kells in Cromwell's Time (p. 137-138)
  136. Loughan Lea Mountain (p. 139)
  137. Saint Bridget (p. 139-141)
  138. Legend of Glendalough (p. 142-143)
  139. Our Lady's Well (p. 143-144)
  140. Saint Columba and Saint Kieran (p. 144-145)
  141. Saint Colmcille's Well (p. 145-146)
  142. Proverbs (p. 146-147)
  143. Bratach Brigid (p. 148)
  144. Unbaptised Child (p. 148)
  145. Old Wells (p. 149)
  146. Lore of Funerals (p. 149-150)
  147. Lore about the Corncrake (p. 150-151)
  148. Old Wells (p. 151)
  149. Proverbs (p. 152-153)
  150. Local Hero (p. 153-154)
  151. More about Ambrose Quinn (p. 154)
  152. Sacred Trees (p. 154-155)
  153. Mrs Rowley (p. 155-156)
  154. After the Marriage Ceremony (p. 156-157)
  155. Mass Paths (p. 157-158)
  156. Priest's Room (p. 158)
  157. St Kieran's Well (p. 159-161)
  158. Lore about Carlanstown (p. 162-163)
  159. Care of the Feet (p. 164)
  160. Story of a Fort (p. 165)
  161. Old Forts (p. 165-166)
  162. Hauling Home (p. 167)
  163. Night of the Big Wind (p. 167-168)
Origin information
Kells, Co. Meath
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 chapter (vol. 703, p. 1A-168)
Languages
English  irish  
Genre
Chapter
Subject
Folklore--Ireland--Meath
Jokes   linked data (lcsh)
Winds--Folklore
Riddles   linked data (lcsh)
local legends   linked data (afset)
Columba, Saint, 521-597   linked data (viaf)
Historic sites   linked data (lcsh)
Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852
Dissenters, Religious--Legal status, laws, etc.
Weather--Folklore
Ringforts   linked data (lcsh)
Manners and customs   linked data (lcsh)
Food--Folklore
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
Verbal arts and literature   linked data (afset)
Prayers   linked data (lcsh)
Schools   linked data (lcsh)
Irish Travellers (Nomadic people)   linked data (lcsh)
Death--Folklore
Signs and symbols--Ireland
Occupations   linked data (lcsh)
Traditional medicine   linked data (lcsh)
Geographical myths   linked data (lcsh)
Patrick, Saint, 373?-463?  
Cemeteries   linked data (lcsh)
Treasure troves--Folklore
Agriculture   linked data (lcsh)
Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658   linked data (viaf)
May (Month)--Folklore
Brigid, of Ireland, Saint, ca. 453-ca. 524   linked data (viaf)
Proverbs   linked data (lcsh)
Saint Brigid's Day   linked data (lcsh)
Folk beliefs   linked data (afset)
Shoes   linked data (lcsh)
Clothing and dress   linked data (lcsh)
Rites and ceremonies   linked data (lcsh)
School location
KellsCeanannasKellsKellsKells UpperMeath
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5008968
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0703/1

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:50089685>
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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