DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4428167
title: Balscadden

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Balscadden (school) (Balscaddan, Co. Dublin), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher P. Ó Séaghdha.
description: Holy Wells - St Mary's Well, Balscadden / Séaghdha, P. Ó -- Tobar na Súl - Tubbersool (Eye Well) / Séaghdha, P. Ó -- Balscadden National School - Surnames of Pupils on Rolls now / Séaghdha, P. Ó -- St Molaga's Church, Bremore / Séaghdha, P. Ó -- Cnoc na gCinn - Knockagin (Hill of the Skulls) / Séaghdha, P. Ó -- Local Saint - St Benignus / Séaghdha, P. Ó -- Old Coach Road / Séaghdha, P. Ó -- Baile Scadáin (Balscadden) / Séaghdha, P. Ó -- Local Famous Dogs / Séaghdha, P. Ó -- Shipwrecks - Sarah of Runcorn Feb 1874 -- Shipwrecks - Wreck of Bell Hill -- Shipwreck - The Tartar -- Snow Storm of February 1933 / Finn, Eileen -- St Benignus / Finn, Eileen -- Bird-Lore / Finn, Eileen -- Christmas Customs / Finn, Eileen -- Local Cures / Finn, Eileen -- Preparation for Sowing Potatoes / Finn, Eileen -- Local Games / Finn, Eileen -- Churning / Finn, Eileen -- Road Making / Finn, Eileen -- Local Superstition / Finn, Eileen -- Home Animals / Finn, Eileen -- Weather-Lore / Flood, Neta -- Great Walkers / Flood, Neta -- Local Celebrities / Flood, Neta -- Knockingin - The Hill of the Skulls / Flood, Neta -- Christmas Customs / Flood, Neta -- Local Cures / Flood, Neta -- Travelling Folk / Flood, Neta -- Local Games / Flood, Neta -- Local Forge / Flood, Neta -- Churning / Flood, Neta -- Great Mowers / Larkin, Janie -- Field Names / Larkin, Jane -- Travelling Folk / Larkin, Janie -- Local Games / Larkin, Janie -- Our Local Feast Days / Larkin, Janie -- Local Cures / Costello, Annie -- Local Cures -- Local Roads / Costello, Annie -- Local Games / Costello, Annie -- Churning / Costello, Annie -- Local Marriage Customs / Costello, Annie -- Dancers / Costello, Annie -- Feast Days / Costello, Annie -- Big Wind of 1903 / Gorman, Annie -- Great Cricketer / Gorman, Annie -- Local Place Names / Gorman, Annie -- Christmas Customs / Gorman, Annie -- William Smyth / Gorman, Annie -- Names of Weeds / Gorman, Annie -- Local Games / Gorman, Annie -- Funny Story / Gorman, Annie -- Riddles / Fadden, Julia Mac -- Great Floods / Fadden, Julia Mac -- Weeds / Fadden, Julia Mac -- Funny Story / Fadden, Julia Mac -- Tall Yarns / Russell, May -- Famous Local Runner / Russell, May -- Our Local Poet / Russell, May -- St Molaga's Church, Bremore / Russell, May -- Weeds / Russell, May -- Funny Story / Russell, May -- Big Wind of 1839 / Langan, Annie -- Local Cures / Langan, Annie -- Old Houses / Finn, Eileen -- Mr Lynch sang this song for me, it was composed by John Sheils a local poet coming from Bellewstown Races.... -- Family Names / Costello, Annie -- Old Church Ruins / Costello, Annie -- Old Schools / Carey, Mary -- Field Names / Larkin, Jane -- Old Crafts / Larkin, Jane -- Graveyards / Flood, Neta -- Chapel Graveyard / Russell, Mary -- Home Prayers / Russell, Mary -- Prayer / Russell, Mary -- Prayer / Russell, Mary -- Home Prayers / Russell, Mary -- Home Prayers / Murphy, Mary -- Home Prayers / Roy, Margaret -- Home Prayers / Carey, Mary -- Home Prayers / Gorman, Annie -- Home Prayers / Fadden, Julia Mc -- Food In Olden Times / Gorman, Annie -- Leprechaun / Russell, May
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.