DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5008882
title: Pres. Convent, Drogheda

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Pres. Convent, Drogheda (school) (Drogheda, Co. Louth), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Sr. M. Patrick..
description: Prayers / Kelly, Mary -- Hacklim's Cave / Allen, Rita -- Jumping Church of Millextown / Murphy, Anna -- Local Industries / Byrne, Peggy -- Food -- Dress -- Weather-Lore -- May Day Traditions / Mathews, Margaret -- Collier the Robber - A Highway Man / Bowden, Betty -- Lord Gormanstown and the Fox / Bowden, Betty -- Haunted House / Bowden, Christina -- Friar's Horse -- Fairy Shoemaker / Kelly, Mary -- Story of the Penal Days / Kelly, Mary -- King William's Glen / Kelly, Mary -- Marriage Customs / Kelly, Mary -- Cure / Kelly, Mary -- Local Fairs / Quinn, Hilda -- Games I Used to Play / Quinn, Hilda -- Protestant Church / Entagart, Veronica Mc -- Quack Doctor / Entagart, Veronica Mc -- Glenmore Avenue / Browne, Veronica -- Donore Churchyard / Browne, Veronica -- Gruggens / Browne, Veronica -- Lime-Kiln / Browne, Veronica -- How Drogheda Got its Name / Byrne, Christina -- Tinkers / Byrne, Christina -- Charm against the Toothache / Byrne, Christina -- Cures / Byrne, Christina -- True Story / Shevlin, Rita -- Tobar an tSolais / Barron, Mary -- Story / Barron, Mary -- Big Stone of Proleek / Bowden, Betty -- Giant's Bed / Bowden, Betty -- Customs regarding the Dead / Browne, Veronica -- Stray Sod / Browne, Veronica -- Jack of the Lantern / Browne, Veronica -- Glaspistol / Allen, Rita -- Cú Chulainn's Pillar Stone / Allen, Rita -- Termonfeckin Castle -- Louth Hunt / Murphy, Anna -- Rope-Making / Lyons, Alice -- Shrove-Tide Customs / Lyons, Alice -- Story of the Old Castle / Bannon, Sheila -- Leather-Tanning / Bannon, Sheila -- Soap-Making / Veigh, Septa Mc -- Local Cures / Veigh, Septa Mc -- Old Mill / White, Betty -- Maiden Tower / Seery, Rosaleen -- Loom-Weaving / Seery, Rosaleen -- Toberboice Cottage / Markey, Eva -- Making of Mats / Markey, Eva -- Well that Shifted / Lyons, Kathleen -- Making of Candles / Lyons, Kathleen -- Old House by the Boyne / Donnell, Dina Mc -- Local Heroes / Farrell, Una -- Old Houses of Drogheda / Balfe, Anna -- Local Roads and Lanes / Quillan, Nancy Mc -- Herbs and Their Uses / Seery, Mary -- Pipe-Making in Drogheda / Hurley, Mary -- Story / Williams, Maureen -- River Nanny / Fairclough, Bernadette -- Regarding Shrove Tuesday / Hughes, Moira -- Haunted House in Drogheda / Newman, Pattie -- Old Abbey / Newman, Patty -- Salmon of Knowledge in Drogheda / Newman, Patty -- Old Wells -- White Horse of Mellifont Abbey / Walsh, Betty -- Saintly Priest / Walsh, Betty -- Cures / Walsh, Betty -- Fairy Fort / Balfe, Philomena -- Collier the Robber / Balfe, Philomena -- Happenings in Drogheda / Balfe, Philomena -- Old Songs - The Hill of Slane / Brady, Margaret -- Maid of Townleyhall / Brady, Margaret -- Maid of Dunleer / Brady, Margaret -- Donore Pattern / Brady, Margaret -- Old Customs at Wakes / Brady, Margaret -- Handloom Weaving in Louth -- Pipe-Making in County Louth -- Besom-Making in Louth -- How the People Lived About Forty Years Ago -- Herbs and their Uses -- Regatta -- May Fair
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.