DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4622991
title: Naomh Seosamh, Baile an Ruadháin

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Naomh Seosamh, Baile an Ruadháin (school) (Ballinrooaun, Co. Galway), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Mrs Nora Lally.
description: Windfield Estate -- Boxty Bread was made from raw potatoes and oatmeal. -- Cure of the Nine Irons -- Easter Houses -- Hedge Schools -- Festivals -- Generations / Concannon, Katie -- Moylough Castle / Burke, Teresa -- Cnoc na mBua / Burke, Teresa -- Pollock Estate / Burke, Teresa -- Marriage Customs / Burke, Teresa -- Old Marriage Tale / Burke, Teresa -- Moving Bog / Hughes, Úna -- Malt House / Quirke, Michael -- Folklore of St Brigid in Galway and Roscommon -- Generations / Nally, Lizzie Kathleen -- Generations / Kenny, M. K. -- Candles / Dolan, Nora -- Flax / Dolan, Nora -- Carnacregg House / Hughes, Clare -- Abbey of Kilconnell / Burke, Teresa -- Laught and its Ancient Chapel / Laffey, Thomas -- Blakes of Vermount / Fahy, Mary -- Franciscan Brothers / Burke, Teresa -- Poll Ifrinn / Concannon, Katie -- Abbert Church / Laffey, Thomas -- Abbert Mill Dam / Laffey, Thomas -- Local History - Mountbellew / Kennedy, Michael -- Generations / Laffey, Thomas -- Story / Laffey, Thomas -- Evan's Estate -- Generations / Molloy, B. A. -- Fairy Tale / Molloy, B. A. -- Stories / Fahy, Mary -- Stories / Byron, M. -- Stories / Canavan, Mary -- Stories / Warde, Delia -- Riddles / Burke, Teresa -- My cousin and I, a boy two years elder than myself about fifty years ago paid a visit to my grandfather's house. / Nally, Lizzie Kathleen -- Dempsey's Famous Horse / Nally, Lizzie Kathleen -- Puzzle / Nally, Lizzie Kathleen -- There were once a man and his wife who were very poor. / Kelly, Veronica -- The Night of the Big Wind / Kelly, Veronica -- Old School / Laffey, Eileen -- Generations - The Kenny Family Ballinruane / Kennedy, Michael -- Lone Bush / Kennedy, Michael -- Lone Bush / Kennedy, Michael -- Marriages / Laffey, Thomas -- Cures / Laffey, Thomas -- How they Made Stockings Long Ago -- Tailors -- How Soap Was Made Long Ago -- How Twine Was Made Long Ago -- White Horse / Molloy, Michael -- My Great-Grandfather's Ghost - A True Story -- Puzzles / Quirke, Mary -- Ethnographic -- History of St Joseph's NS Ballinruane -- Ardeaglais Thuama / Molloy, Michael -- Leigheasanna / Molloy, Michael -- Sean-Nósanna / Laithimh, Tomás Ó -- Seanscéal / Laithimh, Tomás Ó -- Gleann na Muice - The Fairy Pig / Hansberry, Lizzie -- Custom at Funeral / Healy, Sara -- True Fairy Story / Healy, Sara -- Johnstone's Estate / Burke, Teresa -- Diviney's Rock or Cavern / Burke, Teresa -- Fairy Story / Hansberry, Lizzie -- Tallest Woman I Ever Saw / Hansberry, Lizzie -- Parish of Menlough / Burke, Teresa -- Trades in the Parish Long Ago / Burke, Teresa -- Old Houses and People / Burke, Teresa -- Proverbs / Molloy, B. A. -- Names of Places and Fields in the District / Molloy, B. A. -- High Cross of Tuam / Molloy, Michael -- A Fairy Story -- Clais na Mála -- True Story of St Bridget's Cross -- Graveyards of this Parish / Kennedy, Michael -- Banshee / Burke, Teresa -- A Fairy Story / Burke, Teresa -- St Jarlath of Tuam / Burke, 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.