DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5008822
title: Naomh Maolmaodhóg, Dúndealgan

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Naomh Maolmaodhóg, Dúndealgan (school) (Dundalk, Co. Louth), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher S. Ó Máirtín.
description: Without title -- Pin Factory / Crossan, Oliver -- About a mile from Dundalk on the Ardee Road there is a place called Cambruicville... / Crossan, Oliver -- If a person has whopping cough he should pass under the stomach of a piebald horse... / Crossan, Oliver -- About the year 1740 a number of priests on the run were passing through the Demesne... / Crossan, Oliver -- When wild geese go back to the sea, good weather is coming. / Cooney, John -- When a large number of seagulls settle in a field it is a sign that there is bad weather coming. / Cooney, John -- When the majority of a herd of cows lie down in a field, there is going to be rain. / Cooney, John -- When a cat turns his tail to the fire in the morning there is going to be rain through the day. / Cooney, John -- In the country it is considered lucky to be married on a Wednesday... / Cooney, John -- To cure a stye on your eye go into a pigsty three times... / Cooney, John -- To cure a whopping cough wear a red ribbon (round your neck) given to you by your godfather or godmother. / Cooney, John -- It is said that if you kill a weasel your fowl will be killed. / Cooney, John -- To cure a whooping cough, eat a piece of bread, butter and sugar given to you by a woman who married a man of the same name. / Cooney, John -- If you exterminate crickets from your house you will have bad luck. / Cooney, John -- There was a man called Sharkey who used to frequent an inn at Bellurgan called "The Blue Anchor". / Cooney, John -- Here is a rhyme concerning marriages. / Cooney, John -- At a place called Fane Valley there is a thatcher called Paddy Biggs... / Cooney, John -- Pirate Byrne's Treasure / Gaughran, Bernard -- Swallows flying high means that there will be good weather, / Gaughran, Bernard -- If Candlemas Day is bright and clear, we may expect a wet summer. / Gaughran, Bernard -- When old people's corns are sore we may expect rain. / Gaughran, Bernard -- When the sky is red at sunset there will be good weather the following day. / Gaughran, Bernard -- If swallows "count your teeth" (come close to your face as to look into your mouth) you will die within the year. / Gaughran, Bernard -- If you eat "soill as tra" (flaggers or leaves of yellow iris) you will acquire a stammer. / Gaughran, Bernard -- Fresh cow dung applied to a stone bruise or erysipelas will cure some. / Gaughran, Bernard -- A child born on Whit Sunday will have the "evil blow", that is, a stone thrown from his hand will prove fatal. / Gaughran, Bernard -- When you feel your ears hot you are being talked about. / Cooney, John -- If you break a looking glass you will have seven years bad luck. / Cooney, John -- If you see a moth flying about your house you will have a letter coming to you. / Cooney, John -- If a picture falls in your house there will be a death within the year. / Cooney, John -- If your left palm itches you will receive money... / Cooney, John -- If you feel your eyes itchy it means that there is sorrow coming to you. / Cooney, John -- A black cat means good luck. / Cooney, John -- If your nose is itchy you will be in a fight. / Cooney, John -- If you put a fallen tooth under a stone you will get money. / Cooney, John -- If a spark comes out of the fire you will receive some money. / Cooney, John -- If you have sores on your head wear a cap made of ivy leaves. / Cooney, John -- If a dog eats grass or a cat scrapes wood there is sure to be rain. / Cooney, John -- A circle round the moon is a sign of rain. / Gyles, Charles -- If a person has warts on any part of his body he should get a long straw and put as many knots on it as there are warts. / Crossan, Oliver -- About a mile outside Dundalk there is a park called the Deer Park and in it there is a cave. / Gyles, Charles -- If a cock stands on one leg there s sure to be rain. / Cooney, John -- To see a cock crowing in through an closed window is bad luck. / Cooney, John -- To cure hiccoughs think of the elevation of the chalice. / Cooney, John -- When stars are close together there is sure to be rain. / Grath, Thomas Mc -- Long ago when a person had measles, the woman of the house put three onions on a table beside the bed of the sick person... / Grath, Thomas Mac -- Games -- Fairy Story / Kenna, James Mc -- Hidden Treasure / Evoy, John Joe Mc -- Asses milk will cure whooping cough. / Cooney, John -- Dandelion juice will cure warts. / Cooney, John -- White river froth cures warts. / Cooney, John -- To cure fits in a dog put water on his head or cut his tail. / Cooney, John -- Treasure at Clogherhead / Cooney, John -- Fairies of Fane Valley / Cooney, John -- If you bathe on Whit Sunday you are sure to be drowned. / Gaughran, Bernard -- A horse hair (of the tail) if left for nine days in water becomes an eel. / Gaughran, Bernard -- It is unlucky to see the new moon through glass. / Gaughran, Bernard -- Blood stains on a window pane mean a death to the house. / Gaughran, Bernard -- The chirp of a bird chased from his nest is a cursing of his disturber. / Gaughran, Bernard -- The best salmon of the year's first catch should be given to the Parish Priest as a thanks offering. / Gaughran, Bernard -- Human hair should not be burned but should be stuck into a hole in a wall or a hole in an outhouse. / Gaughran, Bernard -- If you throw a clew or ball of thread into a lime kiln on Hallow Eve night in the name of the devil... / Gaughran, Bernard -- You should throw a fallen tooth over your left shoulder. / Gaughran, Bernard -- If you pull three spines out of a live hedgehog with your teeth you will never suffer from the toothache. / Gaughran, Bernard -- A black cat running across a road is a sign of an accident. / Gaughran, Bernard -- If wild ducks build their nests on the edge of a lake it means fine weather and if they build high on the banks it means bad weather. / Gaughran, Bernard -- If you are sick on Whit Sunday you will be sick all the year round. / Gaughran, Bernard -- If you throw salt at the root of a tree it will fall within the year. / Gaughran, Bernard -- It is bad luck to cut toe nails on Sunday. / Gaughran., Bernard -- I is bad luck to sow on Sunday. / Gaughran, Bernard -- To soothe nettle stings rub a Dockin Leaf on the part of the body where the sting is... / Gaughran, Bernard -- If you throw water out through a window it brings rain. / Gaughran, Bernard -- It is bad luck to open an umbrella in a house. / Gaughran, Bernard -- It is bad luck to bring hawthorn into a house. / Gaughran, Bernard -- If you fall in a graveyard some of your relations will soon die. / Gaughran, Bernard -- If a chicken has the pip, put him in a box with a hole in it and put the box under a grate with a lighted fire... / Gaughran, Bernard -- If there is a blue flame in the fire there is going to be a storm. / Grimes, Patrick -- Poor Donkey / Neill, Noel O -- When a person has the mumps he must get the winkers of a horse and have them put on his head. / Neill, Noel O' -- If the hair on a boys head begins to fall he must get the marrow out of a bone and rub it on his head... / Neill, Noel O' -- Story of the Bush / Copas, John -- If a child has a sore throat he should fill a stocking full of hot salt and tie it around his neck when he is going to bed... / Grimes, Patrick -- If a child has a sore throat he should fill a stocking full of hot salt and tie it around his neck when he is going to bed... / Grimes, Patrick -- If a child has a sore throat he should fill a stocking full of hot salt and tie it around his neck when he is going to bed... / Grimes, Patrick -- Funny Story / Grimes, Patrick -- Funny Story / Grimes, Patrick -- Funny Story / Grimes, Patrick -- Funny Story / Boland, Bernard -- Old Cures / Loughran, Seamus -- Local Happenings / Loughran, Seamus -- Once upon a time a protestant man who lived a few miles out side Ardee dies of a sudden illness. / Loughran, Seamus -- Cuchulainn's Mount / Ballantine, James -- When a dog eats grass there is sure to be rain. / Mahon, William Mc -- A red sky at night is a sign that the next day will be dry and sunny... / Mahon, William Mc -- One day there were three fellows going to be hanged. / Keever, John Joseph Mc -- There is a field in Dromisk and there is a cave in it. / Keever, John Joseph Mc -- A few years ago there were two men names Mr Woods, and Mr Lamb. / Goughran, Patrick -- Hidden Treasure / Hardy, John -- Old Customs / Artain, Patrick Mac -- Local Happenings / Artain, Patrick Mac -- Old Cures / Artain, Patrick Mac -- Games / Artain, Patrick Mac -- Old Cures / Bellew, James -- Bird-Lore / Bellew, James -- Old Customs / Bellew, James -- Bird-Lore / Crossan, Eddie -- Cures / Hughes, Peadar -- Local Happenings / Hughes, Peadar -- Bird-Lore / Hughes, Peadar -- Story / Crossan, Edward -- Old Trades / Crossan, Edward -- Cures / Crossan, Edward -- Local Happenings / Slavin, Patrick -- There is a field in Dromiskin and there is a cave in it. / Keever, John Joseph Mc -- One day there were three fellows going to be hanged. / Keever, John Joseph Mc -- Cures / Hughes, Henry -- Bird-Lore / Hughes, Henry -- Old Trades / Matthews, Thomas -- Old Customs / Matthews, Thomas -- Hidden Treasure -- Old Trades / Heeney, Patrick -- Dirty Mouth (Or Thrush) / Martin, Brendan -- Rose (Erysipelas) / Martin, Brendan -- Sciatica / Martin, Brendan
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.