DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5008880
title: Mell, Mell N. School, Drogheda

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Mell, Mell N. School, Drogheda (school) (Mell, Co. Louth), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher E. Ní Cholmáin.
description: Maiden Tower / Wall, Treasa -- Old Superstition about Magpies -- Old Song is yet Used in Drogheda / Wall, Treasa -- Superstition about Buttermilk / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- Saint Bridget's Day / Wall, Treasa -- Superstition About the Dead / Wall, Treasa -- New Year's Night / Wall, Treasa -- Treasure of Mellifont -- Cord Road / Wall, Teresa -- November Night / Wall, Treasa -- Saint John's Day -- November Night / Wall, Treasa -- May Day / Wall, Treasa -- Story about Duleek / Callaghan, Melda -- Old Game Played by the Children / Wall, Treasa -- Old Story about Ardee / Wall, Treasa -- November Night / Wall, Treasa -- Old Abbey / Wall, Treasa -- Story about King William's Glen / Wall, Treasa -- Coilichín Coc / Wall, Treasa -- Ghost Story / Wall, Treasa -- Monasterboice Tower / Wall, Treasa -- Clough Patrick / Wall, Treasa -- Some Superstitions / Wall, Treasa -- Old Superstition about the Dead / Wall, Treasa -- May Day Customs / Wall, Treasa -- Story about Saint Mary's -- Old Prayer for Going to Sleep -- Old Prayer for Toothache -- Old Prayer after Meals / Wall, Treasa -- Prayer for Love -- Prayer against Evil Spirits -- Prayer for a Sick Cow / Wall, Treasa -- Old Story about Three Brothers / Wall, Treasa -- Superstition about a Beggar / Ward, Treasa -- Cure for a Burn -- Prayer to Stop Blood -- Prayer for Nightmare / Wall, Treasa -- Story about a Farmer / Wall, Treasa -- Story about a Smith / Wall, Treasa -- Superstition about Building a House / Wall, Treasa -- Old Irish Prayer Said on Hearing the Bell for Mass / Well, Treasa -- Old Story / Wall, Treasa -- Well! a ghrá. I don't think you will collect much folklore around this place... / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- There are many curious customs still observed in the country districts... / Cholmáin, E. Ní -- When I was a young boy I used to go out to my Uncle's... / Cholmáin, E. Ní -- Long ago there was a poor woman who had a little child. / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- Dead Coach / Coleman, Lizzie -- Cure for Warts -- It is unlucky to dig a grave on a Monday. / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- Whatever you do on New Year's Day... / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- Cure for Toothache / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- On St Bridget's Day it was thought unlucky to make a rope... / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- A boy was coming home late from a house one night... / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- On November Night a girl gets a cup of cold water... / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- When a person dies his clothes must be given away. / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- On May Day morning they say... / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- A cure for the whooping cough is to take the child outside the parish... / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- There was a farmer long ago and he was very hard on his servant man. / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- If May Day is bright and clear... / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- People melt lead on November night... / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- A poor man was out the country... / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- If you change from one house to another... / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- For three hours after a person dies... / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- One night long ago a man was coming home... / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- There was a half foolish boy once... / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- The cuckoo tells us when spring is coming. -- Prayer when you Hear the Mass Bell / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- Prayer Going over a River / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- A foolish boy went to sell a cow at a fair. / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- A boy was out gathering sticks one day... / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- People going to America never leave on a Monday morning. / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- They say there was a farmer long ago... / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- There was a smith long ago... / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- Very many years ago a storm arose... / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- Water is supposed to be changed into wine... / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- There was a widow long ago... / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- Cure for Ague -- Cure for Nightmare / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- My mother told me that her Granny was coming home... / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- Long ago there was a poor woman... / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- One night some people were out the country... / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- On Nov Night two nuts are put in a basin... / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- There were two brothers living on a farm one time. / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- Old Game / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- Long ago there were people here who believed in fairies. / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- There are many queer places in this country of ours. / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- The Riabhach Days / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- If the cock crows at 11 or 12 in the night... / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- Some years ago in Drogheda there was a rich lady... / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- Many years ago there lived a saint... / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- Near here there was a great big stone castle beside the road. / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- Anyone who does not comb his hair on a Friday will never get fever... / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- Monday's child is fair of face... -- Old Sayings / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- Bearachan a Louth Farmer was told in a dream... / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- One night long ago six men were going home... / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní -- At twelve o'clock in the night... / Cholmáin, Eibhlís Ní
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.