DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4713225
title: Brosna (B.)

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Brosna (B.) (school) (Brosna, Co. Kerry), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Aonghus Ó Laochdha.
description: In the townland of Cloughoola in the Brosna parish... -- At Acres on the other side of the Feale on the Mt Collins side... -- Brosna -- Deilíní -- Food -- Accending to Daniel Healy who was reared in Caher Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick... -- Local Cures -- Cures -- Cures -- Words Still Used in the District -- Song -- It is believed that St. Patrick never went back farther than... -- Many farmers placed snare spancils under a tub to prevent people from... -- The Reachashla road was made in '79 or '80. -- At Kilsarcon a man named Mac Sweeny had a cow... -- A curtin woman from Caherlevoy. Mt Collins died? -- It is a belief that the good people must have... -- On the places where the sod above was dug out the seed was put down -- Local Poets -- A dozen years has now clapsed... -- Proverb -- Paidir -- Ulick Keirns, a neighbouring poet was once lived back from the chapel door in Castleisland -- On Christmas morning children had to take three sups of water ... -- Chimneys in the village were cleaned by Mickey Casúr... -- Pail Browne was a "bean feasa" and she has power to set charms. -- In the middle of the river Clydagh up near Pildies there is a high "slinn" called "dassaigs"? / Leahy, Aeneas -- In the Brosna graveyard there is a flagstone... -- Old Forges in the Brosna District / Leahy, Aeneas -- Story / Roche, Denis -- Local Games -- Composition - On Poets / Horan, Dan -- Pensioner's Song / Leahy, Aeneas -- Piseoga / Heffernan, Daniel -- Story / Heffernan, Daniel -- Song / Connor, John -- Story / Lane, William -- Composition on Local Cures / Connor, James O' -- Song by J.D. Cronin, San Francisco on His Return to Home -- Hidden Treasure / Guiney, Ben -- Hidden Treasure / Horan, Daniel -- Story / Sheeran, Edward -- Story / Connor, Dermot O' -- Story / Fitzmaurice, James -- Story / Finnegan, Michael -- Story / Downey, Patrick -- Story / Guiney, Ben -- Story / Leahy, James -- Weather-Lore / Downey, Patrick -- Weather-Lore / Connor, John -- Weather-Lore / Connor, Terence O' -- Spinning / Guiniey, Ben -- On Spinning Linen -- Thatching -- Thatching / Guiney, Ben -- Carpentry / Sheeran, Eddie -- Local Marriages Customs / Sheeran, Eddie -- Piseoga / Connor, Dan O' -- Snipe -- Grouse / Guiney, Ben -- Stares -- Partridge / Rourke, James -- Our Holy Well / Connor, Terence O' -- Story / Connor, Dermot -- Fox and the Scald-Crow / Connor, Dermot -- Story / Guiney, Ben -- Piseoga / Downey, Patrick -- Story / Downey, Patrick -- On the Lúrachán / Connor, Dermot O' -- On Fishing / , Dermot O' -- Place Names / Connor, Dermot O' -- Story / Lane, William -- Place Names / Connor, James O' -- Place Names / Rourke, James -- Place Names / Moriarty, Pat -- Story / Horan, Daniel -- Weather-Lore / Heffernan, Dan -- Local Landlords / Lane, Willie -- Local Landlords / Guiney, Ben -- Poets / Connor, Terence O' -- Local Landlord -- Food in Olden Times / Connor, Dermot O' -- Three Fools / Brosnan, Pat -- Story / Connor, James O' -- Local Cures / Connor, Terence O' -- Poets / Downey, John -- Story / Barry, Pat -- Local Games / Barry, Pat -- Place Names / Roche, Denis -- Lúrachán / Curtin, Daniel -- Local Poets / Guiney, Ben -- Riddles / Brosnan, Patrick -- Riddles -- Riddles / Downey, John -- Burning Lime / Moriarty, Pat -- Potato Crop / Connor, Dermot O' -- Local Songs / Guiney, Benjamen -- Old Houses / Downey, John -- Old Ghost / Horan, Daniel -- Lay / Leahy, Aeneas
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.