People with the same name before they were married can cure the wildfire and the whooping cough.


Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).

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Any woman who is married to a second husband who has the very same name as her first husband can make bread that cures whooping cough.


Story collected by a student at Allenwood, Robertstown school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).

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Allenwood, Robertstown


A collection of folklore and local history stories from Allenwood, Robertstown (school) (Allenwood, Co. Kildare), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.

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Allenwood


A collection of folklore and local history stories from Allenwood (school) (Allenwood, Co. Kildare), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.

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