DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5008982
title: Maio

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Maio (school) (Trohanny, Co. Meath), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Máire Ní Chreaig.
description: Maio - Townlands / Garagan, Thomas -- Druminiskin / Cormack, Patrick Mc -- Townland of Corboggy / Connor, Peggy O' -- Halloween Customs / Geraghty, Mary Anne -- Hidden Treasure / Carolan, Kitty -- Hidden Treasure / Connor, Peggie O' -- Hidden Treasure / Connor, Peggie O' -- Game We Play - The Crooked Crab-Tree / Connor, Laurence -- Game We Play - The House That Jack Built / Greaghty, Bridie -- Game My Mother Played When She Was a Little Girl - Jenny Joe / Cormack, Brigid Mc -- Local Cures -- Crafts -- Blackbog Fever / Geraghty, M.A. -- Flu in 1918 -- Irish Words in Common Use -- Sayings in Common Use -- Old Story - Gobán Dubh and the Giant / Connor, Peggy O' -- Old Story - How John Became King / Connor, Peggy O' -- Story - Whang Tie Up, and Stick Beat / Carolan, Kitty -- Another Old Story - Jack Ray / Mahon, Peggy Mc -- Another Old Story - Callac the Robber -- A Story / Carolan, Lena -- Story / Geraghty, Bridie -- Old Story / Cormac, Brigid Mc -- A Story / Cormack, Brigid Mc -- Old Story / Dunne, Frances -- Another Old Story / Dunne, Frances -- Another Old Story / Geraghty, Mary A. -- Story - Will O' The Wisp / Connor, Peggie -- Story - The Three Brothers / Mahon, Peggie Mc -- Story / Sheridan, Thomas -- Story of Petersville House / Mulvany, Mona -- Funny Story - How Kit Closkey Got His Overcoat / Cormac, Brigid Mc -- Names of Our Fields / Geraghty, Bridie -- Names of Fields / Carolan, Kitty -- Names of Our Fields / Cormac, Brigid Mc -- Names of Our Fields / Connor, Laurence -- Names of Our Fields / Daly, Philip -- Names of Our Fields / Olwill, Peter -- Names of Our Fields / Sheridan, Thomas -- Lucky and Unlucky Days -- Names of Our Fields / Heery, Mary / Conlan, Eugene / Pringle, Sue / Gargan, Patrick -- Old Houses / Gearty, Brigid -- Another Old House / Cormack, Brigid Mc -- Another Old House / Connor, Margaret -- Another Old House / Geraghty, Mary Anne -- Another Old House / Cormack, Patrick Mc -- St Brigid / Connor, Laurence -- Folklore of Saint Brigid / Geraghty, Mary Anne -- Riddles -- Fairy Forts / Connor, Peggy O' -- Fairy Forts / Geraghty, Mary Anne -- Fairy Forts / Cormack, Brigid Mc -- Fairy Forts / Carolan, Kitty -- Fairy Forts / Daly, Philip -- Old Roads - The Line / Connor, Peggy O' -- Local Roads / Cormack, Brigid Mc -- High Road / Carolan, Lena -- Old Road / Dunne, John -- Local Landlord - Corboggy and Druminiskin / Connor, Peggy O' -- Local Landlord - Doon / Daly, Philip -- Local Landlord - Tullyarran / Dunne, Frances -- Bread / Mulvany, Mona -- Food / Connor, Peggy O' -- Good Dancer / Gargan, Thomas -- Good Runner / Connor, Laurence -- Local Musician / Cormac, Brigid Mc -- Good Walker / Dunne, F. -- Strong Man / Cormac, Patrick Mc -- Good Walker / Gargan, Thomas -- Storyteller / Connor, Patrick -- Tailor / Cormack, Patrick Mc -- Old Tailor / Connor, Peggie -- Flood / Cormack, Patrick Mc -- Snow Storm / Connor, Peggy O' -- Famine / Connor, Laurence -- Hiring Days -- Weeds / Connor, Peggy O' -- Weeds / Carolan, Kathleen -- Churning / Cormack, Brigid Mc -- Our Churn / Daly, Philip -- Our Churn / Gearty, Paddy -- Our Churn / Carolan, Kitty -- Our Churn / Connor, Patrick O' -- Superstitions / Connor, Patrick O' -- Bog Butter / Geraghty, Mary Anne -- Bird-Lore / Cormack, Brigid Mc -- Judging the Weather by the Behaviour of Certain Birds / Cormack, Brigid Mc -- Superstitions -- Old Schools / Cormack, Brigid Mc -- Killagriff School / Daly, Philip -- Traveller / Connor, Peggie -- Owney Oiny / Connor, Laurence -- Beggar-Man / Daly, Philip -- Beggar-Man / Cormack, Patrick Mc -- Tea Men / Cormack, Patrick Mc -- Migratory Labourers / Connor, Laurence O' -- Local Fairs / Carolan, Lena -- Mullagh Fair / Cormac, Patrick Mc / Cormac, Brigid Mc / Connor, Peggie -- Marriage Customs -- Song - Drumlayne / Connor, Peggy O' -- Janey My Love and Me / Connor, Peggy O' -- Song - Carrick Lovely Hill / Carolan, Lena -- Old Song / Connor, Peggy O' -- Shoes / Connor, Laurence -- Shoes / Cormack, Brigid Mc -- Farm Animals / Cormack, Brigid Mc -- Farm Animals - Our Cows / Cormack, Patrick Mc -- Farm Animals - Our Pigs / Cormack, Patrick Mc -- Homemade Toys - A Doll / Connor, Peggy O' -- Homemade Toys - A Necklace / Geraghty, Bridie -- Homemade Toys - A Bird-Catcher / Carolan, Kitty -- Toys / Carolan, Lena -- Toys - A Kite / Connor, Patrick -- Toys - A Horn / Alwill, Peter -- Homemade Toys / Cormac, Patrick Mc -- Feast-Days - Shrove Tuesday / Daly, Philip -- Feast-Days - St Patrick's Day / Carolan, Lena -- Prayers / Dollard, Laurence -- Prayers / Geraghty, Bridie -- Prayers / Geraghty, Bridie -- Prayers / Daly, Philip -- Prayers / Geraghty, Patrick -- Prayers / Sheridan, Thomas -- New Year's Day / Connor, Peggy O' -- Easter / Connor, Peggy O' -- St Stephen's Day / Carolan, Kitty -- Whitsuntide -- Christmas Customs / Gearty, Bridie -- Banshee / Connor, Laurence -- Banshee / Alwill, Bessie -- Banshee / Gargan, Patrick -- Story of a Leprechaun / Cormack, Patrick Mc -- Townlands - Corgreagh or Killagriff / Pringle, Sue -- Townlands - Losset / Gargan, Patrick -- Fairy - Leprechaun / Conlan, Eugene -- Townlands - Cornaville South / Alwill, Bessie -- Fertagh / Farrelly, Kevin
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.