DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4742024
title: Castlecomer (B.)

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Castlecomer (B.) (school) (Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher D. Ó Riada.
description: In the Penal days... / Quinn, Joseph -- Hidden Treasures / Quinn, Joseph -- Yarn / Quinn, Joseph -- Disobeying Leads to Misfortune / Quinn, Joseph -- Dandelion Cure / Quinn, Joseph -- Christmas Night / Quinn, Joseph -- Queer Story / Quinn, Joseph -- Converting / Quinn, Joseph -- Once upon a time there was a Catholic... / Quinn, Joseph -- Funny Story / Quinn, Joseph -- Goblins / Quinn, Joseph -- Fairy Pass / Quinn, Joseph -- Old Church / Quinn, Joseph -- Curse / Quinn, Joseph -- Fairy's Friend / Quinn, Joseph -- Hanging Place / Quinn, Joseph -- Yeo Men / Quinn, Joseph -- Ghost Story / Quinn, Joseph -- Nerves / Quinn, Joseph -- Devils Playing Cards / Quinn, Joseph -- Devil Dancing / Quinn, Joseph -- Funny Story / Quinn, Joseph -- Paddy and the American / Quinn, Joseph -- Paddy and the Doctors / Quinn, Joseph -- Ball of Fire / Quinn, Joseph -- Funny Story / Quinn, Joseph -- Signs of Rain / Quinn, Joseph -- Signs of Snow / Quinn, Joseph -- Mix Up / Quinn, Joseph -- Funny Stories / Quinn, Joseph -- Well Covered with Water / Quinn, Joseph -- Why the Robin has a Red Breast / Quinn, Joseph -- Kilgoney / Quinn, Joseph -- Funny Stories / Quinn, Joseph -- Yarns / Quinn, Joseph -- Superstitions / Quinn, Joseph -- Chain Prayer / Quinn, Joseph -- Ghost Stories / Quinn, Joseph -- One time there was a woman in the hospital who loved potatoes,... / Quinn, Joseph -- One time there was a dead man in the hospital... / Quinn, Joseph -- Paid to Make Sorrow -- Good Trick / Quinn, Joseph -- Buried Alive / Quinn, Joseph -- O'Brennans / Quinn, Joseph -- Historic Places / Brennan, Robert -- Boher Kyle / Brennan, Robert -- Sraid Ultach / Brennan, Robert -- In the park there are the ruins... / Brennan, Robert -- Hiding Places / Brennan, Robert -- Cromwell / Brennan, Robert -- Croppie's Grave / Brennan, Robert -- Townlands / Brennan, Robert -- Funny Stories / Brennan, Robert -- Local Poetry / Brennan, Robert -- Old Roads / Brennan, Robert -- Haunted Houses / Brennan, Robert -- Ghost Stories / Brennan, Robert -- Cures / Brennan, Robert -- Raths / Brennan, Robert -- Little Castle / Brennan, Robert -- Columcille's Prophesies / Brennan, Robert -- Bridges / Brennan, Robert -- How Animals are Called / Brennan, Robert -- Signs of Weather / Conway, Fintan -- Raths / Conway, Fintan -- Old Churches / Conway, Fintan -- Old Castles / Conway, Fintan -- Brídeog / Conway, Fintan -- Signs / Conway, Fintan -- Customs at Wakes / Conway, Fintan -- Well / Conway, Fintan -- Cures / Conway, Fintan -- Rath / Conway, Fintan -- In Mayhora there is a big hill... / Conway, Fintan -- Usual Kind of Houses / Conway, Fintan -- Games at Cross-Roads and at Certain Places / Conway, Fintan -- Way to Call Animals / Conway, Fintan -- How to Play Meg / Conway, Fintan -- Townlands / Conway, Fintan -- St Patrick / Conway, Fintan -- It is said that during the War in 1914. / Conway, Fintan -- Parnell / Conway, Fintan -- Old Sayings / Conway, Fintan -- Cures / Devlin, Patrick -- Famine / Devlin, Patrick -- Funny Stories / Devlin, Patrick -- Fairies and Raths / Devlin, Patrick -- Headless Coach / Devlin, Patrick -- Lodge / Devlin, Patrick -- Raths / Devlin, Patrick -- Cures / Devlin, Patrick -- Fair Day / Devlin, Patrick -- Birds / Devlin, Patrick -- Corncrake / Devlin, Patrick -- Place Names / Devlin, Patrick -- Townlands / Devlin, Patrick -- How Animals are Called / Devlin, Patrick -- Weather Signs / Devlin, Patrick -- Dysart / Devlin, Patrick -- Marriage Customs / Devlin, Patrick -- Penal Days / Devlin, Patrick -- Bear of Clashduff / Devlin, Patrick -- Wells / Devlin, Patrick -- Lime-Kilns / Devlin, Patrick -- Prayers / Devlin, Patrick -- The Blessed Euchrist was stolen... / Owens, C. -- Old Stories / Owens, C. -- Cures / Owens, C. -- Famine / Owens, C. -- Old Story / Owens, C. -- Ghost Stories / Owens, C. -- Superstitions / Owens, C. -- Country Houses / Owens, C. -- Fair Day / Owens, C. -- Prayers / Owens, C. -- St Patrick / Owens, C. -- Three Shovels / Owens, C. -- Sleeping Beauty / Owens, C. -- Funny Story / Moran, J. -- Fields / Moran, J. -- Cures / Moran, J. -- THe Monument Bush / Moran, J. -- Strange Men / Moran, J. -- Weather Signs / Moran, J. -- Magpies / Moran, J. -- Poem / Moran, J. -- Craft / Neilll, Patrick O' -- Old Churches / Neill, Patrick O' -- Nest Robbing / Neill, Patrick O' -- Raths / Neill, Patrick O' -- Proverbs - "Kit Joyces Sacrament" / Neill, Patrick O' -- How to Call Animals / Neill, Patrick O' -- Old Sayings / Neill, Patrick O' -- Fairy Flag / Neill, Patrick O' -- Ghost Story / Neill, Patrick O' -- Old Wells / Neill, Patrick O' -- Stories / Brennan, John -- Song of '98 / Brennan, John -- Dan Langton of the Colliery... / Brennan, John -- Ruins / Brennan, John -- Cures / Brennan, John -- Drapers / Brennan, John -- O'Brennans / Brennan, John -- A woman named Bess Mc Gowan once lived where Captain Gahan lives now. / Brennan, John -- Henry Talley or the "Little Ex-Soldier" as he is called,... / Brennan, John -- Country Houses / Brennan, John -- Weather Signs / Close, Thomas -- Birds / Close, Thomas -- Cures / Close, Thomas -- Ghost Stories / Close, Thomas -- Funny Stories / Close, Thomas -- Mass Paths / Close, Thomas -- Games on Cross-Roads / Close, Thomas -- Animals / Close, Thomas -- Country Houses / Close, Thomas -- Ruins of Old Houses / Close, Thomas -- Riddles -- Weather Signs -- Cures
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.