DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5009126
title: Ballinacliffy

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Ballinacliffy (school) (Ballynacliffy, Co. Westmeath), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher A. Ní Dhubhthaigh.
description: Hidden Treasure Legends / Rushe, Peggie -- Hidden Treasure Legends / Foxe, Josie -- Hidden Treasure Legends / Wilson, Elsie -- Old Funny Story / Reid, John -- Funny Story - Gibeen / Foxe, Billy -- Riddles / Rushe, Peggie -- Weather-Lore / Foxe, Josie -- Local Heroes - Strong Men / Rushe, Pat -- Local Heroes - Great Runners, Jumpers and Walkers / Fox, John -- Local Happenings - The Famine 1847 -- Local Happenings - The Famine 1847 -- Local Happenings - The Famine 1847 -- Black Flu of Spring 1918 / Reid, John -- Drownings -- Drownings / Foxe, Josie -- Severe Weather - The Big Wind of 1839 -- Severe Weather - The Big Wind of 1902 -- Severe Weather - The Big Wind of 1902 / Foxe, Josie -- Snow-Storm 1932 / Rushe, Peggie -- Severe Frost 1921 / Rushe, Peggie -- Old Schools -- Old Schools / Rushe, Peggie -- Old Crafts - Thatching / Foxe, Billy -- Old Crafts - Basket-Making / Foxe, Josie -- Old Lights / Wilson, Elsie -- Penal Days / Wilson, Elsie -- Story of Father Mc Cormack / Rushe, Peggie -- Names of Fields / Reid, John -- Names of Fields / Rushe, Pat -- Names of Fields / Reid, John -- Names of Fields / Nolan, Pat -- Bird-Lore / Wilson, Elsie -- Bird-Lore / Rushe, Peggie -- Local Cures / Wilson, Elsie -- Local Cures / Reid, John -- Local Cures / Foxe, Billy -- Homemade Toys -- Homemade Toys / Rushe, Peggie -- Homemade Toys / Reid, John -- Homemade Toys / Wilson, Elsie -- Lore of Certain Days / Rushe, Peggie -- Lore of Certain Days / Foxe, Billy -- Lore of Certain Days / Nolan, Pat -- Fairy Forts / Rushe, Paddy -- Fairy Forts / Reid, John -- Fairy Forts / Foxe, Billy -- Travelling Folk / Rushe, Peggie -- Travelling Folk -- Forts and Raths / Rushe, Peggie -- Games We Play / Rushe, Peggie -- Games We Play / Nolan, Pat -- Local Roads / Rushe, Peggie -- My Townland / Rushe, Peggie -- My Townland -- My Townland / Conaughton, John -- My Townland / Casey, Mary -- Holy Wells / Kelly, Bridie -- Homemade Cures from Herbs and Plants / Reid, John -- Potato Crop / Casey, Mary -- Potato Crop / Casey, Mary -- Proverbs and Old Sayings -- Care of Animals -- Care of Animals / Nolan, Pat -- Churning / Nolan, Pat -- Churning / Fox, Billy -- Churning / Kelly, Bridie -- Forges / Reid, John -- Forges / Foxe, Billy -- Forges / Rushe, Pat -- Local Fairs / Rushe, Pat -- Local Fairs / Connaughton, John -- Local Fairs -- Food in Olden Times / Kelly, Bridie -- Food in Olden Times / Rushe, Pat -- Old Houses / Rushe, Paddy -- Old Houses / Casey, Mary -- Leipreachan and Mermaid / Conaughton, John -- Leipreachan and Mermaid / Reid, John -- Graveyards / Reid, John -- Old Prayers -- Old Prayers -- Old Prayers / Casey, Mary -- Old Prayers / Kelly, Bridie -- Stories of the Holy Family -- Stories of the Holy Family / Rushe, Pat -- Stories of the Holy Family -- Historical Stories - Shooting of Daniel / Connaughton, John -- Historical Stories -- Historical Stories / Conaughton, John -- Strange Animals / Reid, John -- Strange Animals / Conaughton, John -- Strange Animals / Conaughton, John -- Buying and Selling / Wilson, Elsie -- Buying and Selling / Conaughton, Willie -- Football Games / Reid, John -- Football Games / Rushe, Pat -- Weight-Throwing / Conaughton, Pat -- Weight-Throwing / Reid, John -- Girls go out on Hallow Eve night and pull a stalk of cabbage of which the head is cut off without looking at it... / Wilson, Elsie -- Christmas Customs / Rushe, Pat -- Hallow Eve Customs -- Easter Sunday -- Shrove Tuesday / Conaughton, Pat -- Ash Wednesday -- Food in Olden Times - Rasp / Reid, John -- Food in Olden Times - Sounds / Reid, John -- Wounded Mermaid / Reid, John -- Old Stories Told to Children by Their Mothers - Cakeen Caukeen / Elliott, Mollie -- Old Stories Told to Children by Their Mothers - The Horned Woman / Conaughton, Willie -- Poor Scholars / Foxe, Billy -- Tower / Wilson, Elsie -- Magic Trout / Elliott, Mollie -- Jack the Giant Killer / Kelly, Bridie -- King Rua / Conaughton, John -- Jack without Fear / Elliott, Brian
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.