DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4769972
title: Kilcullen (Convent)

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Kilcullen (Convent) (school) (Kilcullen, Co. Kildare), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Na Siúracha..
description: Festival Customs / Whittle, Birdie -- Festival Customs / Power, Helen -- Festival Customs / Christie, M. -- Festival Customs / Doyle, B. -- Festival Customs -- All Soul's Day / Bagnall, Betty -- All Soul's Night / Power, Helen -- All Soul's Night / Bagnall, Kitty -- All Soul's Night / Smyth, Molly -- Stories / Walshe, Mary -- Stories / Maguire, Carmel -- Stories / Christie, Mona -- Stories / Coleman, Anna -- Stories / Byrne, Betty -- Stories / Ffrench, Jenny -- Stories / Byrne, Betty -- Stories / Whittle, Birdie -- Stories / Lallaway, Rosaleen -- Stories / Smyth, Molly -- Historical Tradition / Christie, Mona -- Historical Tradition / Ffrench, Jennie -- Historical Tradition / Byrne, Betty -- Historical Tradition -- Collection of Riddles / Power, Helen -- Local Happenings / Ffrench, Jennie -- Local Happenings / Byrne, Betty -- Local Happenings / Connor, Julia O' -- Folk-Tales - The Princess who Never Laughed / Lalloway, Rosaleen -- Folk-Tales - The Princess who Could Not Cry / Maguire, Carmel -- Folk-Tales - Man Trades His House for Cow, Cow for Pig etc / Dix, Patsy -- Folk-Tales - Don't Count Your Chickens before They Are Hatched / Dix, Patsy -- Folk-Tales - The Three Wishes / Byrne, Betty -- Folk-Tales - The Magic Bottle / Ffrench, Jennie -- Homemade Toys / Carthy, Hilda Mc -- Homemade Toys / Nolan, Eva -- Homemade Toys / Byrne, Monica -- Homemade Toys / Bagnall, Kitty -- Homemade Toys / Ffrench, Jennie -- Homemade Toys / Christie, Mona -- Homemade Toys -- Local Heroes / Byrne, Betty -- Local Heroes / Maguire, Carmel -- Local Heroes / Maguire, Carmel -- Story - How Knockaulin Came to Be Spindle-Covered / Ffrench, Jennie -- Holy Wells / Ffrench, Jennie -- Holy Wells / Ffrench, Jennie -- Folk-Tales - The Seven Crows / Walshe, Mary -- Folk-Tales - Girl Seeks Her Lost Enchanted Brother / Neill, Nan O' -- Folk-Tales - Three Fishermen and a Princess / Coleman, Anna -- Folk-Tales - The Cruel Stepmother / Baker, Nancy -- Folk-Tales / Neill, Nan O' -- Local Cures / Christie, Mona -- Local Cures / Nolan, Eva -- Local Cures / Lallaway, Rosaleen -- Local Cures / Ffrench, Jennie -- Local Cures / Walshe, Mary -- Local Cures / Byrne, Betty -- Local Cures / Dix, Patsy -- Local Cures / Whittle, Birdie -- Local Cures / Smyth, Molly -- Stys / Ffrench, Jennie -- Stys / Power, Helen -- Stys / Neill, Nan O' -- Stys / Walshe, Mary -- Stys / Whittle, Birdie -- Chilblains / Dix, Patsy -- Whooping-Cough / Power, Helen -- Whooping-Cough / Power, Helen -- Whooping-Cough / Walshe, Mary -- Whooping-Cough / Doyle, Tessie -- Whooping-Cough / Coleman, Anna -- Whooping-Cough / Ffrench, Jennie -- Whooping-Cough / Power, Helen -- Thrush / Power, Helen -- Thrush / Power, Helen -- Thrush / Dix, Patsy -- Swollen Feet / Bagnall, Betty -- Corns / Neill, Nan O' -- Boils / Dix, Patsy -- Wounds / Bagnall, Betty -- Blood Poison / Power, Helen -- Sting of Nettles / , General -- Whitlow / Dix, Patsy -- Gumboil / Dix, Patsy -- Sore Throat / Lallaway, Rosaleen -- Sore Eye / Dix, Patsy -- Manara Fever / Lallaway, Rosaleen -- Consumption / Doyle, Betty -- Consumption / Power, Helen -- Headache / Power, Helen -- Headache / Doyle, B. -- Headache / , General -- Headache / Dix, Patsy -- Headache / Power, Helen -- Headache / Christie, Mona -- Ringworm / Dix, Patsy -- Ringworm / Power, Helen -- Freckles / Connor, Julia O' -- Freckles / Power, Helen -- Sprain / Dix, Patsy -- Rheumatism / Dix, Patsy -- Taking Out Thorns / Dix, Patsy -- Black Eye / Power, Helen -- Shingles / Coleman, Anna -- Folk-Tales / Christie, Mona -- King Labhra's Secret / Byrne, Betty -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Dix, Patsy -- Care of Our Farm Animals / power, Helen -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Maguire, Carmel -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Ffrench, Jennie -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Whittle, Birdie -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Power, Helen -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Whittle, Birdie -- Care of Our Farm Animals / C., Anna -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Walshe, Mary -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Dix, Patsy -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Connor, Julia O' -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Walshe, Mary -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Power, Helen -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Byrne, Betty -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Power, Helen -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Power, Helen -- Care of Our Farm Animals -- Halverstown House / Dix, Patsy -- Haunted Field / Dix, Patsy -- At Halverstown House owned by Pucells there was a tree which was planted by Daniel O' Connell's father... / Connor, Julia O' -- From Helen Maloney's house there is a tunnel leading to Old Kilcullen Tower... -- Green Hills Castle / Christie, Shiela -- Weather-Lore - Signs of Rain / Christie, Mona -- Weather-Lore - Signs of Rain / Power, Helen -- Weather-Lore - Signs of Rain / Byrne, Betty -- Weather-Lore - Signs of Rain / Lallaway, Rosaleen -- Weather-Lore - Signs of Rain / Ffrench, Jennie -- Weather-Lore - Signs of Rain / Power, Helen -- Weather-Lore - Signs of Rain / Christie, Mona -- Weather-Lore - Signs of Storm / Power, Helen -- Weather-Lore - Signs of Storm / Ffrench, Jennie -- Weather-Lore - Signs of Storm / Power, Helen -- Weather-Lore - Signs of Storm / Christie, Mona -- Weather-Lore - Signs of Storm / Ferguson, Kitty -- Severe Weather -- Severe Weather / Byrne, Betty -- Signs of Fine Weather / Coleman, Anna -- Signs of Fine Weather / Ffrench, Jennie -- Games I Play - Colours / Coleman, Anna -- Games I Play - Mother / Maguire, Carmel -- Games I Play - Sticky Toffee / Dix, Patsy -- Games I Play - Statues / Christie, Mona -- Games I Play - Chuckie / Power, Helen -- Games I Play - Clock / Lallaway, Rosaleen -- Games I Play - Blind Man's Buff / Walshe, Mary -- Games I Play - Match Man / Christie, Mona -- Games I Play - Hare and Hounds / Christie, Mona -- What We Count around Kilcullen Playing Tig / Power, Helen -- What We Count around Kilcullen Playing Tig / Christie, Mona -- What We Count around Kilcullen Playing Tig / Byrne, Nancy -- What We Count around Kilcullen Playing Tig / Coleman, Anna -- What We Count around Kilcullen Playing Tig / Whittle, Birdie -- What We Count around Kilcullen Playing Tig / Dunne, Maureen -- What We Count around Kilcullen Playing Tig / Callan, Vera -- What We Count around Kilcullen Playing Tig / Christie, Mona -- What We Count around Kilcullen Playing Tig / Christie, Mona -- What We Count around Kilcullen Playing Tig / Connor, Julia O' -- What We Count around Kilcullen Playing Tig / Bagnall, Betty -- line or give two hops in one bed... / Christie, Mona -- Cat and Dog / Neill, Nan O' -- Hopscotch / Byrne, Betty -- Other Rhymes We Say while Skipping / Carthy, Hilda Mc -- Other Rhymes We Say while Skipping / Byrne, Monica -- Other Rhymes We Say while Skipping / Byrne, Mary -- Other Rhymes We Say while Skipping / Feeley, Clare -- Proverbs / Christie, Mona -- Proverbs / Power, Helen -- Proverbs / Maguire, Carmel -- Proverbs / Byrne, Betty -- Proverbs / Walshe, Mary -- Proverbs / Ffrench, Jenny -- Proverbs / Bagnall, Betty -- Proverbs / Dunne, Maureen -- Proverbs / Coleman, Anna -- Proverbs / Byrne, Betty -- Proverbs / Bagnall, Kitty -- Proverbs / Maguire, Carmel -- Proverbs / Lallaway, Rosaleen -- Proverbs / Bath, Una -- Proverbs -- Stories of Holy Family / Christie, Mona -- Stories of Holy Family / Byrne, Betty -- Stories of Holy Family / Power, Helen -- Stories of Holy Family / Bath, Una -- Stories of Holy Family / Ffrench, Jennie -- Story of the Holly / Power, Helen -- Story of the Holly / Bath, Una -- Old Crafts / Baker, Nancy -- Basket-Making / Byrne, Betty -- Hay-Rope-Making / Connor, Julia O' -- Barrel-Making -- Festival Customs - Christmas / Byrne, Noreen -- Festival Customs - Christmas / Baker, Nancy -- Festival Customs - Christmas / Conaway, Gladys -- Festival Customs - Christmas / Byrne, Betty -- Festival Customs - Christmas / Quinn, Madge -- Festival Customs - Christmas / Coleman, Anna -- Festival Customs - Christmas / Maguire, Carmel -- Festival Customs - Christmas / Byrne, Betty -- Festival Customs - Christmas / Byrne, Mary -- Festival Customs - Christmas / Tynan, Tessie -- Festival Customs - Christmas / Byrne, Noreen -- Local Marriage Customs -- Customs Observed on Wedding Day / Smyth, Molly -- Customs Observed on Wedding Day / Coleman, Anna -- Customs Observed on Wedding Day / Lallaway, Rosaleen -- Customs Observed on Wedding Day / Christie, Mona -- Old Graveyards / Christie, M. -- Old Graveyards / Byrne, Betty -- Old Graveyards / Whittle, Birdie -- Old Graveyards / Byrne, Nancy -- Old Graveyards / Feeley, Clare -- Old Graveyards / Power, Helen -- When we meet a funeral... / Christie, Mona -- A corpse should always be taken... / Byrne, Betty -- The moment a person dies in a house... / Neill, Nan O' -- Birth Customs / Neill, Nan O' -- Birth Customs / Bagnall, Kitty -- Birth Customs / Coleman, Anna -- Birth Customs / Lallaway, Rosaleen -- Finger Nails / Connor, Julia O' -- Local Place Names / Doyle, Betty -- Local Place Names -- Hangman's Bush / Bagnall, Kitty -- About half a mile from the Convent there is a cross roads - one branching off the Athy Road to Carlow... / Maguire, Carmel -- There are a few stones in Burke's field at the side of the Moate lane near Brennan's Public House... / Whittle, Birdie -- Local Forge / Ffrench, Jennie -- Bread - Boxty Bread / Dix, Patsy -- Bread - Potato Cakes / Christie, Mona -- Bread - Griddle Cakes / Byrne, Betty -- Churning / Walshe, Mary -- Emblems and Objects of Value / Christie, Mona -- Lore of Certain Days and Things / Ffrench, Jennie -- Lore of Certain Days and Things / Coleman, Anna -- Lore of Certain Days and Things / Byrne, Betty -- Lore of Certain Days and Things / Doyle, Tessie -- Lore of Certain Days and Things / Lallaway, Rosaleen -- Lore of Certain Days and Things / Smyth, Molly -- Lore of Certain Days and Things / Maguire, Carmel -- Lore of Certain Days and Things / Connor, Julia O' -- Lore of Certain Days and Things / Whittle, Ciss -- Lore of Certain Days and Things / Neill, Nan O' -- Lore of Certain Days and Things / Ffrench, Jennie -- Lore of Certain Days and Things / Smyth, Mollie -- Lore of Certain Days and Things / Ffrench, Jennie -- Lore of Certain Days and Things / Christie, Sheila -- Lore of Certain Days and Things / Maguire, Carmel -- Lore of Certain Days and Things / Lallaway, Rosaleen -- Lore of Certain Days and Things / Neill, Nan O' -- Lore of Certain Days and Things / Smyth, Molly -- Lore of Certain Days and Things / Christie, Mona
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.