DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5009058
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description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from The Downs (school) (The Downs, Co. Westmeath), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher S. Molloy.
description: Legend of Lough Owel / Guire, Lizzie Mc -- Things Made in the District Long Ago / Guire, Lizzie Mc -- Weather-Lore / Dunne, Elizabeth -- Hidden Treasure / Dunne, Elizabeth -- Niall of the Nine Hostages / Delamere, Bridget -- Legend of the Lake of Inchiquin / Delamere, Bridget -- Local Heroes / Guire, Teresa Mc -- Basket-Making / Guire, Teresa Mc -- Turf-Making / Dunne, Betty -- Candle-Making / Dunne, Betty -- Basket-Making / Dunne, Betty -- Candle-Making / Guire, Mary Kate Mc -- Happenings About Shipwrecks / Cormack, Mary Mc -- Turf-Making -- Basket-Making Long Ago / Cormack, Mary Mc -- Hay-Making / Dunne, Betty -- Oats-Making / Dunne, Betty -- Hay-Making Long Ago / Maguire, Theresa -- Weather-Lore / Dunne, Betty -- Oats-Making Long Ago / Maguire, Teresa -- Proverbs / Dunne, Betty -- Riddles / Dunne, Betty -- Thunder-Storm / Dunne, Betty -- Hidden Treasure / Dunne, Betty -- Lime-Burning / Dunne, Betty -- Riddles / Maguire, Teresa -- Proverbs / Maguire, Teresa -- Hedge-Schools / Maguire, Teresa -- Turf-Making / Cleary, Annie -- Riddles / Cleary, Annie -- Lime-Burning / Maguire, Teresa -- Great Storms / Maguire, Teresa -- Hedge-Schools / Dunne, Betty -- Local Marriages / Dunne, Betty -- Thatching / Dunne, Betty -- Heavy Snowfalls / Maguire, Teresa -- Local Marriage Customs / Maguire, Teresa -- Hedge-Schools / Cormack, Mary Mc -- Swift Runners / Cleary, Annie -- Riddles / Cleary, Annie -- Local Cures / Cleary, Annie -- Spinning / Dunne, Betty -- Bird-Lore / Dunne, Betty -- Local Cures / Dunne, Betty -- Snow-Storms / Cleary, Annie -- Hedge-Schools / Clary, Annie -- Proverbs / Cleary, Annie -- Hay-Making / Cleary, Annie -- Local Marriage Customs / Cleary, Annie -- Heavy Snow-Storms / Dunne, Betty -- Weather-Lore / Cleary, Annie -- Local Marriage Customs -- Local Place Names / Maguire, Teresa -- Bird-Lore / Maguire, Teresa -- Local Cures / Maguire, Teresa -- Heavy Snow-Storms / Cormack, Mary Mc -- Bird-Lore / Cormack, Mary Mc -- Local Marriage Customs / Cormack, Mary Mc -- Proverbs / Cormack, Mary Mc -- Riddles / Cormack, Mary Mc -- Weather-Lore -- Festival Customs / Dunne, Betty -- Local Games / Dunne, Betty -- Local Fairs / Dunne, Betty -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Dunne, Betty -- Bread / Dunne, Betty -- Churning / Cormack, Mary Mc -- Local Cures / Cormack, Mary Mc -- Riddles -- Weather-Lore / Cormack, Mary Mc -- Festival Customs / Cormack, Mary Mac -- Bread / Cormack, Mary Mc -- Local Fairs -- Food In Olden Days / Dunne, Betty -- Churning / Dunne, Betty -- Famine Times / Dunne, Betty -- Potato Crop / Dunne, Betty -- Churning / Walsh, Mary Ann -- Oats-Making / Walsh, Walter -- Old Song / Cleary, Annie -- Food In Olden Times / Cleary, Annie -- Games I Play / Cleary, Annie -- Oats-Making / Cleary, Annie -- Old Song / Cleary, Annie -- Harp that once through Tara's Hall / Dunne, Betty -- My Home District / Dunne, Betty -- Potato Crop / Walsh, Walter -- Old Song
description: 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.