DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5009158
title: Garrowhill, Longford

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Garrowhill, Longford (school) (Garrowhill, Co. Longford), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher P. Mac Aonghusa.
description: Went a Furze-Smashing / Guinness, P. Mc -- New Empty Sack / Guinness, P. Mc -- Large Black Dog / Guinness, P. Mc -- Another Dog Story / Guinness, P. Mc -- Good People / Guiness, P. Mc -- Fairy Pigeons / Guinness, P. Mc -- Aughnamadow / Guinness, P. Mc -- Mystery Hearse / Guinness, P. Mc -- Another Mystery - Beaten with Something like a Pillow / Guinness, P. Mc -- Folklore Story / Clarke, John -- Fiddler / Sullivan, Bernard O' -- Mysterious Affair / Gregg, Patrick -- Hidden Treasure / Clarke, James -- Folklore Story - A Fairy Story / Cann, Michael Mc -- Folklore Story / Quinn, Cornelius -- Mysterious Affair / Guinness, Patrick Mc -- Folklore Story / Clarke, James -- Folklore Story / Ross, James -- Folklore Story / Clarke, John -- Folklore Story / Sullivan, Bernard O' -- Folklore Story / Gregg, John -- Folklore Story / Ross, James -- Folklore Story / Sullivan, Bernard O' -- Folklore Story / Gregg, Patrick -- Folklore Story / Clarke, James -- Folklore Story -- Double Apparition - A Donkey and a Man on the Same Journey -- Apparition - An Enormous Black Dog -- Extraordinary Weight Crushing down a Hedge / Guinness, P. Mc -- Horse One Time - A Sow Another -- Mysterious Man Disappears into the Ground / Guinness, P. Mc -- Another Mysterious Person in White -- fairy Regiment of Cavalry -- Apparition in Daylight -- Something Which the Dog Only Saw Went Up the Chimmney -- Mystery About the Shifting of a Cock of Hay -- Nerve Touching Incident / Guinness, P. Mc -- Mysterious Light -- Another Mysterious Light / Guinness, P. Mc -- Mysterious Beggar -- Banshee -- Apparition -- Two Mysterious Policemen -- Mysterious Step and a Cry -- Woman Apparition Becomes a Turkey-Cock -- Mysterious Voice Overheard -- Devil / Guinness, P. Mc -- Apparition in the Form of a White Cow / Guiness, P. Mc -- Woman Icy-Cold -- Light that Led him Astray -- Mysterious Dog -- Apparition - A Funeral in the Daylight -- Apparition - A Man Lying on the Parapet of a Bridge -- It Is Not what Mick Prunty Saw Anyhow / Guinness, P. Mc -- He Himself was on a ceilidhe in Owen Murray's of the same townland about thirty years ago... -- Owen Deceased appeared to John Feehily -- Ruins that Became of Enormous Length / Guinness, P. Mc -- Apparition of the Mother of God / Guinness, P. Mc -- Apparition in the Form of a Woman as Helper -- Apparition in the Form of a Man / Kane, Margaret -- Halloween Customs / Fanning, Mary -- Funny Story / Fanning, Mary -- Riddles / Fanning, Mary -- Weather-Lore / Fanning, Mary -- Halloween Customs / Doris, Frank -- Hidden Treasure / Doris, Frank -- Riddles / Doris, Frank -- Fairy Forts / Doris, Frank -- Local Place Names / Doris, Frank -- Bird-Lore / Doris, Frank -- Halloween Customs / Drum, R. -- Local Heroes / Drum, R. -- Riddles / Drum, R. -- My Home District / Drum, R. -- Local Place Names / Drum, R. -- Riddles / Farrell, Michael -- Funny Story / Farrell, Michael -- Weather Signs / Farrell, Michael -- Our Home District / Farrell, Michael -- Local Bread / Farrell, Michael -- Local Marriage Customs / Farrell, Michael -- My Home District / Cormack, Bernadette Mc -- Local Roads / Cormack, B. Mc -- Games I Play / Cormack, B. Mc -- Local Cures / Cormack, B. Mc -- Riddles / Cormack, B. Mac -- Local Forges / Cormack, B. Mc -- Local Marriage Customs / Fanning, Mary -- Local Fairs / Fanning, Mary -- Bird-Lore / Reilly, John Joe -- Funny Story / Reilly, John Joe -- Local Place Names / Reilly, John -- Famine Years / Reilly, John -- Local Landlords / Reilly, John -- Local Fairs / Reilly, John -- Local Houses / Reilly, John -- Local Churchyards / Reilly, John -- Local Story 1938 / Murphy, Teresa -- Old Story / Drum, R. -- Old Local Houses / Drum, R. -- Weather-Lore / Drumm, Bridie -- Funny Story / Drum, Bridie -- Riddles / Drum, Bridie -- My Home District / Drum, Bridie -- Old Houses / Drum, Bridie -- Fairy Forts / Drum, Birdie -- Local Forges / Toher, Tom -- Local Story / Togher, Tom -- Local Landlords / Toher, Tom -- Local Giants / Toher, T. -- Local Cures / Toher, Tom -- Bird-Lore / Toher, Tom -- Riddles / Conboy, D. -- Weather-Lore / Conboy, D. -- Local Place Names / Conboy, D. -- Bird-Lore / Conboy, D. -- Famine Times / Conboy, D. -- Marriage Customs / Conboy, D. -- Local Forges / Conboy, D. -- Local Story / Cormack, B. Mc -- Fairy Forts / Cormack, B. Mc -- Herbs / Cormack, B. Mc -- Local Marriage Customs / Cormack, Bernadette Mc -- Local Fairs / Cormack, Bernadette Mc -- Old Houses / Cormack, Bernadette Mc -- Riddles / Murphy, Teresa -- Famine Times / Murphy, Teresa -- Herbs / Murphy, Teresa -- Local Marriages -- Care of the Feet / Murphy, Teresa -- Superstitions / Cormack, Bernadette Mc -- Riddles / Cormack, Bernadette Mc -- Bird-Lore / Cormack, B. Mc -- Fairy Forts / Cormack, B. Mc -- Weather / Cormack, Bernadette Mc -- Funny Story / Cormack, Bernadette Mc -- Folklore - A Funny Story / Cormack, Bernadette Mc -- Folklore - Old Prayers / Cormack, Bernadette Mc -- Folklore - Farm Animals / Cormack, B. Mc -- Folklore - Weather Signs / Murphy, Teresa -- Folklore - Farm Animals / Murphy, Teresa -- Folklore - Giants and Warriors / Murphy, Teresa -- Folklore - Local Fairs / Murphy, Teresa -- Folklore / Murphy, Teresa -- Folklore - Local Story -- Folklore - Weather Signs / Farrell, Michael -- Games that I Play / Farrell, Michael -- Local Marriage Customs / Farrell, Michael -- Our Home District / Farrell, Michael -- Bird-Lore / Farrell, Michael -- Local Place Names / Farrell, Michael -- Funny Story / Farrell, Michael -- Local Riddles / Farrell, Michael -- Bierr Rabbitt / Murphy, Teresa
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.