DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4770030
title: Ballyfin, Mountrath

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Ballyfin, Mountrath (school) (Ballyfin, Co. Laois), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Seosamh Mac Giolla Fhionáin.
description: My Home District / Meehan, Denis -- My Home Disrict / Phelan, Kathleen -- My Home District / Quinn, Patrick -- My Home District / Doran, Margaret -- My Home District / Behan, Mary Kate -- My Home District / Lalor, John -- My Home District / Gorman, John -- My Home District / Fitzpatrick, John -- My Home District / Deegan, Maureen -- Games I Play / Phelan, Kathleen -- Games I Play - Rabbits and Twenty / Meehan, Denis -- We play "marbles" and "tops" on Spring and "four corners" any wet day that we have nothing to do. / Lalor, John -- Wild Cat / Gorman, John -- School / Behan, Mary Kate -- Jail / Lalor, Joe -- Blind-man's-buff / Lalor, Joe -- Hot Hands / Lalor, Joe -- Hot Rabbits / Doran, Margaret -- Fox and Geese / Quinn, Patrick -- Town / Fingleton, Mary -- Shop / Fingleton, Mary -- Here Comes Sall / Reilly, Teresa -- Ghost in the Garden / Farrell, Brigid -- My Mother Said / Coleman, Una -- To Disobey / Coleman, Una -- Thread Thread the Needle / Farrell, Brigid -- What's Your Trade Today Sir / Phelan, Brigid -- Riddles / Fitzpatrick, John -- Riddles / Meehan, Denis -- Riddles / Lalor, John -- Riddles / Phelan, Kathleen -- Riddles / Farrell, Brigid -- Riddles / Doran, Margaret -- Riddles / Behan, Mary Kate -- Riddles / Quinn, Patrick -- Riddles / Gorman, John -- Riddles / Coleman, Una -- Riddles / Dunne, John -- Homemade Toys / Lalor, John -- Cat's Cradle / Fitzpatrick, John -- Dodge Ball / Coleman, Una -- Daisy Chain / Farrell, Brigid -- Necklace Made from Daisies and a Rush / Phelan, Kathleen -- Rag Doll / Doran, Margaret -- Bow-and-Arrows / Meehan, Denis -- Belt / Fingleton, Mary -- Necklace / Quinn, Elizabeth -- Crib - Cradle Bird / Gorman, John -- Crib - Cradle Bird / Quinn, Patrick -- Crib - Cradle Bird / Fitzpatrick, John -- Paper Ball / Lalor, Joe -- Sling / Fitzpatrick, John -- Funny Story / Farrell, Brigid -- There once was a man who every night heard a Banshee. / Coleman, Una -- Some years ago there was a man who worked for a farmer. / Quinn, Elizabeth -- Jim hurried home from mass one Sunday. / Molloy, Kathleen -- This man used to carry carry cards around with him. / Bennett, Francis -- Without title / Fingleton, Mary -- A man had an old cow and it died. / Reilly, Teresa -- Two men had a row one night when they were coming home along the road. / Gilligan, John -- A man had a workman named John. / Gilligan, John -- Potato Crop - Preparation for Sowing / Gorman, John -- Potato Crop - Sowing the Crop / Fitzpatrick, John -- Potato Crop - Treatment of the Crop / Lalor, John -- Potato Crop - Picking the Potatoes / Farrell, Brigid -- Weather-Lore -- Churning / Fingleton, Mary -- Churning / Gorman, John -- Churning / Farrell, Brigid -- Churning - A Dash Churn / Coleman, Una -- Churning / Quinn, Patrick -- Churning / Bennett, Frances -- Churning / Newsome, Annie -- Churning / Reilly, Teresa -- Local Cures -- Bird-Lore -- Local Marriage Customs / Coleman, Una -- Local Marriage Customs - Some Colours / Farrell, Brigid -- Marriage Customs / Phelan, Brigid -- Marriage Customs / Reilly, Teresa -- Marriage Customs / Fitzpatrick, Martin -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Bennett, Frances -- Care of our Farm Animals -- Song - The Mountain Hare / Fitzpatrick, John -- Prayers / Brophy, Elizabeth -- Prayers -- Leipreachán / Farrell, Brigid -- Leipreachán / Doyle, Margaret -- Leipreachán / Fingleton, Mary -- Leipreachán / Reilly, Teresa -- Local Fairs -- Proverbs -- Festival Customs
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.