DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5009108
title: Loughanvally

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Loughanvally (school) (Loughanavally, Co. Westmeath), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Mrs. O'Connor.
description: Hidden Treasure / Egan, Maureen -- Hidden Treasure -- Hidden Treasure -- Hidden Treasure / Kearney Nugent, Oonagh -- Weather-Lore / Rabbit, James / Manus, Mr Mac / Scally, Christy -- Local Heroes / Geoghegan, Helen -- Local Happenings / Manus, Maggie Mac -- Scéalta / Egan, Nancy -- Scéalta / Egan, Maureen -- Scéalta / Geoghegan, N. -- Severe Weather / Egan, Maureen -- Severe Weather / Manus, Maggie Mac -- Severe Weather / Nugent, Oonagh -- Old Schools / Egan, Maureen -- Old Crafts / Clarke, Gerald -- Old Crafts / Scally, Christy -- Mariage Customs / Manus, Maggie Mac -- Marriage Customs / Nugent, Oonagh -- Marriage Customs / Geoghegan, Helen -- Local Place Names / Nugent, Oonagh -- Local Place Names / Egan, Maureen -- Bird-Lore / Scally, Nancy -- Bird-Lore / Egan, Maureen -- Penal Days / Egan, Maureen -- Homemade Toys / Rabbit, Jimmie -- Homemade Toys / Nugent, Oonagh -- Local Cures / Manus, Mairéad Mac -- Local Cures / Nugent, Oonagh -- Local Cures / Egan, Maureen -- Local Cures / Scally, Christy -- The Lore of Certain Days -- Travelling Folk / Nugent, Oonagh -- Travelling Folk / Egan, Maureen -- Travelling Folk / Geoghegan, Helen -- Fairy Forts / Geoghegan, Helen -- Fairy Forts / Nugent, Oonagh -- Fairy Forts / Scally, Christy -- Famine Times / Egan, Maureen -- Games I Play / Egan, Maureen -- Games I Play / Manus, Mairéad Mac -- Games I Play / Nugent, Oonagh -- Local Roads / Clarke, Gerald -- Local Roads / Egan, Maureen -- Local Roads / Geoghegan, Helen -- My Home District / Geoghegan, Helen -- My Home District / Manus, Mairéad Mach -- My Home District / Egan, Maureen -- Holy Wells / Nugent, Oonagh -- Herbs / Nugent, Oonagh -- Herbs / Egan, Maureen -- Herbs / Geoghegan, Helen -- Potato Crop / Nugent, Oonagh -- Potato Crop / Egan, Maura -- Proverbs / Nugent, Oonagh -- Proverbs / Egan, Maureen -- Proverbs / Geoghegan, Helen -- Proverbs / Clarke, Gerald -- Some Old Sayings -- Festival Customs -- Hallow Eve -- Twelve Days of Christmas / Nugent, Oonagh -- Ash Wednesday -- Chalk Sunday -- Good Friday -- Easter Sunday -- Whit Sunday - Whit Monday -- St John's Day -- Lady Day -- St Patrick's Day -- Care of Farm Animals -- Pigs -- Stories / Scally, Christy -- Stories / Nugent, Oonagh -- Stories / Scally, Christy -- Stories -- Stories / Scally, Christy -- Stories -- Calls for Animals -- Settings -- Churning -- Care Of The Feet / Egan, Maureen -- Care of the Feet -- Local Forge / Egan, Maureen -- Clothes / Geoghegan, Helen -- Local Patron Saint / Scally, Christy -- Stories of the Holy Family / Nugent, Oonagh -- Stories of the Holy Family / Geoghegan, Helen -- Stories of the Holy Family / Manus, Mairéad Mac -- Local Fair / Scally, Christy -- Landlord / Egan, Maureen -- Landlord / Clarke, Gerald -- Food in Olden Times / Egan, Maureen -- Food in Olden Times / Manus, Mairéad Mach -- Football and Hurling Matches / Scally, Christy -- Old Irish Story or Tale / Manus, Mairéad Mach -- Old Irish Story or Tale / Scally, Christy -- Old Irish Story or Tale / Egan, Maureen -- Old Story / Geoghegan, Helen -- Old Story / Geoghegan, Helen -- Local Monuments / Egan, Maureen -- Local Monuments / Nugent, Oonagh -- Bread / Nugent, Oonagh -- Buying and Selling / Scally, Christy -- Old Houses / Manus, Mairéad Mac -- Old Story / Geoghegan, Helen -- Old Story / Manus, Mairéad Mach -- Poor Scholar / Geoghegan, Helen -- Three Apples / Nugent, Oonagh -- Old Story / Clarke, G. -- Old Story / Egan, M. -- Old Story / Manus, Maggie Mach -- Old Story / Geoghegan, Helen -- Old Story / Geoghegan, Helen -- Old Story / Scally, Christy -- Old Story / Manus, M. Mac -- Old Story / Geoghegan, Helen -- Leprechaun / Egan, Maureen -- Leprechaun / Scally, C. -- Leprechaun / Geoghegan, Helen -- Mermaids / Geoghegan, Helen -- Local Ruins / Manus, Maggie Mc -- Religious Stories / Egan, Maureen -- Old Graveyards / Egan, Maureen -- Old Graveyards / Manus, Maggie Mc -- Old Graveyards -- Prayers / Nugent, Oonagh -- Emblems and Objects of Value / Nugent, Oonagh -- Emblems and Objects of Value / Egan, Maureen -- Emblems and Objects of Value / Manus, Maggie Mc -- Emblems and Objects of Value -- Story about a Priest / Egan, M. -- Historical Tradition / Egan, Maureen -- Historical Tradition / Manus, Maggie Mc -- Historical Tradition / Scally, C. -- Historical Tradition / Scally, C. -- Historical Tradition / Geoghegan, Helen -- Strange Animals / Nugent, Oonagh -- Strange Animals / Geoghegan, Helen -- Strange Animals / Scally, C.
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.