DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4493758
title: St Oran's, Buncrana

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from St Oran's, Buncrana (school) (Buncrana, Co. Donegal), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Seán Mac Éibhir.
description: There was a man herding his cow on a hill and the fairies wanted the cow. -- There was a fairy who lived in Kinnego about 90 years ago, who was giving people gifts. -- There was a man one time. He was very poor. He had three daughters. -- A story a story I'll tell you just now. It's of a poor man and he had one cow. -- Once upon a time a man had a hump on his back and one day he was herding cows in a field near where the fairies stayed. -- Once upon a time a fairy came to a house beside a hill. -- A long time ago there were fairies in this country and a woman took a rod off a tree beside their rocks. -- Once upon a time a man saw a fairy and he said to himself that this fairy knew where a pot of gold was hidden. -- Once upon a time there was a widow woman and her son living in a house. -- Drimloc Fair -- Riddles -- There was a crock of gold supposed to be hidden in a field in Sleadrin. -- There is a cave near our house in Keelogs, townland of Gortiarrigan, Buncrana, and in olden times the people thought the fairies lived in it. -- The fairies were in this part of the country about sixty seven years ago. -- There is a well on "Snieve Snacht" called the holy well. -- There was a man who took a rod off a fairy tree. -- A long time ago there was a well in Shandrim and one day when the people went down for water the well was dirty. -- There was a man one time and he was going to build a house. -- Song of the Humped Hypocrite that Serves on Jolly Hill -- Festival Customs -- Festival Customs -- Festival Customs -- Animals -- Animals -- Animals -- Animals -- Animals -- Animals -- Animals -- Many years ago there was a priest named Rev James Hegarty living in the townland of Gortiarrigan Buncrana. -- There was a man and he went out to plough. He heard great singing and when he came to the place where the sound was the horse ran away. -- There was a man one time. He was very poor and he had no sheep. -- There is a fairy fort down on Claggan near Ballinary, Buncrana. -- Care of Our Farm Animals -- Animals -- Care of Our Farm Animals -- Care of Our Farm Animals -- Games -- Games -- Games -- Games -- Games -- Travelling Folk -- Weather-Lore -- Weather-Lore -- Weather-Lore -- Weather-Lore -- Weather-Lore -- Herbs -- Herbs -- Herbs -- Herbs -- Herbs -- Lore of Certain Days -- Lore of Certain Days -- Lore of Certain Days -- Lore of Certain Days -- My Home District -- My Home District -- My Home District -- My Home District -- My Home District -- Emblems and Objects of Value -- My Home District -- My Home District -- My Home District -- Local Cures -- Local Cures -- Local Cures -- Local Cures -- Care of the Feet -- Care of the Feet -- Care of the Feet -- Care of the Feet -- Care of the Feet -- Local Marriage Customs -- Local Marriage Customs -- Local Marriage Customs -- Local Marriage Customs -- Churning -- Old Schools -- Old Schools -- Homemade Toys -- Homemade Toys -- Homemade Toys -- Homemade Toys -- Local Place Names -- Local Place Names -- Local Place Names -- Local Place Names -- Local Place Names -- Festival Customs -- Festival Customs -- Festival Customs -- Buying and Selling -- Buying and Selling -- Buying and Selling -- Hidden Treasure -- Hidden Treasure -- Hidden Treasure -- Hidden Treasure -- Food in Olden Times -- Food in Olden Times -- Food in Olden Times -- Food in Olden Times -- Bread -- Bread -- Bread -- Local Fairs -- Local Fairs -- Local Fairs -- Local Fairs -- Old Houses -- Old Houses -- Old Houses -- Old Houses -- Landlord -- Landlord -- Landlord -- Landlord -- Old Crafts -- Old Crafts -- Local Roads -- Local Roads -- Local Roads -- Local Roads -- Bird-Lore -- Bird-Lore -- Bird-Lore -- Bird-Lore -- Local Heroes -- Local Heroes -- Local Heroes -- Local Heroes -- Potato Crop -- Potato Crop -- Potato Crop -- Potato Crop -- Local Monuments -- Local Monuments -- Local Monuments -- Famine Times -- Famine Times -- Prayers -- Prayers -- Prayers -- Prayers -- Historic Tradition -- Historic Tradition -- Fairy Forts -- Fairy Forts -- Giants and Warriors -- Giants and Warriors -- Severe Weather -- Penal Days -- Local Poets -- Local Poets -- Holy Wells -- Holy Wells -- Holy Wells -- Local Happenings -- Local Happenings -- Local Forge -- Local Forge -- Old Graveyards -- Hurling and Football Matches -- Hurling and Football Matches -- Local Ruins -- Clothes Made Locally
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.