DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4602749
title: Mastersons

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Mastersons (school) (Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Gobnait de Búit.
description: Manorhamilton / Boyd, D. -- Eastate - The Landlord - Manorhamilton -- Food -- Local Cures -- Religions -- Turkies are harder to rear than any other fowl in a farmyard and get many diseases unknown in any other fowl. -- Wake and Funeral Customs in Leitrim -- Belief in Fairies -- Belief in Fairies -- Belief in Fairies -- Belief in Fairies / #missing, -- Banshee / Boyd, D. -- Hidden Treasure / Boyd, D. -- Weather-Lore -- Rush Candles / Boyd, D. -- Marriage Customs -- Bird-Lore -- Homemade Toys -- Bow and Arrow / Boyd, D. -- Game / Boyd, D. -- Fighting / Boyd, D. -- Crafts -- Songs - Goodbye Johnny Dear -- Song - My Love Nell -- Song - Waste Not, Want Not -- Candle-Making / Boyd, D. -- Beliefs -- Hallow Eve -- Holy Well -- Riddles -- Old School -- Proverbs -- Riddles / Moore, Ethel -- Riddles / Sharpe, Florence -- Riddles / Malley, Georgina O' -- Riddles / David, Una -- Proverbs / Irwin, Ethel -- Proverbs / Beattie, Mary -- Proverbs / Wilson, Gordon -- Proverbs / Moore, Ethel -- Proverbs / Wilson, Joan / Davis, Phyllis -- Weather-Lore / Sharpe, Florence -- Weather-Lore / Malley, Georgina O' / Moore, Ethel -- Weather-Lore / Moore, Ethel / Davis, Phyllis -- Weather-Lore / Beattie, Mary -- Weather-Lore / Wilson, Gordon / Davis, Una / Malley, Walter O' / Golden, John -- Local Cures / Sharpe, Florence -- Local Cures / Moore, Ethel -- Local Cures / Davis, Phyllis / Golden, John -- Toy-Making / Moore, Ethel / Wilson, Gordon -- Crafts - Utensils / Sharpe, Florence -- Homemade Polish / Moore, Ethel -- Whips / Moore, Ethel -- Homemade Toys / Moore, Ethel -- Marriage Customs / Davis, Phyllis -- Marriage Customs / Sharpe, Florence -- Story of a Fairy Fort / Sharpe, Florence -- Banshee / Sharpe, Florence -- Card-Playing / Davis, Una -- Great Walker / Davis, Una -- Great Jumper -- Great Walker / Sharpe, Florence -- Food -- Superstitions / Irwin, Louis -- Superstitions / Irwin, Louis -- Superstitions / Sharpe, Florence -- Superstitions / Malley, Walter O' -- Superstitions / Wilson, Gordon -- Superstitions / Davis, Phyllis -- Superstitions / Moore, Ethel -- Superstitions / Davis, Phyllis -- Stories / Moore, Ethel -- Story of Hidden Treasure / Wilson, Gordon -- The Dobharchú -- Story / Sharpe, William -- Hidden Treasure / Sharpe -- Story / Davis, Phyllis -- Landlord / Davis, Phyllis -- Story / Beattie, Mary -- Story / Beattie, Mary -- Story / Beattie, Mary -- Story / Sharpe, Florence -- Story / Davis, Ena -- Song - The Rocks of Bawn / #missing, -- Riddles / Sharpe, William -- Riddles -- Riddles / Wilson, Gordon -- Riddles / Beatty, Mary -- Riddles / Davis, Phyllis -- Riddles / Malley, Walter O' -- Riddles / Golden, John -- Riddles / Irwin, Louis -- Fairy Forts / Davis, Phyllis -- Fairy Forts / Sharpe -- Fairy Forts / Davis, Ena -- Fairy Forts / Moore, Ethel -- Local Cure / Búit, Gobnait de
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.