DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4428050
title: Clochar na Trócaire, Béal Átha 'n Fheadha

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Clochar na Trócaire, Béal Átha 'n Fheadha (school) (Ballina, Co. Mayo), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher John McGee.
description: Story / Duffy, Kathleen -- Place Names / Duffy, Kathleen -- Place Names / Jordan, Molly -- Story -- Story / Jordan, M -- Fairy Story / Jordan, M -- Another Fairy Story / Jordan, M -- Weather-Lore / Jordan, Molly -- Fairy Stories / Jordan, Mollie -- Big Ram -- Crossmolina Fair -- True Story -- True Story -- True Story -- How League Got Its Name -- Barney Dearg -- Beleek -- A Long time ago there lived in Water Lane, Ballina three women who earned their living by washing. -- Moyne Abbey -- Bóthar na Sop -- O'Dowds of Ardnaree -- Giant of Ardnaree -- Primrose Hill House -- Strange Coffin -- Witch at Rappagh -- True Ghost Story -- Giant's Candle -- Ghost Story -- Fairy Fort -- True Story -- Funny Story -- True Ghost Story -- Hidden Treasure -- Ghost Story -- Story -- James Stephens -- Local Marriage Customs -- Local Wake Customs -- Local Cures / Mulderrig, Michael -- Cure -- Local Birth Customs -- Strong Men of the District -- Churning -- Old Tale of Moyne Abbey -- Baking in olden days had a different system of working than in the present day. -- Long ago there lived a king named named Guaire in Ardnaree. -- Long ago there lived an old woman in Ballyholan. -- St Michael's Church -- When St. Patrick was in Mayo he spent some time near Ballina. -- Weather-Lore -- Old Rhymes and Sayings of the Weather -- Holy Family -- Danes' Den -- Fairy Story -- True Story -- Place Names -- Saint Patrick's Well -- Saint Patrick's Stone -- In times gone by the Nuns of Ballina taught in an old workhouse on the top of Ardnaree. / Byron, Maura -- Games -- Riddles / Kelly, E -- Visit of Parnell to Ballina -- Famine in Ireland Long Ago -- One day a man from Ballina was breaking stones on the side of the road. -- There was once a man who lived near Ballina and he wanted to build a new house. -- People long ago believed that the fairies used to steal babies. -- Witch Hare -- Once upon a time a man and a woman were coming home from the market it was very late at night. -- Once upon a time a man, his wife, and daughter lived together. -- One night a blacksmith was in bed. -- One night a woman and her sister were in bed in a Protestant house where they were working. -- Once there lived an old fisherman. He used to walk to the shore as he could go in a boat. -- Long years ago there was a ship and it was called the Ballina ship. -- Osiers were very much used in Ireland for making baskets and creels for carrying eggs to the market. -- As there were no shops Irish people made their own clothes. -- Without title -- Once upon a time there lived a man in Ballina and he was going to Dublin on the half seven train. -- Once upon a time there lived an old woman in Beleek. -- Once there were two boys and they stole some apples. -- Signs of Weather -- How They Used to Make Candles -- On the eve of St Brigid's Day the men go out and gather rushes. -- One day Mr. Richard Wills of Garden St. was digging a hole in his field at Barnaderrig he found a sword. -- Marriages -- Once there was an old man and he was after travelling to six fairs. -- My grandmother who has a churn told me that churning is a very old custom.
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.