DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4605938
title: Kilmore

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Kilmore (school) (Kilmore, Co. Leitrim), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Eilís, Bean Uí Cheallaigh.
description: St Brigid's Holy Well -- Boxty / Corrstine, Mary -- St Beoigh's Holy Well / Loughlin, Bridgid Mc -- Iron Spa / Loughlin, Bridgid Mc -- Cashel, Corcormac -- Kilbride Ruin / Loughlin, Bridgid Mc -- French - 1798 -- 1798 - The French / Kelly, Philomena O' -- French in Leitrim 1798 / Loughlin, Bridgid Mc -- Fairy Bushes / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Cúl na Gréine -- Monastery / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Cures / Loughlin, Bridgid Mc -- Herbs / Loughlin, Bridgid Mc -- Seanchaisleán / Corristine, B.T. -- Evictions -- Corn-Mill / Kelly, Philomena O -- Coill na gCarn - The Giant's Grave / Loughlin, Bridgid Mc -- Inis Maghráth / Curristine, Bridgid -- Ciotrainn a Tharla i Loch Aillionn / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Lake Allen Disaster in 1831 / Corristine, Bridgid -- Dermot Donn - Rapparee / Loughlin, Brigid Mc -- Lights - How Rush Candles are Made / Loughlin, Brigid Mc -- Black Pig / Loughlin, T. Mc -- Dermot Donn - Rapparee - Notes / Loughlin, Brigid Mc -- Baint an Arbhair / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Ag Bualadh an Arbhair / Corristine, B.T. -- Cur / Loughlin, Brigid Mc -- Sacred Clay / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Derrinvona / Corristine, Brigid -- Old Graveyard / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Fairy Tale / Corristine, Brigid -- Blackthorn Sticks / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Blackthorn Sticks / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Blackthorn Sticks / Dolan, Pat -- Hazel Stick / Wynne, Jim -- Griddle Cake / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Potato Cake -- Whey -- Flummery -- Old Houses / Corristine, Brigid -- Tuíodóir / Loughlin, Brigid Mc -- Method of Thatching / Loughlin, Brigid Mc -- Flax / Loughlin, Brigid Mc -- Colouring Pot / Corristine, B.T. -- In 1870 in bog chapel an appeal was made for old linen to send to the wounded... / Kelly, P. O' -- Wool / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Weavers / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Flax / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Corn-Mill in Kilnagarn / Loughlin, Brigid Mc -- The mill I have heard most of is Léim Uí Cheallaigh... / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Harvesters / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Signs of the Weather / Loughlin, Brigid Mc -- Weather / Curristine, Bridgid -- Signs of Frost / Corristine, B.T. -- Snow / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- O'Ruairc's Request / Kelly, Philomena O' -- Harvesters / Loughlin, Brigid Mc -- Card-Playing / Corristine, Brigid -- Sayings / Loughlin, T. Mc -- Settle Bed / Loughlin, T. Mc -- Fairy Tale / Corristine, B.T. -- Omens / Kelly, P. O' -- Unlucky Signs / Curristine, B.T. -- When two People are talking if the two are on the one word the person who has it said first... / Loughlin, Brigid Mc -- Na Sióga / Corristine, Brigid -- Fairy Tale / Corristine, B. T. -- Fairy Tale / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Once upon a time there was a man and his wife living together in their home and along with them... / Corristine, Brigid -- There was a man one time and he used to skin cows when they died... / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- One late night four young men were coming from rambling... / Corrisitine, Brigid -- Cow-Shed / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- "Prugee" when calling the cow home... / , Pupils of Kilmore School -- Farm Animals -- The old people that cows, horses and asses go down... / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- A person passing at milking time should say "God bless the cows"... -- Legend / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Famine Days / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Saint Patrick / Corristine, B.T. -- Saint Brigid / Corristine, B.T. -- Prayer / Corristine, B.T. -- Seanfhocla / Loughlin, Brigid Mc -- Card-Playing / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Once upon a time two men were coming home from rambling at twelve o'clock at night and... / Corristine, B.T. -- Crafts - Ropes / Corristine, B.T. -- Basket-Making / Corristine, Bridgid -- Creel-Making / Corristine, B.T. -- Ciseán / Loughlin, T. Mc -- Crosóg Bhríde / Loughlin, Brigid Mc -- Oíche Shamhna / Corristine, B.T. -- St Martin's Eve - 11th November / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- St John's Eve - 23rd June -- The first person that comes in on New Year's Day brings good luck or bad luck... -- Oíche Nollag / Corristine, Brigid -- St Brigid / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Story about Sheep and Goats / Loughlin, Bridgid Mc -- Hens and Chickens / Loughlin, T. Mc -- Our Farm / Corristine, B.T. -- Our Farm / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Our Farm / Loughlin, Brigid Mc -- Pig / Loughlin, Brigid Mc -- Bacon Curing / Loughlin, Brigid Mc -- Black Puddings / Corristine, B.T. -- Lard / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Birds / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Birds / Corristine, B.T. -- Éanlaith a Thagann chugainn sa Gheimhreadh / Loughlin, Brigid Mc -- Legends / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Penal Days / Loughlin, Brigid Mc -- Penal Days / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Prayer -- Evictions / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Evictions / Loughlin, Brigid Mc -- Local Poets - The Rising of Lake Allen / Corristine, Brigid -- Shoemakers / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Long ago the men, women and children wore the shoes which were made from leather and made by the local shoemakers... / Loughlin, Brigid Mc -- Tailors of Today -- Blacksmiths / Loughlin, Brigid Mc -- A blacksmith named Peter Flynn of... / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Funerals / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Funerals / Corristine, Brigid -- Travelling Folk / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Travelling Folk / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Fire Clay Works at Lough Allen / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Riddles / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Riddles / Corristine, Brigid -- Riddles / Corristine, Brigid -- Churning / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Superstitions / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Superstitions / Corristine, Brigid -- Old Houses / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Drumkeeran Waterfall / Corristine, Brigid -- John Mc Greal's Brake / Loughlin, Brigid Mc -- Riddles / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Farewell to Drumkeerin / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Jigs of the District / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Reels / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Hornpipes / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Poem / Corristine, Brigid -- Father Pat Ward, Drumlease, Dromahaire - 1789-1800 / Corristine, Brigid -- Father Pat Ward, Drumlease, Dromahaire - 1789-1800 / Corristine, Brigid -- Bog Chapel / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Story about Bog Chapel / Gilhooly, Paddy -- Quilts / Curristine, Brigid -- Quilts / Corristine, B.T. -- Quilted Quilt / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Card-Playing / Wynne, Jim -- One night a man was alone in the house so he took a pack of cards and cast them... / Corristine, Brigid -- Card-Playing / Gilhooly, Paddy -- Famine Years / Corristine, Brigid -- Butter / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Butter -- Funerals / Corristine, B.T. -- Fairy Tale / Gilhooly, Paddy Joe -- Care of the Feet / Wynne, Jim -- Care of the Feet -- Fear Gorta / Curristine, Brigid -- Fear Gorta / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Irish Words Still in Use / Curristine, Brigid -- Irish Words Still in Use / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Goose / Curristine, B.T. -- Goose / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Marriage and the Art of Cooking -- Paddy Gilday / Corristine, B. T. -- Forty Years Ago / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- May Day Superstitions / Curristine, Brigid -- Old Roads / Corristine, Brigid -- Old Roads / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- Nailers / Loughlin, Tessie Mc -- In 1838 When Drumkeeran Protestant Church was a building, Maclusger the miller, from Shena mill, was in the village... / Corristine, Brigid
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.