DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4493789
title: Convent of Mercy, Moville

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Convent of Mercy, Moville (school) (Moville, Co. Donegal), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Sr. Celestine Clarke.
description: Saint Colmcille's Well / Donnell, Moria O' -- Chieftain's Grave / Donnell, Moira O' -- Story of a Mountain near Moville / Barr, Kathleen -- Cooley Cross / Barr, Kathleen -- Fairy Money / Barr, Kathleen -- Fairy Tale of Moville / Barr, Kathleen -- Story of Poteen / Barr, Kathleen -- Cure of Long Ago / Barr, Kathleen -- Moville Riddles / Barr, Kathleen -- Folklore / Donnell, Moira O' -- Christening in Moville Seventy Years Ago / Donnell, Moira O' -- Story of Colmcille / Donnell, Moira O' -- Folklore - The Fairy Cabbage Leaf / Barr, Kathleen -- Fairy Holly / Barr, Kathleen -- Fairy Gold / Barr, Kathleen -- Confirmation Long Ago in Moville / Barr, Kathleen -- Taking Milk by Witchcraft / Donnell, Moira O' -- Fairy Princess / Barr, Kathleen -- Stolen Baby / Donnell, Moira O' -- Old Custom of Moville / Donnell, Moira O' -- Story of Saint Patrick / Donnell, Moira O' -- Old Custom / Donnell, Moira O' -- Old Cure for a Cut / Barr, Kathleen -- Folklore - Hallow Eve Games / Barr, Kathleen -- Old Custom / Doherty, Sheila -- Fairy Tale of Moville / Doherty, Sheila -- Story of Gambling / Maguire, Moyra -- Cure for Corns / Gowan, Rita Mc -- Story of a Mermaid / Molloy, Frances -- Old Custom / Molloy, Frances -- Moville Fairy Tale / Gowan, Rita Mc -- Hallow Eve Game Long Ago / Gowan, Rita Mc -- Fairy Dance / Gowan, Rita Mc -- Story of Churning / Gowan, Rita Mc -- Cure of Moville Long Ago / Gowan, Rita Mc -- Folklore - A Fairy Tale / Barr, Kathleen -- Hallow Eve Custom / Gowan, Rita Mc -- Headless Man / Gowan, Rita Mc -- Folklore / Gowan, Rita Mc -- Folklore / Gowan, Rita Mc -- Funny Story / Gowan, Rita Mc -- Fairy Gold / Molloy, Frances -- Christmas Eve / Molloy, Frances -- Fairies / Molloy, Frances -- Fairy Daughter / Barr, Kathleen -- Fairy Revels / Molloy, Frances -- Fairies' Revenge / Molloy, Frances -- Story of the Famine / Molloy, Frances -- Fairy Rock / Barr, Kathleen -- Folklore / Barr, Kathleen -- Hallow Eve Tricks / Laughlin, Anna Mc -- Folklore / Laughlin, Anna Mc -- Ghost Ship / Gowan, Rita Mc -- Fairies / Gowan, Rita Mc -- Hallow Eve Belief / Gowan, Rita Mc -- Folklore / Gowan, Rita Mc -- Wages in Moville - 80 Years Ago -- Travelling in Moville - 80 Years Ago / Barr, Kathleen -- Food and Clothes in Moville 80 Years Ago / Gowen, Rita Mc -- Cooley Cross / Molloy, Frances -- Ruined Church of Cooley / Armour, Eithne -- Old Bridge at Gulladuff near Moville / Faulkner, Maureen -- Old Belief / Molloy, Frances -- Funny Story / Molloy, Frances -- Ark / Molloy, Frances -- Strange Bell / Daid, Kathleen Mc -- Sad Story of Greencastle / Anally, Imelda Mc -- Ruined Fort / Molloy, Frances -- Wild Birds / Orr, Winsome -- Piper's Hill / Orr, Winsome -- Selling Land / Anally, Imelda Mc -- Turf in the District of Moville 80 Years Ago / Molloy, Frances -- Beginning of Moville - Ballybos / Gowan, Rita Mc -- Pat the Fiddler / Doherty, Maura -- Ghost Story / Gowan, Rita Mc -- Clever Thief / Gowan, Rita Mc -- Story of the Wee Folk / Molloy, Frances -- Beautiful Old Saying / Molloy, Francis -- Old Story / Gowan, Rita Mc -- Folklore / Gowan, Rita Mc
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.