DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5044844
title: Knocknagilla

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Knocknagilla (school) (Knocknagillagh, Co. Cavan), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher T. Mac Giolla Críost.
description: Crafts - Candles / Smith, Dan -- Crafts - Weaving / Smith, Brigid -- Crafts - Dyeing / Smith, Nancy -- Crafts - Thatching / Smiths, James -- Hidden Treasure / Smith, Dan -- Riddles / Smith, Dan -- Riddles / Tierney, Charles -- Riddles / Smith, Owen -- Riddles / Smith, Brigid -- Weather-Lore / Smith, Vincent -- Weather-Lore / Smith, Brigid -- Weather-Lore / Smith, James -- Weather-Lore / Tierney, Charles -- Weather-Lore / Smith, Owen -- Weather-Lore / Smith, Nancy -- Weather-Lore -- Local Heroes - Great Mower / Smith, Dan -- Local Heroes - Great Mower / Smith, James -- Local Heroes - A Great Singer / Smith, Mollie -- Local Heroes - Stone-Thrower, Runners / Smith, Dan -- Local Heroes - Strong Men / Tierney, Charles -- Local Heroes - Swimmers, Walker / Smith, Dan -- Severe Weather / Smith, Nancy -- Severe Weather / Tierney, Luke -- Severe Weather / Smith, Brigid -- Epidemics - The Flu -- Old Schools / Smith, Dan -- Old Schools / Smith, Owen -- Old Schools / Smith, Brigid -- Old Schools / Smith, James -- Local Marriage Customs / Smith, Dan -- Local Marriage Customs / Smith, Andrew -- Local Marriage Customs / Reilly, Patrick -- In the Penal Times / Smith, Dan -- In the Penal Times / Smith, Nancy -- Local Place Names / Smith, Brigid -- Local Place Names / Smith, Dan -- Local Place Names / Smith, Andrew -- Local Place Names / Smith, Owen -- Local Place Names / Smith, Bridget -- To Make a Thumb Rope / Smith, James -- Local Cures / Smith, Dan -- Local Cures / Smith, Owen -- Local Cures / Smith, Nancy -- Local Cures / Brady, Brigid -- Bird-Lore / Smith, Owen -- Homemade Toys / Smith, Owen -- Homemade Toys / Smith, Brigid -- Homemade Toys / Smith, Nancy -- Without title / Smith, James -- Lore of Certain Days / Smith, Owen -- Lore of Certain Days / Smith, James -- Lore of Certain Days / Tierney, Charles -- Travelling Folk / Tierney, Charles -- Travelling Folk / Smith, James -- Travelling Folk / Smith, Nancy -- Travelling Folk / Smith, Andrew -- Travelling Folk / Smith, Owen -- Fairy Forts / Smith, Brigid -- Fairy Forts / Smith, Owen -- Fairy Forts / Smith, James -- Fairy Forts / Smith, Andrew -- Local Poets / Smith, Andrew -- Local Poets / Smith, Owen -- Famine Times / Tierney, Luke -- Famine Times / Tierney, Luke -- Famine Times / Smith, Andrew -- Games I Play -- Games I Play -- Games I Play -- Local Roads / Smith, Owen -- Local Roads / Smith, Andrew -- Local Roads / Tierney, Charles -- My Home District / Smith, James -- My Home District / Smith, Owen -- My Home District / Tierney, Charles -- My Home District / Smith, Mary -- Our Holy Wells / Tierney, Charles -- My Townland / Smith, Andrew -- Herbs / Tierney, Charles -- The most harmful weeds growing on our farm are the thistle, buchalon, and whin. / Smith, Owen -- The most harmless herbs that grow in good land are the Dandelion, the Golden Rod and the Yarrow. / Smith, Andrew -- The most harmful weeds that grow on a farm are the Dockens, Buachalans and Colt-Foot. / Smith, Brigid -- The most harmful herbs on our farm are nettles, dockens, thistles and cowslips. / Smith, Mollie -- The most harmless weeds are, the dandelion, the crow foot and the clover. / Smith, James -- The most harmful weeds grown on my farm at home are the thistle, the docken and the chicken weed grown in the potato field and the docken grown in a pasture field. / Smith, Mary -- Proverbs / Smith, James -- Proverbs / Smith, Owen -- Proverbs / Tierney, Charles -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Smith, Owen -- Care of our Farm Animals / Smith, James -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Tierney, Luke -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Smith, Andrew -- Churning / Smith, Brigid -- Churning / Smith, Owen -- Churning / Smith, James -- Churning / Tierney, Luke -- Churning / Smith, Andrew -- Churning / Smith, Mollie -- Care of the Feet / Smith, Owen -- Care of the Feet / Tierney, Luke -- Care of the Feet / Smith, James -- Care of the Feet / Smith, Brigid -- Local Forge / Smith, Owen -- Local Forge / Smith, James -- Local Forge / Tierney, Luke -- Local Forges / Brady, Brigid -- Clothes Made Locally / Smith, Owen -- Landlord / Tierney, Charles -- Landlord / Smith, Owen -- Landlord / Smith, James -- Food in Olden Times / Smith, Owen -- Food in Olden Times / Tierney, Charles -- Food in Olden Times / Smith, James -- Food in Olden Times / Smith, James -- Oaten Bread / Monaghan, John -- Boxty Bread -- Sowans -- Brachán -- Hurling and Football Matches / Smith, Owen -- Hurling and Football Matches / Tierney, Luke -- Hurling and Football Matches / Soden, Anna -- Old Story / Reilly, Thomas -- Age on the Coffin / Monaghan, John -- Mallon's Ghost / Manus, Andrew Mc
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.