cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783472
title: High I stand far I see a blackbird on a hollytree.

description: Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783473
title: Did you ever see the half of a pig's head with 2 eyes?

description: Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783475
title: Six tea (sixty) cups on a shelf, one fell down, how many were left?

description: Story collected by Patrick Dowling, a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) from informant Mr Thomas Dowling.
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783478
title: A Catholic girl was working in a Protestant house.

description: Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783479
title: In the year 1798 there was a united Irish Camp on Barn-Hill Maddenstown Curragh Co. Kildare...

description: Story collected by Mary Nolan, a student at Nurney school (Nurney, Co. Kildare) from informant Mrs Nolan.
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher S. Ó Buadhcháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783480
title: St Peter and Our Lord were walking through the fields.

description: Story collected by Peter Ennis, a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) from informant Patrick Cleary.
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783482
title: It grows in the wood, it sounds in the town, it gets its master many a pound.

description: Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783484
title: A lazy old woman, a hardworking man, twelve little niggers and they all looking on.

description: Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783485
title: How many feet have 20 sheep, a shepherd and his dog?

description: Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783488
title: How is it that a man never shaves the 2 sides of his face?

description: Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783489
title: Which side of an ass is the most hair on?

description: Story collected by Frank Dowling, a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) from informant Mr Thomas Dowling.
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783492
title: Story

description: Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783498
title: I live in the townland of Derrymullen in the parish of Allen and the barony of Connell.

description: Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783502
title: Once a man and his wife and son were at the fire talking.

description: Story collected by Brigid Ennis, a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) from informant Mr Boland.
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783505
title: Story

description: Story collected by Elizabeth Dunne, a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) from informant Mr James Dunne.
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783510
title: Story

description: Story collected by Elizabeth Dunne, a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) from informant Mr James Dunne.
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783514
title: There are the ruins of Nurney Castle in the townland of Nurney, in the parish of Monastrevan and in the barony of West Offaly...

description: Story collected by Anne Nolan, a student at Nurney school (Nurney, Co. Kildare) from informant Patrick Cullen.
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher S. Ó Buadhcháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783519
title: Herbs as Cures

description: Story collected by Anne Nolan, a student at Nurney school (Nurney, Co. Kildare) from informant Patrick Cullen.
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher S. Ó Buadhcháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783520
title: Story

description: Story collected by Mary Flynn, a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783522
title: Funny Story

description: Story collected by Mary Flynn, a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783526
title: Story

description: Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783530
title: Story

description: Story collected by Mary Flynn, a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) from informant an unidentified informant.
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783533
title: This is a rhyme which the boys sing on St Stephens Day when they are going round with the wren.

description: Story collected by Patrick Dowling, a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) from informant Thomas Dowling.
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783534
title: A threepenny bit is called a kid's eye.

description: Story collected by a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783535
title: Paul O'Beirne's grandfather was a very strong man...

description: Story collected by Anne Nolan, a student at Nurney school (Nurney, Co. Kildare) from informant Patrick Nolan.
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher S. Ó Buadhcháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783536
title: There is a rhyme about the days of the week.

description: Story collected by Patrick Dowling, a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) from informant an unidentified informant.
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783538
title: On my father's land there is a bush growing and beside it is a holly tree.

description: Story collected by Pat Dowling, a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783539
title: Funny Story

description: Story collected by Patrick Dowling, a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783542
title: There was a nunnery in Nurney long ago on the site marked on the plan on opposite page. The nuns spent their time spinning weaving and praying...

description: Story collected by a student at Nurney school (Nurney, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher S. Ó Buadhcháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783543
title: Signs of Rain

description: Story collected by a student at Nurney school (Nurney, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher S. Ó Buadhcháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783545
title: Fairy Forts

description: Story collected by Patrick Dowling, a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783546
title: Churning

description: Story collected by Patrick Dowling, a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) from informant an unidentified informant.
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783548
title: When the cow is milked the person dips his finger in the milk and makes the Sign of the Cross on the cow.

description: Story collected by Patrick Dowling, a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783549
title: Feet

description: Story collected by Patrick Dowling, a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783550
title: A nice game can be played with the old horse shoes.

description: Story collected by Patrick Dowling, a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783558
title: My Home District

description: Story collected by Patrick Dowling, a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) from informant an unidentified informant.
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783560
title: Churning

description: Story collected by Kathleen Cross, a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783562
title: Funny Story

description: Story collected by Kathleen Crosse, a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) from informant Andrew Campbell.
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783566
title: Games

description: Story collected by Kathleen Crosse, a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) (no informant identified).
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783568
title: Pat O'Beirne of Gurteen carried sixty stone of wheat from end of a long barn to the other and back again...

description: Story collected by Francis Bohan, a student at Nurney school (Nurney, Co. Kildare) from informant Stephen O' Brien.
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher S. Ó Buadhcháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783571
title: Games

description: Story collected by Francis Bohan, a student at Nurney school (Nurney, Co. Kildare) from informant Stephen O' Brien.
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher S. Ó Buadhcháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783574
title: Nurney Churches

description: Story collected by Francis Bohan, a student at Nurney school (Nurney, Co. Kildare) from informant Stephen O' Brien.
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher S. Ó Buadhcháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783575
title: My Home District

description: Story collected by Kathleen Crosse, a student at Allenwood school (Allenwood, Co. Kildare) from informant an unidentified informant.
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Clúmháin.
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.
DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4783576
title: Nurney Castle

description: Story collected by Francis Bohan, a student at Nurney school (Nurney, Co. Kildare) from informant Stephen O' Brien.
description: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher S. Ó Buadhcháin.
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.