DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5009295
title: Boulavogue

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Boulavogue (school) (Boleyvogue, Co. Wexford), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Énrí Tréinfhear.
description: Dromán, praiseach, sciollán, crúibín, sceach, bróg... -- Historical Tradition / Breen, Martin -- Story about a Cat / Coleman, John -- Mogue, Aidan -- Pupils Present on 9.1.39 = 108 -- Story about Chickens / Coleman, John -- Haunted House / Coleman, Mary -- Fairies / Dempsey, James -- Ghost Story / Leacy, Gerard -- Story about a Dog / Carbery, John -- John Murphy of '98 was more than middle-aged in that year. -- How the Rising Began in Boolavogue in 1798 -- Father John Murphy -- A man called Somers sho was born and reared in Coolamain... -- Emblems and Objects of Value / Lacy, Briget -- Emblems and Objects of Value / Doran, Joseph -- Historical Tradition / Leacy, John -- Shore-Hole Murphy -- Camp-Field -- Weaving -- The rush candle-stick held three rushes. -- The Knock Field -- Three or four eggs were eaten at every meal on Easter Monday -- The word Buaile occurs in the name of this half-parish viz. Buaile Mhaodhóg. -- Cures -- Hedge-School -- Saint Cormac -- Holy Wells -- When Kilcormac Church was taken from the Catholics at the time of the Reformation... -- Some sort or prayer is used by persons who claim to have the gift of blood stopping. -- A young cock used to be killed for St Martin's Day... -- Collection of Prayers / Lacy, Briget -- Collection of Prayers / Breen, Mary -- Roadside Cross in Ballorley -- Moate in Ballyorley -- Stone Axe Was Found in Tobergal -- Pisreoga -- Wake Customs at Present -- Wake and Funeral Customs at Present -- Jack Stones -- Festival Customs / Armstrong, Eily -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Leacy, John -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Coleman, Peter -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Armstrong, Eily -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Turner, Eileen -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Kehoe, Eily -- Churning / Leacy, Gerard -- Churning / Coleman, Mary -- Care of the Feet / Breen, Patrick -- Care of the Feet / Parle, Michael -- Care of the Feet / Armstrong, Eily -- Local Forge / Parle, Michael -- Clothes Made Locally / Breen, Nora -- Clothes Made Locally / Breen, Mary -- Clothes Made Locally / Breen, Martin -- Clothes Made Locally / Brien, Patrick -- Local Patron Saint / Leacy, Gerard -- Local Patron Saint / Breen, Nora -- Local Patron Saint / Armstrong, Eily -- Local Fairs / Parle, Michael -- Local Fairs / Leacy, John -- Local Fairs / Leacy, Gerard -- Landlord / Brien, Patrick -- Food in Olden Times / Coleman, Mary -- Food in Olden Times / Gahan, James -- Food in Olden Times / Brien, Patrick -- Food in Olden Times / Breen, Martin -- Hidden Treasure / Parle, Michael -- Hidden Treasure / Burke, Michael -- Buried Treasure / Breen, Martin -- Hurling and Football Matches / Breen, Martin -- Hurling and Football Matches / Parle, Michael -- Funny Story / Breen, Norah -- Funny Story / Leacy, John -- Old Story - A Fairy Story / Coleman, Mary -- Old Story - The Spirit of a Dog / Coleman, John -- Riddles / Breen, Nora / Parle, Michael / Lacey, Brigid -- Old Story - Saint Patrick / Leacy, Gerard -- Old Story - Ghost Story / Burke, Michael -- Weather Signs / Breen, Nora -- Weather Signs / Bolger, Patricia -- Weather Signs / Brien, Paddy O' -- Song - Owen Doran's Cottage / Breen, Nora -- Local Song / Gahan, James -- Local Heroes / Farrington, Aidan -- Local Heroes / Gahan, James -- Local Happenings / Carbery, John -- Local Happenings / Coleman, John -- Local Monuments / Doran, Joseph -- Local Monuments / Turner, Eileen -- Severe Weather -- Severe Weather -- Severe Weather / Breen, Norah -- Severe Weather / Gahan, James -- Old Schools / Gahan, James -- Old Schools / Coleman, John -- Old Crafts / Gahan, James -- Old Crafts / Parle, Michael -- Old Crafts / Breen, Martin -- Local Marriage Customs / Breen, Norah -- Bread / Leacy, Gerard -- Bread / Parle, Michael -- Bread / Doran, Joseph -- Bread / Turner, Eileen -- Bread / Breen, Norah -- Local Place Names / Breen, Norah -- Local Place Names / Breen, Martin -- Local Place Names / Brien, Patrick -- Local Place Names / Gahan, James -- Local Place Names / Burke, Michael -- Bird-Lore / Gahan, James / Dempsey, James / Gahan, James -- Bread / Breen, Mary -- Local Cures / Lacey, Brigid -- Local Cures / Breen, Norah -- Local Cures / Breen, Mary -- Local Cures - Scalds / Bolger, Kitty -- Local Cures / Coleman, Mary -- Local Cures / Leacy, Gerard -- Local Cures / Burke, Michael -- Buying and Selling / Breen, Mary -- Buying and Selling / Armstrong, Eily -- Homemade Toys / Parle, Michael -- Homemade Toys / Armstrong, Elizabeth -- Homemade Toys / Lacey, Gerard -- Homemade Toys / Breen, Mary -- Homemade Toys / Carbery, John -- Lore of Certain Days / Leacy, Briget -- Lore of Certain Days / Armstrong, Maureen -- Travelling Folk / Breen, Nora -- Travelling Folk / Leacy, Gerard -- Travelling Folk / Turner, Mary -- Travelling Folk / Parle, Michael -- Fairy Forts / Breen, Mary -- Fairy Forts / Breen, Nora -- Old Graveyards / Breen, Norah -- Old Graveyards / Coleman, Mary -- Local Poets / Breen, Nora -- Old Houses / Brien, Paddy O' -- Old Houses / Breen, Martin -- Old Houses / Parle, Michael -- Old Houses / Lacy, Brigid -- Old Houses / Kehoe, Eileen -- Games I Play / Lacey, Brigid -- Games I Play / Brien, Paddy O' -- Games I Play / Leacy, John -- Local Roads / Breen, Nora -- Local Roads / Bolger, Patricia -- Local Roads / Armstrong, Eily -- Local Roads / Kehoe, Eileen -- My Home District / Coleman, John -- My Home District / Leacy, Gerard -- My Home District / Bolger, Kitty -- My Home District / Parle, Michael -- My Home District / Breen, Martin -- My Home District / Gahan, James -- My Home District / Clean, Lizzie Mc -- My Home District / Armstrong, Maureen -- My Home District / Turner, Mary -- My Home District / Kehoe, Eileen -- My Home District / Bolger, Patricia -- My Home District / Coleman, Mary -- Our Holy Wells / Leacy, Gerard -- Our Holy Wells - Clumán / Clean, Lizzie Mc -- Herbs / Carty, Kitty -- Herbs / Gahan, James -- Herbs / Breen, Nora -- Herbs / Breen, Mary -- Herbs / Leacy, Gerard -- Herbs / Leacy, Jack -- Herbs / Brien, Patrick -- Potatoes / Breen, Mary -- Potatoes / Brien, Patrick -- Potatoes / Burke, Michael -- Proverbs / Leacy, Gerard -- Proverbs / Doran, Joseph -- Proverbs / Bolger, Patricia -- Proverbs / Armstrong, Frank -- Proverbs / Parle, John -- Proverbs / Coleman, Mary -- Proverbs / Armstrong, Eily
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.