DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5286172
title: Bun Machan

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Bun Machan (school) (Bunmahon, Co. Waterford), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Íde, Bean Uí Chobhthaigh.
description: Buried Treasure - How a Dream Brought Good Fortune / Connell, Annie O' -- Man in the Coach or a Terrible Midnight Ride / Coffey, Michael -- Dog that Guarded the Gold / Coffey, Michael -- Ghostly Pig / Gambon, Daniel -- Woman who Was Damned or the Story of Petticoat Loose / Gambon, Daniel -- Ghost whose Toes Were Tied / Coffey, Michael -- Three Skulls / Coffey, Michael -- Cailín Deas Crúite na mBó / Cobhthaigh, Mícheál Ó -- Saved by St Bridget's Belt / Coffey, John -- Saved by His Courage / Connell, Annie O' -- Shoemaker and the Fairy / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Tale of Jackey the Lantern / Keane, John -- Man who Wanted to Catch a Fairy / Coffey, John -- Headless Form that Spoke / Fleming, Bridget -- Voice from the Fire / Weldon, Frances -- Seven at One Stroke / Samon, Michael -- Story of Petticoat Loose / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Man and the Apparition / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Missing Brother / Connell, Annie O' -- Man and the Ghost / Connell, Annie O' -- Courageous Woman / Connell, Annie O' -- Ghostly Threshing / Coffey, Michael -- Man and the Banshee / Doody, Bridget -- Pinch of Snuff / Gambon, Margaret -- Sick Call / Gambon, Margaret -- Hidden Gold / Gambon, Daniel -- Man and the Ghostly Hound / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Enchanted Hare / Connell, Annie O' -- Ghostly Funeral / Connell, Annie O' -- Man that Was Drowned in Bunmahon / Gambon, Daniel -- Cóiste gan Cheann / Cobhthaigh, Mícheál Ó -- Jumping Skull / Gambon, Daniel -- Ghostly Warning / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Joy's Island / Doody, Bridget -- Enormous Ghost / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Grandmother's House, the Holy Well and the Fairy Bush / Fleming, Bridget -- Fulfilment of a Promise / Doody, Bridget -- Woman and the Monk / Connell, Annie O' -- Ghostly Funeral / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Led Astray by Fairies / Gambon, Daniel -- Man and the Bull / Gambon, Daniel -- Tale of the Banshee / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Bootful of Gold or a Tale of Crotty the Robber / Coffey, Michael -- Man and the Devil / Gambon, Daniel -- End of Crotty the Robber / Coffey, Michael -- Written Confession or the Man and the Priest / Connell, Annie O' -- Ruin of Knockmahon / Connell, Annie O' -- Holy Well / Coffey, Michael -- Tailor and the Apparition / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Seanráite -- Gentleman's Bad Luck / Connell, Annie O' -- Foxhound as Ghost / Sammon, Michael -- Tale of the Devil / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Place that was Cursed / Coffey, Michael -- Protestant's Coffin / Coffey, Michael -- Two Men and the Ghost / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Woman who Stole Her Own Money / Connell, Annie O' -- Cruel Stepmother / Connell, Annie O' -- Ghostly Light / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Three Rocks / Coffey, Michael -- Blue Light / Begley, Eileen Ann -- Man and the Fairies / Gambon, Daniel -- Man and the Fairy Palace / Connell, Annie O' -- Haunted House / Connell, Annie O' -- Disrespect to the Graveyard / Coffey, Michael -- Man and the Cock / Keane, John -- An tÚll as Gairdín na Ríochta / Chobhthaigh, Bean Uí -- Tailor and the Changeling / Begley, Eileen -- Cuairt an Diabhail / Chobhthaigh, Ide Bean Uí -- Níor Nocht Sé riamh a Rún Dá Mháthair / Chobhthaigh, Íde -- Bean na Scillinge / Chobhthaigh, Íde Bean Uí -- Faoisdin Dheireanach / Chobhthaigh, Íde -- The Story of the Búisín Beacht / Chobhthaigh, Íde Bean Uí -- Ghost Car / Begley, Eileen -- Man who Murdered His Wife / Connell, Annie O' -- A True Story - The Cock that Warded Off Evil Spirits -- Tobar Chill Fhia / Coffey, Ita -- Crann na Crocaire / Chobhthaigh, Íde Bean Uí -- Spirit and the Man / Gambon, Daniel -- Haunted Mansion / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Ghost of Bracken Hall / Begley, Eileen -- Man and the Coffin / Connell, Annie O' -- Cruel Aunt / Connell, Annie O' -- Haunted Castle / Begley, Eileen -- Ghostly Funeral / Coffey, Michael -- Light in the Ruin / Coffey, Michael -- Haunted Castle / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Ghost of the Ruined Buildings / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Seomra Aerach / Chonaill, Áine Ní -- Rich Man's Strange Wish / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Beautiful Jug / Sammon, Michael -- Haunted Ruin / Connell, Annie O' -- Crock of Gold / Coffey, Michael -- Fulfilment of a Promise / Begley, Eileen -- Man who Returned for His Son / Gambon, Daniel -- Men who Went Birding / Sammon, Michael -- Phantom Horse / Coffey, John -- Leprechaun's Revenge / Begley, Eileen -- Tale of the Banshee / Connell, Annie O' -- Cruel Aunt / Connell, Annie O' -- Man with the Charmed Life / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Fairy's Power / Begley, Eileen -- Phantom Pig / Keane, John -- Story of a Pack of Cards / Sammon, Michael -- Banshee who Brought Bad Luck / Connell, Annie O' -- Faill a' Phlúir / Sammon, Michael -- Páirc na Sí Gaoithe / Begley, Eileen -- Danes' Island / Doody, Bridget -- Monastery Field / Doody, Bridget -- Príosún / Begley, Eileen -- Bán Oileán / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Ghostly Funeral / Connell, Annie O' -- Móin an Cheoil / Gambon, Daniel -- Man and the Ghosts / Gambon, Daniel -- Schooner Peter and John / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Woman and the Spirit / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Men and the Funeral / Connell, Annie O' -- Haunted Castle / Connell, Annie O' -- Cnoc an Each / Coffey, John -- Poor Man's Luck / Weldon, Frances -- Seanaráite -- Drifting of the Italian Schooner / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Place Names - Móin na Circe / Coffey, Michael -- Oileán tSeáin / Begley, Eileen Ann -- Story of a Liss / Connell, Annie O' -- Gleann an Earabaill / Keane, John -- Wreck of the Titanic / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Páirc a' Leasa / Coffey, Michael -- Story of a Liss / Keane, John -- Redé Spaniard / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Carraig an tSeabhaic / Coffey, Michael -- Ghost of the Orchard / Connell, Annie O' -- Story of a Holy Well / Begley, Eileen -- Blessed Well of Kill Beg / Keane, John -- Man and the Funeral / Connell, Annie O' -- Haunted Castle / Begley, Eileen -- Wreck near Tráigh na mBó / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Crann na gCapall / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Enchanted Well / Keane, John -- Ghostly Funeral / Begley, Eileen -- Story of a Conversion / Flemming, Bridget -- Lone White Thorn Bush / Connell, Annie O' -- Faill an Airgid / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Man and the Spirit / Connell, Annie O' -- Gull Island / Begley, Eileen -- Ghostly Carriage / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Tale of Jacky the Lantern / Coffey, Michael -- Ghost who Deceived the Man / Connell, Annie O' -- Tale of Jackey the Lantern and Billy the Crow / Gambon, Daniel -- Men and the Cards / Connell, Annie O' -- Magic of the Fairies / Begley, Eileen -- Páircín Fhíodóir / Coffey, John -- Ship in Ballydowane Cove or Kelly's Rock / Coffey, Michael
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.