DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4758587
title: Taplach

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Taplach (school) (Taplagh, Co. Monaghan), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher P. Ó Dubhthaigh.
description: Fairy Story / Woods, Bridie -- Ghost Story / Duffy, Mary -- Rós Beag Dubh -- Tomhaiseanna -- Cora Cainte -- Bheídeadh pátrúin i gCilleanda gach aon bhliadhain tá fad ó shoin. -- Seanfhocail ón Cheantar -- Seanfhocail agus Cora Cainte -- Folklore - Nicknames / Cardle, Bernadette Mc -- Iomán Inis Caoin -- Seanfhocla -- How Broomfield Got Its Name / Dubhthaigh, P. Ó -- Taking Butter off Churns / Woods, Mary -- Seanfhocail ón Cheantar -- Leigheas -- Scéal -- Amhrán -- A Prayer to Ease Pain in the Head -- Ceist agam ort a ghiollaí an dáin... -- Amhrán -- Seo thios cúpla bhearra fá'n chluiche do bhí i nInis Caoin Deagha... -- Seanfhocail -- Sláinte -- A Phádraig na mbachall mban... -- Argóint - An Rud a Dúirt an Léana don Abhainn -- Love Song - Lord Blayney's Demesne -- Cailleach Bhéara -- Fairy Tale - Nick Nolan and the Bag of Noggins / Cunningham, Gerard -- Story of a Witch who Could Take Butter off Churns / Crisly, Kathleen -- Funny Story re Butter Snatching -- Folklore - Old Forts / Cardle, Patricia Mc -- Herbs -- Old Schools -- Bird-Lore -- Signs of the Weather -- Famine -- Dancers -- Epidemics -- Crafts -- Care of Farm Animals -- Proverbs -- Local Roads -- Old Houses -- Old Story -- Echoes of Cromwellian Times in Relation to Our Barony of Farney -- Old Graveyards -- Manann Castle -- Lowery Tuirc -- Old Roads -- Cures / Sherry, Patrick -- Trades -- Forts -- Herbs -- Milestones -- Plantations -- Blacksmith's Forge -- Names of Birds in Our District (Wild Birds) -- Spinners -- Names of Trees Peculiar to Our District -- Our District -- Families in Our Townland -- Houses in Our Townland -- Care of Our Farm Animals -- Buying and Seling -- Food in Olden Times -- Boycotting of Tom McMahon -- Local Place Names / Mahon, Owen Mc -- Cures / Mahon, Owen Mc -- Riddles -- House Burnings -- Old Roads -- Dates of Building of Houses in the District -- An Dán Breac -- Salutation -- Place Names in the District -- In Mr. Daly's grandfather's time, this arean came into McCabe's house in Box. -- There is a fort on McCabe's farm and a treasure is supposed to be buried on this fort. -- There is supposed to be a pot of gold in a fence in Drumbearra - near Áth Clochán... -- Croc a Tornan was the old name for Drumgowna Hill - where Master Marron lived. -- In 1816 a bad plague broke out, and fourteen widows were left in the townland of Drumgowna. -- In 1815, twenty thousand orangemen were reviewed by Seever in Newry. -- In 1788 Monalty house was commenced after Killany Chapel was completed. -- Norman Steele died in the year 1801 at the age of 48. -- Pisreoga -- Seanfhocail -- Fairy Tale -- Fairy Tale / Sherry, Patrick -- Fairy Tale / Hannaway, Philomena -- Fairy Tale / Casey, Kathleen -- Fairy Tale / Woods, Mary Leta -- Fairy Story / Woods, Mary Teresa -- Old Story / Cardle, Bernadette Mc -- Fairy Tale / Duffy, Brendan O -- Nicknames / Sherry, Patrick
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.