DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4701705
title: Curraigh (B.)

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Curraigh (B.) (school) (Curry, Co. Sligo), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Peadar Ó Braonáin.
description: Queen of the Fairies / Stenson, John P. -- Once upon a time a man was going to the bog for a bag of turf. / Stenson, John P. -- One night a man was coming from the fair of Ballina. / Hennigan, Anthony -- Once upon a time there was a man who was going to a fair in Charlestown on May morning. / Doyle, John -- There was a man going to a fair once. / Stenson, John P. -- There were two men ploughing a field one day... / Stenson, John P. -- Once upon a time there was a young man who was going to get married. / Stenson, John P. -- Jackeen and the Bull / Stenson, John P. -- The fairies held a fair in a damp spot near Paddy Hennigan's house in Ballyglass. / Doyle, John -- In olden times there lived a man in Curracunane who was very wealthy. / Durcan, James -- One night two boys went stealing apples. / Hennigan, Anthony -- Tansy Mór and His Seven Sons / Stenson, John P. -- Rushy Coat / Stenson, John P. -- Strong Men of Curry District (Co. Sligo) / Brennan, Peter -- Townlands of the Parish of Curry, Co. Sligo -- There was once a woman in Cloonaughill Co Sligo and her husband was dead. / Durcan, James -- There was once a man in Ballyglass, Co. Sligo who had a large farm... / Ginty, John -- Some of the Signs of Rain in which the Old People Believed -- Local Marriage Customs -- Some years ago the marriages were different to what they are now. -- Fairy Fair in Ballincurry / Flannery, Joseph B. -- There was once a man in Cully and his name was John. / Durcan, James -- Story / Niland, Thomas -- Cures -- Taking Lime out of the Eye / Brenann, Peter -- Authentic Story / Stenson, John P. -- Spinning Wheel / Brennan, Peter -- Scéal / Stíbhín, Seán P. Mac -- There lived in Montiagh, Curry, Co. Sligo once a man named Dominick Molloy. / Giblin, Michael -- There was a man in Bunnacranagh and his name was James Leonard. / Hennigan, Antony -- Long ago there lived a widow woman who had three children and one of them died when it was young. / Gannon, Joe -- Faction Fight in this Area Long Ago / Brennan, Peter -- St Brigid's Cross / Brennan, Peter -- If a fish is worth 5/1 what is he worth when he is half eaten? / Kennedy, John Martin -- Blackfoot -- Local Children's Games -- How Lime Is Burned in the Area -- Game -- The people in this district set early potatoes for using in August and late potatoes for using in July. -- Method of Setting Potatoes in Curry in the Olden Times / Brennan, Peter -- Growth and Spraying of Potatoes / Brennan, Peter -- Digging the Potatoes / Brennan, Peter -- Bonfire Night / Brennan, Peter -- Rush Candles of the Epiphany / Brennan, Peter -- Calling Domestic Animals / Brennan, Peter -- Thatching / Brennan, Peter -- Shoeing a Cart Wheel -- Fairs -- Food / Brennan, Peter -- Country Shops -- Old Houses -- Halloween Customs
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.