DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4769976
title: Skerries, Athy

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Skerries, Athy (school) (Skerries North, Co. Kildare), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher E. Tansey.
description: Ailments and Cures - The Falling Breast Bone / Dempsey, Julia -- Ailments and Cures - Toothache / Heffernan, Rita -- Ailments and Cures - Headache / Redmond, Lizzie -- Ailments and Cures - Boglame / Blanchfield, Laurence -- Ailments and Cures - Warts / Tansey, John -- Ailments and Cures - Warts / Dempsey, Brigid -- Ailments and Cures - Warts / Berry, Patrick -- Ailments and Cures - Warts / Berry, Patrick -- Ailments and Cures - A Sting / Berry, Patrick -- Ailments and Cures - For Your Hair / Berry, Patrick -- Ailments and Cures - Horses' Warts / Berry, Patrick -- Ailments and Cures - The Evil / Dunne, Lizzie -- Ailments and Cures - To Draw and Heal a Wound / Mahon, Joseph -- Ailments and Cures - Corns / Tansey, John -- Ailments and Cures - Dark Lucre / Mahon, Joseph -- Ailments and Cures - Cure for Earache / Blanchfield, Laurence -- Ailments and Cures - Sty on the Eye / Blanchfield, Laurence -- Ailments and Cures - Boils / Dempsey, Edward -- Ailments and Cures - Ringworm / Fleming, Nancy -- Ailments and Cures - Thrush / Tansey, John -- Ailments and Cures - Neuralgia / Redmond, Frances -- Ailments and Cures - Burns / Gilligan, Kathleen -- Ailments and Cures - Corns / Gilligan, Nancy -- Finn's Rath / Dempsey, Edward -- Haunted Room / Mahon, Joseph -- True Fairy Story / Fleming, Nancy -- Ghost Story / Heffernan, Christy -- Ghost Story / Tansey, John -- Ghost Story "Fire" / Berry, Patrick -- Rathgrumley / Mahon, Joseph -- Ghost Story / Dempsey, Edward -- 1798 Story / Dunne, Elizabeth -- Dead Coach / Blanchfield, Laurence -- Willie the Wisp / Redmond, Frances -- Fairies / Keegan, Sadie -- Holy Wells / Gilligan, Kathleen -- Brien's Rath / Berry, Patrick -- Ghost Story / Heffernan, Christy -- Ghost Story / Dunne, Lizzie -- Rathgrumley / Mahon, Joseph -- Margie's Well / Berry, Patrick -- Cursed Field / Mahon, Joseph -- My Townland / Tansey, John -- My Townland / Berry, Patrick -- My Townland / Dunne, Lizzie -- My Townland - Fonstown Co. Kildare / Fleming, Nancy -- Ghost Story / Berry, Patrick -- Churning / Tansey, John -- Finn's Rath / Redmond, Frances -- Potato Crop / Fleming, Nancy -- Potato Crop / Redmond, Frances -- Our Hens / Berry, Patrick -- Riddles / Berry, Patrick -- Forge / Redmond, Frances -- Turf Wall / Blanchfield, Laurence -- Riddles / Molloy, Paddy -- Homemade Toys / Molloy, Paddy -- Days of the Week / Redmond, Frances -- Noted Days and Dates / Fleming, Nancy -- Weight-Thrower / Blanchfield, Laurence -- Heffernan's Rock / Gilligan, Kathleen -- Riddles / Kavanagh, Nancy -- Weather Signs / Kavanagh, Nancy -- Travellers / Berry, Patrick -- Homemade Toys "Cow-Slip-Ball" / Gilligan, Nancy -- Spit / Heffernan, Christopher -- Great Walker / Fleming, Nancy -- Wood-Quest - Her Nest / Gilligan, Nancy -- Games and Pastimes - Conquers / Blanchfield, Laurence -- Indoor Games - Donkey / Berry, Patrick -- How to Catch Rats / Tansey, John -- Good Walkers / Kavanagh, Nancy -- Old Sayings / Molloy, Paddy
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.