DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4798653
title: Leamh-choill

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Leamh-choill (school) (Drumsillagh, Co. Roscommon), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Cáit Ní Ghadhra.
description: léarscáil den cheantar -- Electoral Division of Tuama South, The Barony of Boyle. The Parish of Ardcarne -- Linguistic -- London -- Proverbs -- A rushing sound as of a mighty wind and Mary bowed her head... -- Shooting of Lord Leitrim -- Riddles -- Proverbs -- Lists of Irish Words and Phrases the has been Adopted into the Popular English Speech -- Ethnographic -- Local Heroes -- Local Traditions of the Red Branch Knights -- Lough Ce -- Ruling Irish Family or Clan -- Local Traditions of Historic Personages -- Jail, Carrick-on-Shannon -- Local Traditions of the Famine Period -- Local Estate, Names of Landlords -- Story (True) -- Names -- Relics of the Brehon Code -- Factions-Fights -- Sports, Pastimes, Horse-Racing -- Nicknames -- Old Song -- Historical Ruins in the Neighbourhood / Hara, Patrick J. O' -- Sites of Historic Interest -- Ancient Roads, Fords, Trade -- Local Industries -- Agriculture and Industrial Implements -- Potato Crop -- Household Utensils -- Old Furniture, Houses, Out-Houses -- Old Crafts -- Local Fairs -- Local Forge -- Care of our Farm Animals -- Topographic -- Unofficial Names and Official Names -- Social -- Travelling Folk -- Old Schools -- Local Happenings -- Lore of Certain Days -- Weather-Lore -- Severe Weather -- Folk Charms and Cures -- Religious -- Emblems and Objects of Value -- Religious Relics -- Folk Prayers, Charms -- Principal Festival, Observances, Cermonies -- Narrative Ballad -- Archaeological -- Pisreoga -- Wake and Funeral Customs -- Game of Long Ago -- Marriage Customs / Regan, Linda -- Games I Play -- Belief in Fairies -- Superstitions -- Scientific -- Fairy Forts -- Folk Tales / Hara, Michael Gerard O' -- There is a pond situated in Major Kirkwood's land about which a strange story is told. / Hara, Michael Gerard O' -- One day a man was going to Boyle on a cart. / Hara, Michael Gerard O' -- Long ago an old woman lived in a small cabin in the bogs about a mile from Cootehall. / Hara, Michael Gerard O' -- Long ago a man who lived near Ballyfermoyle dreamt that a sum of money was hidden under a heap of stones near his home. -- Tom Connor's Cat -- Strong Tom -- Sea Horse / Hara, Michael Gerard O' -- One night a man had a dream in which he was directed to go to a tree on the side of the road... / Hara, Michael Gerard O' -- John Murray who lived in Leitrim was an extensive farmer. / Hara, Micahel Gerard O' -- The giant of "Síse Mór" had a wicked witch as a servant. / Hara, Michael Gerard O' -- Long ago an Irishman named Pat died. -- It is said that dogs are very much afraid of the supernatural. / Hara, Michael Gerard O' -- On a certain road two black hounds and a little pup used to travel at night. -- Hidden Treasure -- Long ago a man named Hegarty lived alone in a little thatched house. / Hara, Michael Gerard O' -- One day a man left Cootehall with a load of grain for Sligo. / Hara, Micahel Gerard O' -- Hidden Treasure -- One day three men went hunting with hounds in a field near a fort. / Hara, Michael Gerard O' -- Hidden Treasure / Hara, Michael Gerard O' -- Hidden Treasure / Hara, Michael Gerard O' -- Treasure Guarded by a Spirit -- One night as John Lynch and Pat Dunne were rowing a boat to the Island... -- There was a frog spread in a well...
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.