DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5008925
title: Gallow

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Gallow (school) (Gallow, Co. Meath), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Cáit, Bean Uí Mhuirín.
description: Drumlargan / Anaidh, Bhrighidh Ní h -- Isaacstown, Agher / Doran, Frances -- Garadice / Galvin, Mary -- Weather-Lore -- Tobar Braonaigh - The Dropping Well / Walker, Robert -- Bird-Lore / Kenny, Joe -- Old Cures / Murrin, Rita -- Old Cures / Walker, Maureen -- Old Cures -- Proverbs Heard Locally -- Riddles -- Potato Crop - Preparation of the Ground / Kenny, Joe / Elliot, Patrick -- Potato Crop - Care of the Crop in Summer / Kenny, Joe -- Potato Crop - Digging out the Crop / Murrin, Rita -- Local Festivals / Walker, Maureen -- Farm Animals -- Calls for the Animals -- Story Heard Locally / Murrin, Rita -- Churning / Walker, Maureen -- Béaloideas - Local Place Names / Walker, Maureen -- Local Place Names / Kenny, Joe -- Local Place Names -- Names of Fields in My Farm at Clarkstown, Agher / Mullally, Patty -- Garadice -- Ardrums / Murrin, K. -- Implements of the Tailor -- Homemade Toys / Kenny, Joe -- Homemade Toys - A Cradle for Catching Birds / Doran, Frances -- Games We Play -- Local Roads / Murrin, Rita -- Béaloideas - Names of Weeds / Walker, Maureen -- Béaloideas - Names of Weeds / Mullally, Patty -- Herbs That Cure -- Béaloideas - Old Schools in the District -- Béaloideas - Old Schools in the District / Mullally, Patty -- Parish Priests -- Story about a Teacher who Taught in 1798 -- Local Forge / Galvin, Mary -- Local Forge / Mullally, Pattie -- Tools the Smith Uses / Elliot, Patrick -- Béaloideas - Hidden Treasure -- Béaloideas - Clothes Made Locally / Murrin, Rita -- Local Tailors / Hiney, Brigid -- Old Houses / Galvin, Mary -- Old Houses / Murrin, Rita -- Old Houses - Beds / Hiney, Brigid -- Old Graveyards - The Moye Churchyard / Elliot, William -- Old Graveyards - Gallow Burying Ground / Galvin, Mary -- Old Churchyards - Agher -- Local Marriage Customs / Ellliot, Patrick -- Story of a Marriage Which Took Place in the Priest's House 1848 / Murrin, Rita -- Marriage Customs / Elliot, Patrick -- Marriage Customs / Murrin, K. -- Marriage Customs / Walker, Maureen -- Marriage Customs / Doran, Frances -- Wedding in the Chapel / Murrin, Rita -- Marriage Customs - Bugling / Elliot, Patrick -- Local Fairs - Marking of Stock / Doran, Frances -- Local Fairs / Murrin, Rita -- Fairs / Elliot, Patrick -- Strong Men and Women of the Parish / Hiney, Brigid -- Buying and Selling / Murrin, Rita -- Huckster's Shop / Melia, Peggy -- Huckster's Shop / Hiney, Brigid -- Fairs / Murrin, Rita -- Huckster's Shop / Walker, Maureen -- Ghosts - Banshee -- Ghost / Walker, Maureen -- Local Crafts and Trades / Walker, Maureen -- Béaloideas - A Battle-Field in the Neighbourhood / Murrin, Rita -- Old Prayers / Walker, Maureen -- Local Crafts - Thatching / Reilly, Kevin -- Fairy Fort - The Raheen Dubh / Doran, Frances -- Famine Years - 1847 / Elliot, Patrick -- Famine Years / Kenny, Billy -- Famine Years - Government Relief / Elliot, William -- Nursery Industry or Growing Young Trees from Seed / Mullally, Patty / Walker, Maureen -- Coat of Arms on Stone at Old Castle of Garadice / Galvin, Paul -- Old Castle / Doran, Frances -- Travelling Folk / Walker, Maureen -- Food for Special Occasions / Murrin, Rita -- Cromwell in the District / Walker, Maureen -- Cromwell in the District / Murrin, K. -- Lucky and Unlucky Days / Elliot, Patrick -- Lucky and Unlucky Days - Old House in the Parish / Murrin, Rita -- Local Landlord / Galvin, Mary -- Local Landlord / Elliot, Patrick -- Fairy Lore -- Burying the Sheaf / Doran, Frances -- Fear Gorta / Doran, Frances -- Care of the Feet / Elliot, Patrick -- Local Happenings -- Local Happenings / Elliot, Patrick -- Strange Story of a Fairy Warning / Doran, Frances -- Penal Days in the District / Murrin, Rita -- Supposes Origin of the Name of the Field called Kilthu in Ardrums Great
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.