DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4605949
title: Drumshanbo (C.)

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Drumshanbo (C.) (school) (Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Margaret Flynn.
description: Riddles / Manus, Sarah Mac -- Riddles / Tierney, Monica -- Riddles / Gallagher, Minnie -- Riddles / Cullen, Maureen -- Riddles / Sissons, Phyllis -- Weather-Lore / Tierney, Monica -- Hidden Treasure / Manus, Sarah Mac -- Stories / Cullen, Bridie -- Stormy Weather - A Cloud Burst / Manus, Sarah Mac -- Stormy Weather - The Big Wind / Manus, Sarah Mac -- Fairy Forts / Gallagher, Minnie -- Fairy Forts / Quinn, Lily -- Travelling Folk / Manus, Sarah Mac -- Local Cures - Swellings / Cullen, Bridie -- Local Cures - Whooping Cough / Cullen, Maureen -- Local Cures / Moran, Nancy -- Local Cures - Head Fever / Quinn, Lily -- Cure of the Worms / Gallagher, Minnie -- Local Cures / Manus, Sarah Mc -- Local Cures - The Sty / Kane, Bridget -- Local Cures / Murphy, Mary -- Potato Crop - Preparation of Soil / Cullen, Maureen -- Potato Crop - Preparation of the Seed / Cullen, Bridie -- Potato Crop - Planting of the Seed -- Potato Crop - Care of Growing Crop / Moran, Nancy -- Potato Crop - Digging the Potatoes / Manus, Sarah Mc -- Potato Crop - Storing of Potatoes / Murphy, Mary -- Old Crafts / Tierney, Monica -- Old Crafts / Quinn, Lily -- Old Crafts - Nail-Making / Sissons, Phyllis -- Old Crafts - Thatching / Cullen, Maureen -- Old Crafts - Spinning and Weaving / Manus, Sarah Mc -- Old Crafts - Churn-Making -- Old Crafts - Ironworks / Moran, Nancy -- Old Crafts - Starch / Murphy, Mary -- Festival Customs - St Bridget's Day / Sissons, Phyllis -- Festival Customs / Murphy, Mary -- Festival Customs -- Festival Customs - Whit Sunday and Monday / Tierney, Monica -- Festival Customs / Moran, Nancy -- Festival Customs - Easter Sunday / Gilhooly, Kathleen -- Festival Customs - Shrove -- Local Superstitions / Tierney, Monica -- Superstitious Customs and Beliefs / Murphy, Mary -- Superstitious Customs and Beliefs / Manus, Sarah Mc -- Superstitious Customs and Beliefs -- Jeremy O'Duignan the Harper / Manus, Sarah Mc -- Sliabh an Iarainn in Penal Days / Manus, Sarah Mc -- First Inhabitant on Sliabh an Iarainn / Tierney, Monica -- Stories Connected with the Famine / Manus, Sarah Mc -- Stories Connected with the Famine -- Origin of Sliabh an Iarainn and Lough Allen / Kane, Phyllis -- Origin of Sliabh an Iarainn and Lough Allen -- Origin of Sliabh an Iarainn and Lough Allen / Gilhooly, Kathleen -- Origin of Sliabh an Iarainn and Lough Allen - Polltaí Hole -- Story - Hussian Kane / Manus, Sarah Mc -- Local Ruins / Manus, Sarah Mc -- Murhaun Chapel -- Hedge-Schools -- Hedge-School -- Sweat-Houses -- Old Houses / Tierney, Monica -- Proverbs / Manus, Sarah Mc -- Proverbs / Kane, Bridget -- Proverbs / Tierney, Monica -- Proverbs / Cullen, Maureen -- Proverbs / Moran, Nancy -- Prayers / Quinn, Lily -- Stories of Butter Taking / Sissons, Phyllis -- Butter Taking / Cullen, Maureen -- Story / Sissons, Phyllis -- Fairy Fort / Manus, Sarah Mc -- Mermaid / Manus, Sarah Mc -- Nancy Smith / Manus, Sarah Mc -- Houses / Manus, Sarah Mc -- Coming of the French 1798 / Sissons, Phyllis -- Story / Quinn, Lily -- St Patrick passed through Co Leitrim on his way from Co Roscommon to Mag Sleact in Co Cavan to destroy the chief idol Crom Cruac. -- Boiled Boxty
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.