DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4583321
title: Tigneatha

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Tigneatha (school) (Tynagh, Co. Galway), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Pádraig Ó Caomhánaigh.
description: Weather-Lore / Kelly, May -- Weather-Lore / Carolan, Pauline -- Weather-Lore / Burke, Pauline -- Severe Storms of Former Times / Gohery, Celia -- Severe Storms of Former Times / Mooney, Annie -- Local Heroes / Moloney, Mary -- Local Heroes / Cullen, Annie / Broderick, Teresas / Quirke, May / Costelloe, John -- Stories / Quirke, John -- Stories / Moloney, Mary -- Stories / Gordon, Hubert -- Stories / Moloney, Kathleen -- Customs at Wakes and Funerals / Moloney, Maureen -- Local Fairs / Mooney, Annie -- Local Landlord / Costelloe, John -- Local Landlords / Burke, Pauline -- Newbridge - Lovely Green / Molloy, John Joe -- Local Place Names / Keaveny, Margaret -- Local Place Names / Gohery, Maureen -- Song of Ballygowan / Collins, Patrick -- Local Place Names / Shaughnessy, Eileen -- On our farm there is a park called Jimmy's Park because a man named James Costello lived there. / Quirke, Mary -- Local Cures / Carolan, Pauline -- Long ago people used to seek cures for ailments in many ways. / Shaughnessy, Eileen -- A man who has licked three lizards three times is supposed to cure a burn by licking it. / Cullen, Annie -- Local Marriage Customs / Quirke, May -- Local Marriage Customs / Gordon, Hubert -- Local Marriage Customs / Shaughnessy, Eileen -- Food in Olden Times / Gohery, Maureen -- Local Cures / Kelly, Mary -- Food in Olden Times / Quirke, May -- Long ago they used to have potatoes for their break-fast. / Keaveny, Margaret -- Riddles / Broderick, Teresa -- Lore of Certain Days / Keaveny, Margaret -- Riddles / Carolan, Pauline -- Riddles / Egan, Chrissie -- Riddles / Cullen, Annie -- Lore of Certain Days / Quirke, May -- Riddles / Moloney, Kathleen -- Churning / Shaughnessy, Eileen -- Churning / Daly, Annie -- Churning / Keaveny, Margaret -- Proverbs / Shaughnessy, Eileen -- Proverbs / Gohery, Maureen -- Proverbs / Molloy, John Joe -- Old Houses / Shaughnessy, Eileen -- Old Houses / Keaveny, Margaret -- Games I Play / Moloney, Kathleen -- Games I Play / Egan, Chrissie -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Burke, Pauline -- Famine Times / Shaughnessy, Eileen -- Old Graveyards / Quirke, May -- Famine Times / Gohery, Maureen -- Famine Times / Burke, Pauline -- Old Schools / Shaughnessy, Eileen -- Famine Times / Moloney, Kathleen -- Old Schools / Molloy, John Joe -- Coins Found in Tynagh -- Care of the Feet / Broderick, Teresa -- Care of the Feet / Cullen, Annie -- Old Crafts / Shaughnessy, Eileen -- Old Crafts / Gordon, Declan -- Old Crafts / Carolan, Pauline -- Old Crafts / Moloney, Kathleen -- Performing at Abbey / Keavey, Margaret -- Hurling and Football Matches / Gordon, Declan -- Hurling / Daly, Annie -- Hurling / Quirke, May -- Bread / Cullen, Annie -- Fairy Forts / Jordan, John -- Fairy Forts / Daly, Annie -- Fairy Forts / Kelly, Michael -- Fairy Forts / Collins, Patrick -- Fairy Forts / Broderick, Teresa -- Fairy Forts / Moloney, Kathleen -- Travelling Folk / Shaughnessy, Eileen -- Travelling Folk / Jordan, John -- Travelling Folk / Keaveny, Margaret -- Travelling Folks / Kelly, Michael -- Homemade Toys / Keaveny, Margaret -- Homemade Toys / Moloney, Kathleen -- Homemade Toys / Carolan, Pauline -- Cribs were made long ago for catching birds in the snow... / Keaveny, Margaret -- Herbs / Shaughnessy, Eileen -- Herbs / Fahy, Michael -- Herbs / Keaveny, Margaret -- Garlic is used for a very bad form of mumps. / Quirke, Mary -- Customs at Hallow Eve / Shaughnessy, Eileen -- Bird-Lore / Fahy, Michael -- The black smith told us that there is a swallow's nest in his forge. / Keaveny, John -- Hallow Eve / Egan, Chrissie -- Local Forge / Gordon, Declan -- Old Prayers / Shaughnessy, Eileen -- Penal Days / Burke, Pauline -- Penal Days / Keaveny, Patrick -- Local Ruins / Keaveny, Patrick -- Old Statues / Keaveny, Patrick -- Patron Saint / Keaveny, Patrick -- Holy Wells / Keaveny, Patrick
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.