DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5009251
title: St. Brigid's (B.)

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from St. Brigid's (B.) (school) (Wexford, Co. Wexford), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher M. Gúld.
description: Folklore -- Folklore / Frazer, Michael -- Folklore / Sinnott, Philip -- Folklore / Gethings, Edward -- Folklore / Layne, Joseph -- Old Sayings / Doyle, John J. -- Old Sayings / Murphy, Thomas -- Old Sayings / Walsh, John F. -- Old Sayings / Hanton, Thomas -- Old Sayings / Fenlon, Luke -- Old Sayings / Whelan, Rory -- Old Sayings / Goold, Richard -- Haunted House -- Nun's Stone / Sinnott, Philip -- Leper Hospital / Roche, Terence -- Deaths and Wakes / Gethings, Edward -- Deaths and Wakes / Walsh, Joseph -- Deaths and Wakes / Cullen, James -- Deaths and Wakes / Lacey, Michael -- Story / Bright, James -- Story / Murphy, Kevin -- Ferry / Redmond, James -- Slaughter in the Friary / Whelan, Rory -- O'Rourke the Blacksmith / Lacey, Michael -- St Ibar / Goold, Richard -- Cobbler's Hole / Crosbie, Peter -- It is said that a man and a woman were always fighing with each other... / Cullen, James -- Boy Martyr / Frazer, Michael -- When A Person Dies / Neill, Edward O' -- When A Person Dies / Frazer, Michael -- It is said that one of Cromwell's soldiers is buried in one of the churchyards... / Reville, John -- There is a soldier up in The Faythe graveyard... / Murphy, Thomas -- When a a person is dead and his eyes are open somebody puts two pennies on his eyes... / Redmond, James -- It was an old custom with the Irish people long ago... / Layne, Joseph -- The relatives of the dead person are the nearest to the hearse at the funeral. / Hanton, Patrick -- It is a custom to put a rosary beads... / Bright, James -- Saint David / Hanton, Patrick -- Names of Places in Wexford / Bright, James -- Whitemill / Sinnott, Philip -- About a hundred years ago Wexford was a great port... / Walsh, Joseph -- Michael Street was called after the graveyard which it is built on. / Gethings, Edward -- Harper's Lane / Walshe, John -- Names of Places in Wexford / Lacey, Michael -- Names of Places in Wexford / Neill, Edward O' -- Names of Places in Wexford / Doyle, John J. -- Nicknames / Bright, James -- Nicknames / Crosbie, Peter -- Nicknames / Neill, Edward O' -- Nicknames / Roche, Terence -- Nicknames / Doyle, John J. -- Nicknames / Layne, Joseph -- Cures / Bright, James -- Cures / Walshe, John -- Cures / Walsh, Joseph -- Cures / Layne, Joseph -- Cures / Goold, Richard -- Cures / Neill, Edward O' -- Cures / Redmond, James -- Cures / Sinnott, Philip -- Cures / Neill, Edward O' -- Cures / Hanton, Patrick -- Cures / Doyle, John J. -- Cures / Walsh, John F. -- Cures / Redmond, James -- Cures / Murphy, Kevin -- Cures / Neill, Edward O' -- Cures / Layne, Joseph -- Cures / Frazer, Michael -- Cures / Fenlon, Luke -- Cures / Hynes, Peter -- Cures / Neill, Edward O' -- Cures / Mythen, Thomas -- Unofficial Names / Layne, Joseph -- Unofficial Names / Redmond, James -- Unofficial Names / Sinnott, Philip -- Unofficial Names / Crosbie, Peter -- Unofficial Names / Murphy, Kevin -- Unofficial Names / Hynes, Peter -- Food / Neill, Edward O' -- Food / Goold, Richard -- Food / Walsh, Francis -- St Martin's Night / Bright, James -- St Martin's Night / Crosbie, Peter -- Superstitions -- Ghost Story / Roche, Michael -- Ghost Story / Redmond, Gerald -- Stories of 1798 / Millar, Thomas -- Stories of 1798 / Crosbie, Peter -- Stories of 1798 / Hynes, Patrick -- Stories of 1798 / Goff, Thomas -- Stories of 1798 / Doyle, Laurence -- Stories of 1798 / Roche, Patrick -- Stories of 1798 / Roche, Michael -- Stories of 1798 / Redmond, Gerald -- Stories of 1798 / Murphy, John -- Stories of 1798 / Whitty, Joseph -- Stories of 1798 / Fenlon, Michael -- Stories of 1798
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.