DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4742168
title: Robertstown, Naas

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Robertstown, Naas (school) (Robertstown, Co. Kildare), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher P. Ó Harachtáin.
description: About sixty years ago an old man lived in Mylerstown named Patrick Knight. -- Years ago an old neighbour of ours had many farms in Grangehiggin. / Lambe, Maureen -- Many years ago a man named Mr Walsh lived in a very lonely place in Lowton. / Keefe, Veronne O' -- Blackwood / Weld, Irene -- St Farnan's Well / Weld, Irene -- Long ago there lived an old man named Mr Patrick Grennan who lived in Kilmeague. -- Long ago there was a man named Patrick Fegan. / Moran, Michael -- One night at twelve o'clock there was a man coming home from a fair in Kildare. / Fleming, Nancy -- Fairy Tale / Pender, Peg -- Fairy Tale / Pender, Peg -- Riddles / Lambe, Maureen -- Little boys long ago going to school never wore a suit of clothes until they were seven or eight years old. / Lambe, Maureen -- Cure for Warts / Lambe, Michael -- A long time ago there lived a man by the name of Jack O'Brien. / Kelly, Patrick -- Fairy Tale / Conroy, Nancy -- Once upon a time there lived a farmer. / Daly, Peter -- Cures / Daly, Crissie -- There was a man one time and his name was Edward Judge. / Keefe, Veronne O' -- Riddles / Pender, Peg -- Riddles / Daly, Peter -- Riddles / Murray, Nita -- Story / Murray, Nita -- Story / Fleming, Sheila -- Riddles -- Dog with the Fiery Eyes / Brennan, Mary -- Story / Brennan, Mary -- Story / Brennan, Mary -- Cures / Brennan, Mary -- Riddles / Brennan, Mary -- Riddles / Daly, Crissie -- Riddles / Daly, Tom -- Riddles / Cassidy, Celine -- Story -- There is a rath in the bog near Newtown. / Cann, Brigid Mac -- Cures / Cann, Brigid Mac -- Riddles / Cann, Brigid Mac -- Story / Cummins, Alice -- Story / Daly, Crissie -- What is the shyest thing in the world. / Murphy, Nelly -- Riddles / Carter, Annie -- Riddles / Carter, Mary -- Years ago there lived a boy named Patrick Kelly. / Cross, Thomas -- In Annesboro there lived a family by the name of Kavanagh. / Murphy, Nelly -- Story / Conroy, Nancy -- Story / Daly, Peter -- Riddles / Cann, Brigid Mac -- Cures / Cann, Brigid Mac -- It is said that there was a man crossing the a rath in Mr Wards field... / Weld, Kitty -- A man was going to the fair with pigs and he went into a shop and when he came back to the cart the pigs were gone. / Weld, Kitty -- Riddles / Weld, Kitty -- Riddles / Carter, Bridie -- Story / Kane, Maggie -- Riddles / Kane, Maggie -- Cures / Conroy, Nancy -- Old Sayings / Kelly, Patrick -- Riddles / Kelly, Patrick -- Riddles / Conroy, Nancy -- There once lived three girls and one girl had one eye... / Crosse, Thomas -- Riddles / Cassidy, Patrick -- Once upon a time there were twins Paddy and Jack. / Crosse, William -- Story / Condron, Mary -- Story / Donohoe, William -- Story -- Riddles -- Riddles / Pender, Peg -- Riddles / Dunne, Kathleen -- Story / Fleming, Sheila -- Cures / Fleming, Sheila -- Riddles / Fleming, Sheila -- Riddles / Carter, Annie -- Story / Byrne, Mary -- Riddles / Carter, Francis -- Cures / Carter, Francis -- Story / Herbert, Thomas -- Riddles / Herbert, Thomas -- Story / Brennan, Mary -- Story / Cann, Brigid Mac -- Riddles / Cann, Brigid Mac -- Old Sayings / Cann, Brigid Mac -- Signs of Weather / Carter, Mary -- Riddles / Murray, Nita -- Riddles / Pender, Peg -- Story / Cummins, Alice -- Riddles / Cummins, Alice -- Riddles / Cassidy, Celine -- Signs of Bad Weather / Kane, Maggie -- Riddles / Doyle, Brigid -- Story / Murphy, Murtagh -- Story -- Story -- Story / Daly, Crissie
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.