DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4649687
title: Cill Srianáin (Jamestown)

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Cill Srianáin (Jamestown) (school) (Jamestown, Co. Leitrim), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Bríd Ní Ghormáin.
description: Hidden Treasure / Gorman, Mary -- Treasure / Murray, Kathleen -- Once upon a time, there were a man and a woman by themselves... / Kane, Pat -- Treasure / Gilbane, Mary Teresa -- Treasure / Noone, Lillie -- Inscription on Chalice Used in Jamestown Church -- Teachers Who Taught in Jamestown in the Past -- Funny Story / Gorman, Mary -- Funny Story / Murray, Kathleen -- An old farmer and his wife lived near a ford on the Shannon. / Gorman, Mary -- Funny Story / Kane, James -- Funny Story / Lawder, Kitty -- Funny Story / Gilbane, Mary Teresa -- Riddles / Gorman, Mary -- Riddles / Murray, Kathleen -- Riddles / Beirne, Maureen -- Riddles / Kane, James -- Niddy Noddy / Dal, Teddy -- Weather-Lore / Lauder, Mary / Gorman, Mary -- Weather-Lore / Murray, Kathleen -- Weather-Lore / Gilbane, Mary Teresa -- True Story / Gorman, Mary -- Severe Weather - The Big Wind of 1839 / Gorman, Mary -- Severe Weather -- Big Wind -- Old Crafts / Gorman, Mary -- Old Crafts / Gorman, Mary -- Drumcleavery / Beirne, Maureen -- Old Crafts / Gorman, Mary -- Churning / Lauder, Kitty -- Churning / Reynolds, Sean -- Churning / Gorman, Mary -- Churning / Beirne, Maureen -- Churning / Noone, Lillie -- Churning / Murray, Kathleen -- Churning / Kane, James -- Hedge-Schools -- Hedge-Schools / Kane, James -- Hedge-Schools / Noone, Lillie -- Lights have been seen in the fort near this house (Reynold's) / Reynolds, Sean -- I am not acquainted with the forts of this (Jamestown) district but I will describe a chain of forts in the Liss / Gorman, Mary -- In the town of Aughrim a family named Moran lived near the fort / Murray, K. / Kane, Pat -- The is a fort in Killdorragh. Fairies carrying lights go from it to Killasanoul fort at night. / Gilbane, Mary Teresa -- Games - Ghost in the Garden / Murray, K. -- Button / Kane, Patrick -- Old Game / Gorman, Mary -- A Very Old Game / Gorman, Mary -- Beds / Gilbane, Mary Teresa -- The is a field in our land called Paircín Glas - because it is always green. / Murray, Kathleen -- Note By Teacher / Ghormáin, Bríd Ní -- The name of our field is "the Long Field"... / Noone, Lille -- Old Roads / Gorman, Mary -- Old Roads / Kane, Patrick -- Old Roads / Lenehan, Bridgy -- Proverbs / Gilbane, Mary Teresa -- Proverbs / Gorman, Mary -- Proverbs / Murray, Kathleen -- Proverbs / Beirne, Maureen -- Proverbs / Daly, Teddy -- Proverbs / Gorman, Mary -- Proverbs / Gorman, Mary -- Proverbs / Lauder, Kitty -- Riddles / Lenehan, Brigid -- Funny Story / Reynolds, Sean -- Story of the Famine / Gorman, Mary -- Dead Coach / Gorman, Mary -- Local Place Names -- Old Song / Gilbane, Kathleen -- Another Song / Gorman, Mary -- True Story / Gorman, Mary -- When Stanley the great explorer went on one of his trips to Africa, he took a man from Drumsna ... / Daly, Teddy -- Cures / Gorman, Mary -- Cures / Gilbane, Mary Teresa -- Cures / Noone, Lillie -- Cures / Murray, Kathleen -- Cures / Kane, Patrick -- Riddles / Regan, Mary E. -- Long and long ago it was. There was a poor widow and her son; they were getting it very hard to make ends meet. / Beirne, Maureen -- There lived in Coachman's (a place quite near hear - a farm) a very wealthy woman ... / Butler, Verty -- Old Song / Gilbane, Mary T. -- Old Song / Mulvey, Betty -- Customs / Gorman, Mary -- Customs / Gilbane, Mary T. -- Customs / Murray, Kathleen -- Customs / Beirne, Maureen -- Customs / Daly, Teddy -- If a man meets a woman, especially a red haired woman and he going to the fair, he goes back home... / Gorman, Mary -- There was a well at Boyle. St. Patrick's Well. I heard my father saying he saw 2 small trout in it. / Gorman, Mary -- I knew 3 holy wells near my home - Kilmactrann, Kilmacro ad Lasair. -- There is a big hole near Kilmactranny - a botomless one we called it "The Soom-ur-yeh". -- Without title -- Kings of Rockingham / Gorman, Mary -- Old Ruins and Stones / Beirne, Maureen -- Ancient Stone / Taylor, Eamonn -- There is a mass bush on the land of my uncle John Hunt at "the Ford" / Gorman, Mary -- Once two giants were fighting. One giants was on Aughamore hill and the other one was at Drumsna. / Daly, Teddy -- There was a well at Mealwood (Minakill) Jamestown, which is now dry. / Gilbane, Mary Teresa -- Once upon a time there was a well in this district. / Noone, Lillie -- In Jamestown school yard, an old stone stands on its end, against the Chapel wall. / Gorman, Mary -- Two men were cutting a tree near Keane's Lisduff Carrick on Shannon, at a place where a priest was buried. / Regan, Mary E. -- Once a workman was employed by a rich man, who got broken down. / Gilbane, Mary Teresa -- Night of the Wisp / Gorman, Mary -- Once there was a woman who had four children... / Beirne, Paddy -- Tale of the Famine / Gorman, Mary -- Beyond in Doon - near the lough - there was a poor beggerwoman - she took the fever... -- The "line" and the other new road at the back of our house in Doon Boyle were blocked out for relief work in famine times. / Gorman, Mary -- Tale of the Famine -- 3 Giants / Murray, K. -- In Mountcampbell, near the Shannon there is a "Moss House" of a horse - shoe shape. / Murray, Kathleen -- Once there lived a cruel witch who used t eat children. / Reynolds, Sean -- During the Famine Days people used to go out seeking food. / Murray, Kathleen -- In ancient times there was an underground channel, running from Charelestown... -- In the townland of Kildorragh there once lived a woman, near where Thomas Gilbane is now / Murray, Kathleen -- At that time a woman named Kate Halfpenny was found dead lying on the straw... / Taylor, Eamonn -- Once upon a time there were 3 men / Reynolds, Sean -- Once upon a time there lived a man and his wife and family. / Regan, Mary Ellen -- There is the remains of a castle called Mullowney's Castle on the lands of Mr Pat Flynn. / Gunnings, Sean -- Old Song / Mulvey, Betty -- Further Sayings -- Old Song / Gorman, Mary -- Milking and Collecting Milk / Gorman, Mary -- There was once a man who was very anxious to get a pot of gold. / Regan, Mary E. -- Long ago there was a man who had a habit of going rambling at night. / Taylor, Eamonn -- An estate owner, lived at one time in the Castle near Roscommon Town. / Mulvey, Maureen -- Old Prayer / Gorman, Mary -- Another Version of Prayer / Gorman, Mary
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.