DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5009039
title: Ballinvally (C.)

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Ballinvally (C.) (school) (Ballinvally, Co. Westmeath), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher S. Nic Shiomóin.
description: Archaelogical - Ruins of Monuments -- Legends Connected with Moat of Delvin -- Ruins of Monuments of Earth -- Lists of Irish Words still in Use in this District -- Local Tradition of Historic Personages -- There is a lone bush in Miss Mangan's field on the side of a forth. / Cormack, Kitty Mc -- I know where a lone bush grows. / Power, Rose -- In South-hill field there is a lone bush beside where I live. / Lenihan, Nancy -- The following people have the cure of ringworm. -- My Home District - Moyleroe, Delvin / Power, Rose -- My Home District - Mullacroy, Delvin / Murtagh, Philomena -- My Home District - Sheepstown, Delvin / Black, Brigid -- My Home District - Cummerstown, Fore / Black, Elizabeth -- My Home District - Delvin, Co. Westmeath / Dargan, Brigid -- My Home District - Drumcree, Delvin / Cormack, Kitty Mc -- My Home District - Robinstown, Delvin / Harkin, Gertie -- My Home District - Galliows Hill, Delvin / Barry, Una -- My Home District - Ellenstown, Delvin -- Games I Play -- The ruling Irish family in his district was the O' Fenlon. -- There are few traditions of the Famine period. -- The local estate was that of Clonyn, owned by the Nugents. -- At Drumcree, Delvin, there is the site of a very ancient battlefield. -- The Castles in the district are Billistown, Martinstown, Scurlogstown, two in Clonyn and one in Delvin. -- Weather-Lore -- Local Superstitions -- St Patrick was on his way to Clonarney in Delvin parish. -- In the house of Owen Murray, Killadoran, Delvin are kept the vestments and chalice of a Franciscan, called Father Cahill. -- No particular ceremonies are carried out now in Delvin on saint Brigid's Eve, but long ago the feast was observed in the district. -- In the Moate Field in Moortown, owned by Mr Cully, there is a very large round mound of clay and stones about 30 feet high. -- Riddles -- Severe Weather / Murtagh, Philomena -- Local marriage Customs / Clarke, Evelyn -- Local Happenings / Barry, Una -- Bird-Lore / Cormack, Kitty Mc -- Lore of Certain Days / Barry, Una -- Travelling Folk / Murtagh, Philomena -- Travelling Folk / Dargan, Philomena -- Rush Candles / Black, Mary -- Crafts / Brien, Eileen O' -- Old Schools / Brien, Eileen O -- Fairy Forts / Brien, Eileen O' -- Fairy Forts / Cormack, Kitty Mc -- Fairy Forts / Brien, Eileen O' -- Fairy Forts -- Games I Play -- Food in Olden Times / Murtagh, Philomena -- Food in Olden Times / Cormack, Thomas Mc -- Food in Olden Times -- Story - Enchanted Woman / Brien, Eileen O' -- Fairy Forts / Black, Bridie -- Churning / Cormack, Kitty Mc -- Story - Milk / Brien, Eileen O' -- Story - Spinning / Brien, Eileen O' -- Thatching -- Place Names - Delvin, Westmneath -- Famine / Black, Mary -- Story - Fairy / Power, Rose -- Local Forge -- Famine Times / Brien, Eileen O' -- Old Houses / Black, Bridie -- Fairy Story / Brien, Eileen O' -- Fairy Story / Brien, Eileen O' -- Story - Milk and Butter / Dargan, Philomena -- In Famine Times / Brien, Eileen O' -- Banshee / Brien, Eileen O' -- Banshee / Brien, Eileen O' -- Banshee -- Banshee Story -- Superstitions / Black, Bridie -- Story / Black, Brigid -- In Penal Times -- Ghost Story / Brien, Mrs O' -- Football Long Ago / Black, Brigid -- Proverbs -- Place Names -- Turf-Cutting / Brien, Eileen O' -- Treasure -- Local Celebrities -- Story - Fairy Hunt / Brien, Eileen O' -- Famine -- Leprechaun Story / Brien, Eileen O' -- Buried Treasure -- Leprechaun Story / Brien, Eileen O' -- Hidden Treasure / Brien, Eileen O' -- Big Wind -- In the Penal Times -- Story - Enchanted Lake and Horses / Brien, Eileen O' -- Story -- Story -- Herbs -- Famine Story - Landlord / Brien, Eileen O' -- Story - Strange Animal -- Story -- Milk and Butter -- Old Chapel -- Stray Sod
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.