DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4428016
title: Clochar na Trócaire, Leac an Anfa, Cathair na Mart

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Clochar na Trócaire, Leac an Anfa, Cathair na Mart (school) (Leckanvy, Co. Mayo), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher An tSr. Treasa.
description: Hidden Treasure - Story Number 1 / Fair, Willie -- Hidden Treasure - Story Number 2 / Gannon, Hollie -- Hidden Treasure - Story Number 3 / Mortimer, Loreto -- Funny Stories - Number 1 / Gannon, Maggie -- Funny Stories - Story Number 3 / Gannon, Maggie -- Funny Stories - Story Number 4 / Gannon, Mollie -- Collection of Riddles -- Weather-Lore -- Local Heroes -- Local Happenings - The Achill Drowning -- Local Drowning in Clew Bay / Gavin, Tommie -- Without title -- Severe Weather - A Snowstorm / Gannon, Maggie -- Last Severe Storm / Horan, Mr T. -- Old Crafts - How a Cleeve is Made / Farrell, Paddy -- Old Crafts - Basket-Making / Malley, Therese O' -- Old Crafts - Spinning / Malley, Therese O' -- How Lime is Burned / Malley, Therese O' -- Local Marriages Customs -- Local Marriage Customs -- Local Marriage Customs - In the Penal Times -- Local Place Names - Lecanvey -- Local Place Names - Thornhill -- Bird-Lore -- Homemade Toys / Lydon, Peggie -- Homemade Toys - How a Popgun Is Made / Gill, Johnnie -- Homemade Toys - How a Catapult Is Made -- Homemade Toys - Cradle Birds / Fair, James -- Homemade Toys - How to Make a Snare / Fair, Willie -- Lore of Certain Days -- Travelling Folk -- Fairy Forts -- Local Poets -- On the Departure of the Monks for Roscrea -- Famine Times / Gavin, Tommie -- Dice / Fair, James -- Game I Play - The Ghost in the Well / Gill, John -- Game I Play - Skipping / Gavin, Tommie -- Game I Play Indoor / Fair, Tessie -- Game I Play - Four Corners / Malley, Julia Agnes O' -- Game I Play - Blind Man's Buff / Gill, Sal -- Game I Play indoor - Colours / Gannon, Margaret -- Hide and Go Seek / Donnell, Mick O -- Blind Man's Buff / Cummins, Jackie -- Game I Play - Chip Chop Cherry / Farrell, Theresa -- Game I Play - Grandmother Grey / Gannon, Mollie -- Game I Play - Boxes / Gannon, Mollie -- Game I Play - Cat and Rat / Farrell, Kathleen -- Game I Play / Malley, Margaret Therese O' -- Games -- Local Roads -- My Home District - Lecanvey -- My Home District - Thornhill -- My Home District - Gloshpatrick -- My Home District - Carramacloughlin -- Our Holy Wells -- Herbs / Gill, Johnnie -- Potato Crop -- Proverbs -- Festival Customs - St Brigid's Day -- Festival Customs - St Patrick's Day -- Festival Customs - Shrove Tuesday -- Festival Customs - Ash Wednesday -- Festival Customs - Holy Thursday -- Festival Customs - Good Friday -- Festival Customs - Easter Sunday -- Festival Customs - Whit Sunday and Whit Monday -- Festival Customs - May Day -- Festival Customs - Hallow Eve -- Festival Customs - Christmas Feasts -- Festival Customs - St Stephen's Day -- Festival Customs - New Year's Day -- Festival Customs - Feast of Epiphany -- Care of our Farm Animals -- Churning -- Care of the Feet / Mortimer, Loreto -- Local Forge -- Clothes Made Locally -- Local Patron Saint / Gill, Johnnie -- Local Patron Saint -- Local Fairs -- Bread / Gannon, Maggie -- Old Story / Fair, James -- Local Monuments -- Food in Olden Times / Gannon, Maggie -- Buying and Selling / Gill, Johnnie -- Old Houses -- Stories of Giants and Warriors -- Leprechaun or Mermaid -- Local Ruins -- Religious Stories - Bob of the Reek -- Old Graveyards -- Collection of Prayers -- Emblems and Objects of Value / Malley, Teresa 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.