DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4498043
title: Eaglais

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Eaglais (school) (Burren, Co. Mayo), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher S. Ó Mongaigh.
description: Proverbs / Fhlanngaile, Caitilín Ní -- Old Custom / Cunningham, Nora -- Hungry Man Dreaming of Food / Malley, Patrick O' -- Local Accident / Máille, Patrick O -- Funny Story / Dhomhnaill, Peig Ní -- Black Lump / Malley, Patrick O -- Riddle / Burrenmore, Martin Forde -- Man and the Bag of Money / Ruadháin, Máire Ní -- Rosary / Forde, M. -- One night a man was coming home from town. / Cuinneogáin, Nóra Ní -- Child's Grave / Domhnaill, Peig Ní -- Once upon a time there lived a company of country boys who used to be out very late at night. / Máille, Pádhraic Ó -- Story / Ghiollárnáth, Nóra Ních -- Don’t Refuse Tea at Night Or Else / Forde, M. -- Story - Led Astray at Night / Aodha, Máigréad Nic -- Story - Tricking at Cards / Mháille, Máire Ní -- Story - Lights Around the House / Chuinneógain, Nóra Ní -- Thrashing - Our Method / Donnell, Margaret Mc -- Lion and the Sheep / Giollárnath, Mairtin Mac -- Flax / Malley, P. -- Raheenbar (Parish of Glenisland) -- Loom / Chuinneóghain, Nóra Ní -- Flax / Ghallcobhair, Máire Ní -- First People That Came to Burren / Máille, Pádhraic Ó -- Commauns Bridge / Cuinneogáin, Nóra Ní -- Local Evictions / Máille, Pádhraic Ó -- Black Pig / Chuinneóghain, Nóra Ní -- Riddles -- Spinning at Night - The Hags / Máille, Pádhraic Ó -- Going for Poitín - Led astray by Fairies / Chuinneagáin, Nora Ní -- Fairies and the Coffin / Mháille, Máire Ní -- Strange Man Seen at Every Crossroads / Chorcoráin, Maráid Ní -- Man in Woman's Clothes / Nádhraigh, Micheál Ó -- Brave Man - The Eagle's Nest / Giollárnáth, Micheál Mac -- Changed into Wild Geese / Malley, P. -- At the Gates of Heaven / Malley, Patrick O -- Scéilín - An Guth ón Sceach / Máille, P. Ó -- Place Names / Ruane, Mary Ellen -- Swapping a Son for Gold / Nadraigh, Cáitlín Ní -- Lost Purse / Malley, P. -- Highest Penny -- Children Brought off by an Eagle / Forde, Nora -- Ghost -- Lights in a Field / Cunningham, Nora -- Priest and the Parson / Dermot, John Paul Mac -- Gold in the Burrenmore Cave / Forde, Mr -- Sheep Stealer / Ghairbhith, Caitlín Ní -- Good Fairy Mother / Ghairbhith, Caitléan Ní -- Stranger in the Cart / Malley, Pat -- Riddles -- Sight of the Devil / Dhomhnaill, Máighréadh Mac -- Prayer -- Ghosts Who Ate / Domnaill, Máighréadh Mach -- Stopped by a Cock / Cunningham, Nora -- Rhyme / Chorcoráin, Maráid Ní -- Riddles / Malley, P. -- Monk's Ghost / Donnell, Mary Mc -- Black Pig / Cunningham, Nora -- Rap at the Door / Malley, Pat O -- Lament for Pat Randall Mac Donnell / Heverin, M. -- Poteen / Malley, P. -- Stolen Horse / Dermot, John Paul Mac -- Irish Cinderella / Malley, Pat -- Place Names / Malley, Pat -- Carried off by Ghosts / Máille, Pádhraic O' -- Fairies and the Butter / Chuinneágain, Nóra Ní -- Place Names -- Tale of a Tail / Malley, Pat -- Famine / Malley, Pat -- Learning English / Malley, Pat -- The wren, the wren, The king of all birds... -- A Local Poem / Heverin, M. -- Three Pots of Gold / Cuinneogáin, Nóra Ní -- Easy Wealth / Malley, Pat -- Coming from a Wake -- Riddles / Malley, Pat -- Asleep in a Chapel / Donnell, Peg O -- Why she Stayed from Mass / Donnell, Peg O -- By a Tombstone / Malley, Pat -- Dead Children / Malley, Pat -- Punishment for Missing Mass / Malley, Pat O -- In a Graveyard / Malley, Pat O -- Prayer / Róiste, Brigidh Dé -- Old Prayer / Róiste, Brigidh Dé -- Fairies around a Fire / Róiste, Brighidh Dé -- Devil on him / Nádhraigh, Cáithlin Ni -- Lurapóg, larapóg, Buidh O'Neill... / Mhongaigh, M. Ní -- Without title / Mhongaigh, M. Ní -- Briste gan bhásta ar Pháidín Ó Rafterí.. / Mhongaigh, M. Ní -- Lurapóg Larapóg, Lumpa Lac... / Flannery, Kathleen -- Lurapóg learpóg, Bunnán léine... -- Cé bhfuair an bacach an brannra.. / Máille, P. Ó -- Boxty on the griddle, Boxty on the pan.. / Máille, P. Ó -- Dog Saw Something / Donnell, Peg O -- Molly O'Hara / Donnell, Peg O -- Big father Nerrtey... / Donnell, Peg O -- Whitethorn Bush / Hopkins, John Martin -- Strange Lights / Ghiollárnáth, Nóra Níc -- Ghost Fair / Malley, Pat O -- Herrings Eaten by Ghosts / Donnell, Margaret Mc -- Local Storm / Donnell, Margaret Mc -- Laying a Ghost / Malley, P. -- Lion / Malley, P. O -- Big Flood / Malley, Pat O -- Carried off by a Flood / Neary, Gertrude -- Story - The Fairy Horse / Hugh, Margaret Mc -- Magic Rabbit / Hugh, Margaret Mc -- Somebody in the Cart / Domhnaill, Máighréadh Mac -- Witch Minding the Gold / Cuinneogáin, Nóra Ní -- Prayer / Ghallcobhaír, Maighreadh Ní -- Don't Be out Late / Ghiollárnáth, Nóra Ních -- On a White Horse / Quinn, Kathleen -- On that Cross my sins have nailed Him.. / Neary, Kathleen -- Selling his Soul to the Devil / Forde, Martin -- How Bóthar na Mine Got its Name / Forde, Nora -- St Patrick's Stone / Forde, Nora -- Giving Poteen to the Ghost Cat / Chuinn, Caitlín Ní -- Ghosts / Dhomhnaill, Máigreadh Mac -- One night a crowd of boys was coming home from visiting. / Cunningham, Nora -- Three Men in White / Aodha, Mairéad Nic -- Mass / Ghallcobhair, Mairead Ní -- Prayer / Domhnaill, Peigh Ní -- Digging at Night - Fairy Help / Dhomhnaill, Maigreadh Mach -- If you are going to a fair and you meet a woman when you are going out the door you will have bad luck. / Róiste, Brighidh Dé -- Sound of Bugles and Horses / Chúinn, Cáitlin Ní -- Riddles / Róiste, Brighidh Dé -- Somebody in the Cart / Chúinn, Cáitlin Ní -- Knock Stone / Chuinneágain, Nóra Ní -- How Bóthar na Míne Got its Name / Ghiollárnáth, Nóra Nich -- Riddle / Ruadháin, Máire Ní -- Big father Nerritey, Domlicken screbety... / Domhnaill, Peig Ní -- Money Lost at Cards / Neary, Michael -- Package of Cigarettes / Neary, Michael -- Once there was a boy out looking for sheep. -- Crochfad-ne mo bannóigín, Teach an Deada Mhóir... -- Cé mhéid dréimire a rachadh go dtí an spéir. / Mongaigh, M. Ní -- Na Firíní ag Baint Coirce / Máille, P. Ó -- Riddles / Chúinn, Cáitlin Ní -- Riddles / Róiste, Brighidh Dé -- Boy and the Ghost / Domhnaill, Peig Ní -- Boy and the Ghost / Ruadáin, Maire Ní -- Riddles / Nádhraigh, Cáitlin Ní -- Accident / Cuinneogáin, Nora Ní -- Fox and the Deer / Neary, Michael -- Strange Sheep / Forde, Nora -- Black Pig / Malley, P. -- Graveyard / Malley, P. -- Commaun Bridge / Flannghaille, Cáitilin Ní -- Lights after him / Cuinneogáin, Nóra Ní -- Ghost on the Alt / Domhnaill, Maigreadh Mach -- Riddles / Fhlannghaile, Cháitilin Ní -- Riddle / Ruadháin, Máire Ni -- Riddles / Neary, Michael -- Riddles / Chuinn, Cáitlín Ní -- Rann / Heverin, Mr -- Rann / Heverin, Mr -- Rann / Heverin, Mr -- Rann / Heverin, Mr -- Rann / Heverin, Mr -- Rann / Heverin, Mr -- Rann / Heverin, Mr -- Rann / Hevern, Mr -- Riddles / Ghiollárnáth, Nóra Ních -- Cures -- If you see two hens fighting... -- Mermaid -- Churning -- Three Wishes / Malley, P. -- Ghost and the Man / Domhnaill, Peig Ní -- Forgiveness / Domhnaill, Peig Ní -- Riddles / Nadhraigh, Cáitlín Ní -- Riddles / Ghairbhith, Caitlín Ní -- Hurly Burly Thromp a Thray -- Riddles / Mháille, Máire Ní -- Riddles / Ghallcobhair, Máire Ní -- Story / Fhlannghaile, Cháitlin Ní -- Hurry up Hurry, Says the lady of the boat... -- Fairies / Dhomhnaill, Peig Ní -- Riddles -- Rosary / Máille, P. O -- Murchadh Mór agus Murchadh Beag / Máille, P. O -- Wronged Revenge / Malley, P. -- A Local Poem -- Lá Brighde, beidh an t-earrach againn anois... / Máille, P.Ó -- Marthain Phádraig -- Dónall Ó Conaill -- Paidir - Tréis Béile -- Tomhais -- Murchadh Mór agus Murchadh Beag -- Murchadh Mór agus Murchadh Beag - Leagan Eile / Máille, P. Ó -- Caidé sin don té sin nach mbaineann sin dó. -- Lá Fhéile Bríde / Mongaigh, S. O -- Och Och ars an chearc, Gearrad ar marbhadh... / Mhongaigh, M. Ní -- Seán Ó Máille is mála mine aige.. -- Hóra! a leanibh... [suantraí] -- Tomhais -- Riddles / Cuinneogáin, Nóra Ní -- Riddles / Mongaigh, S. O
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.