DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5009063
title: Tyrrellspass (2)

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Tyrrellspass (2) (school) (Tyrrellspass, Co. Westmeath), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Mrs Payne.
description: Local Champion Chess Player / Fair, Tillie -- Local Hero - Captain B. Rochfort V.C. / Johnston, Ruth -- Local Champion Boxer - Christy Cole / Kenna, Annie Mc -- Poet Kelly - Tyrrellspass / Johnston, Ruth -- Champion Turf Footer - Local / Kenna, Billy Mc -- Local Explorer / Moran, Joan -- Fall of the Church Steeple - 1911 / Fair, Tillie -- May - Its Customs and Superstitions / Payne, Kathleen -- Game I Play / Fair, Tillie -- Tailors and Clothing / Fair, Georgina -- Paper Chase - A Game I Play / Kenna, Billy Mc -- Folklore Meeting / Payne, Mrs Elizabeth -- Things Made Locally - Lace / Payne, Elizabeth -- Things Made Locally - Candles / Payne, Elizabeth -- Things Made Locally - Linen / Payne, Elizabeth -- Things Made Locally - Nails / Payne, Elizabeth -- Things Made Locally - Bricks / Payne, Elizabeth -- Things Made Locally - Wooden Utensils / Payne, Elizabeth -- Weaving / Payne, Elizabeth -- Things Made Long Ago / Payne, Kathleen -- Toys Made in the Home / Payne, Elizabeth -- Weather-Lore / Payne, Elizabeth -- When Boots Were First Used / Moran, Joan -- Fowl and Fowl-Farming / Payne, Kathleen -- Irish Words Used Still with English Setting -- Food in Olden Times / Johnston, Ruth -- Biddy Farrell - Spinner Wool / Kenna, Billy Mc -- Wheat / Kenna, Annie Mc -- My Own District / Payne, Kathleen -- Joe Keane / Hodgins, Arthur -- Weaver Daly / Payne, Elizabeth -- Spraying Potatoes / Payne, George -- Halfpennies Mill Tyrrellspass / Payne, Fred -- Irish Words Still in Common Use -- Tithe Proctors / Moran, Joan -- Cabbage St. Tyrrellspass / Simmonds, Wilma -- Old Tullamore / Payne, Kathleen -- Hosiers and Keenans / Payne, Elizabeth -- Church Cross / Simmonds, Wilma -- Mr Ussher / Johnston, Ruth -- Halls / Kenna, Annie Mc -- Potato / Payne, Elizabeth -- Shebeens / Kenna, Billy Mc -- Famine / Johnston, Ruth -- Travelling Folk / Payne, Fred -- How to Spray Potatoes / Fair, Georgina -- Roads Around Tyrrellspass / Hodgins, Alan -- Proverbs / Payne, Elizabeth -- Famine / Hodgins, Alan -- Garage / Hodgins, Alan -- Church / Hodgins, Alan -- Orphanage / Hodgins, Alan -- Riddles / Johnston, Ruth -- Hotel Here in Coaching Days / Johnston, Ruth -- Taking Out of the Potatoes / Hodgins, Alan -- Castle and Chapel / Payne, Elizabeth -- Castle and Chapel / Fair, Matilda -- Bread / Hodgins, Alan -- Bad Year / Payne, Fred -- Church / Payne, Elizabeth -- Colcannon / Johnston, Ruth -- Boxty Bread / Fair, Matilda -- Church / Fair, Matilda -- Digging Out Potatoes / Fair, Matilda -- Herbs / Johnston, Ruth -- Proverbs / Johnston, Ruth -- Churning / Fair, Matilda -- Orphanage / Fair, Matilda -- Digging Out the Potatoes / Payne, Elizabeth -- Chapel and Castle / Johnston, Ruth -- Care of Farm Animals / Fair, Matilda -- Local Fair / Johnston, Ruth -- Pancakes / Simmonds, Wilma -- Oaten Cakes / Moran, Joan -- Bere Bread / Payne, Fred -- Fairs / Fair, Matilda -- Proverbs / Fair, Matilda -- Riddles / Fair, Matilda -- Potato Cake / Hodgins, Arthur -- Buying and Selling / Johnston, Ruth -- Buying and Selling / Moran, Joan -- Church / Johnston, Ruth -- Care of Farm Animals / Johnston, Ruth -- Tea-Man / Fair, Matilda -- Griddle-Bread / Hodgins, Alan -- Care of Farm Animals / Moran, Joan -- Tea-Man / Payne, Elizabeth -- Great Fire / Payne, George -- Hidden Treasure / Payne, Fred -- Before Candles Were Used / Levisage, Sybil -- Sluts Were Used as Candles / Moran, Joan -- Francis Dowling / Johnston, Ruth -- Burning of the Barrack / Kemp, Ethel -- Wells / Payne, Elizabeth -- Wells / Moran, Joan -- Feet Troubles / Hodgins, Alan -- Past and Present Boot-Makers of Tyrrellspass / Fair, Matilda -- Wellington Boots / Payne, Fred -- Bare Feet / Moran, Joan -- St Beccan / Payne, Elizabeth -- Conn Carty / Payne, E. -- Pewter / Payne, Elizabeth -- Funny Story / Payne, E. -- Finish / Payne, E.
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.