DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5009088
title: Balrath

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Balrath (school) (Balrath, Co. Westmeath), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Bean Uí Oirghiall.
description: Local Cures / Nugent, Rose -- Local Cures - Indigestion / Smyth, Millie -- Local Cures - Cure for Warts / Bannon, Mary -- Local Cures - Warts / Smyth, Millie -- Local Cures - The Wart Well / Sargent, Gretta -- Local Cures - Broken Bones / Smyth, Millie -- Local Cures - Cure of the Thorn / Sargent, Gretta -- Local Cures -- Local Cures -- Churning / Nugent, Rose -- Old Schools / Smyth, Millie -- Travelling Folk / Moore, Kathleen -- Fairy Forts / Sargent, Gretta -- Fairy Forts / Keeffe, Eileen O -- Fairy Forts / Cormack, Edward Mc -- Fairy Forts / Nugent, Rose -- Potatoes / Nugent, Rose -- Festival Customs -- Games We Play -- Games We Play - Ghost in the Garden -- Games We Play - Cat and Dog / Cormack, Edward Mc -- Games We Play - Oranges and Lemons / Bannon, Mary -- Games We Play - Fish in the Pan / Moore, Kathleen -- Games We Play / Keeffe, Eileen O' -- Games We Play -- Bread / Nugent -- Bread - Oaten Cakes / Keeffe, Eileen O -- Bread - Boxty Bread or Rasp / Bannon, Mary -- Bread - Soda Cakes / Bannon, Mary -- Old Houses -- Old Houses - Rush Lights / Bannon, Mary -- Food in the Olden Times / Nugent, Rose -- Old Crafts - Basket-Making -- Old Crafts - Thatching / Smyth, Millie -- Old Crafts - Nail-Making / Moore, Kathleen -- Old Crafts - The Cooper / Keeffe, Eileen O' -- Old Crafts - A Blacksmith's Forge / Bannon, Mary -- Old Crafts - A Whitesmith's Forge / Nugent, Rose -- Old Crafts - Lime-Making / Cormack, Edward Mc -- Old Crafts - Lime-Making -- My Home District / Smyth, Millie -- My Home District / Cormack, Edward Mc -- My Home District / Keeffe, Eileen O' -- My Home District / Bannon, Mary -- My Home District / Sargent, Gretta -- Herbs / Nugent, Rose -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Smyth, Millie -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Cormack, Edward Mc -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Moore, Kathleen -- Care of Our Farm Animals - Hatching Turkeys / Moore, Kathleen -- Care of Our Farm Animals - Hatching Egga / Smyth, Millie -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Sargent, Gretta -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Nugent, Rose -- Proverbs or Sayings of District / Keeffe, Eileen O' -- Proverbs or Sayings of District - List of Sayings / Moore, Kathleen -- Proverbs or Sayings of District / Smyth, Millie -- Proverbs or Sayings of District - Proverbs and Sayings / Bannon, Mary -- Proverbs or Sayings of District / Cormack, Edward Mc -- Bird-Lore / Smyth, Millie -- Bird-Lore / Bannon, Mary -- Bird-Lore - Scald-Crows / Cormack, Edward Mc -- Funny Story / Nugent, Rose -- Local Forge / Smyth, Millie -- Local Forge - How Wheels are Shod / Nugent, Rose -- Our Local Patron Saints / Smyth, Millie -- Our Local Patron Saints / Nugent, Rose -- Old Churchyards -- Old Churchyards / Bannon, Mary -- Homemade Toys / Cormack, Edward Mc -- Homemade Toys - Hay Ropes / Bannon, Mary -- Homemade Toys - Rag Dolls / Bannon, Mary -- Homemade Toys / Sargent, Gretta -- Homemade Toys / Keeffe, Eileen O -- Local Weather-Lore / Nugent, Rose -- Local Weather-Lore / Smyth, Millie -- Local Marriage Customs / Keeffe, Eileen O -- Local Marriage Customs / Sargent, Gretta -- Local Marriage Customs / Bannon, Mary -- Hedge-Schools / Moore, Kathleen -- Cross Days / Keeffe, Eileen O -- Stories of the Leprechaun / Cormack, Edward Mc -- Stories of the Leprechaun / Sargent, Gretta -- Stories of the Leprechaun / Keeffe, Eileen O -- Stories of the Leprechaun / Smyth, Millie -- Prayers / Keeffe, Eileen O -- Prayers / Nugent, Rose -- Prayers / Smyth, Millie -- Prayers / Smyth, Millie -- Prayers / Bannon, Mary -- Prayers / Keeffe, Eileen O -- Prayers / Moore, Kathleen
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.