DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4723836
title: Aghmakerr

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Aghmakerr (school) (Aghmakerr, Co. Monaghan), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Peadar Ua Dubhthaigh.
description: Long ago the people of Ireland made bullmilk when the ordinary milk was scarce. / Murtagh, Peggy -- One day when I was sitting at the fire an old man named Arthur Livingston came to our door. / Daly, Maggie -- Some people especially old women are very superstitious. / Duffy, Sheila O' -- Long ago in Ireland the people had many parties and feasts especially when there was a wedding. / Murtagh, Peggy -- One time there were two boys named James and John. / Duffy, Sheila O' -- A long time ago a poor man and woman lived together. / Daly, Maggie -- In olden times the people of Ireland made Boxty Bread. / Murtagh, Peggy -- One time there was a man and woman living together on the side of a mountain. / Murtagh, Peggy -- Many old stories have been handed down to us about Saint Patrick's journeying through this country. / Duffy, Sheila O' -- One time a man and woman lived together very happily. / Daly, Maggie -- It is traditional that when the Danes were in Ireland they could make very good whiskey out of heather. / Duffy, Sheila O' -- Long ago when there was no starch for clothes, the people made starch of their own. / Murtagh, Peggy -- One time there was a Scotchman, an Englishman, and an Irishman seeking for work. / Duffy, Sheila O' -- There is a small rock at Robert Harrisons, Readuff, Laragh P.O., Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan. / Daly, Maggie -- It is said that when Oliver Cromwell and his cruel soldiers were in Ireland they ruthlessly destroyed a church situated along Lough Eagish shore. / Duffy, Sheila O' -- One time an Irishman, an Englishman, and a Scotchman stole a cow, an ass and a cart. / Daly, Maggie -- One wintry day a farmer was fixing slates on his house after a heavy windstorm. / Murtagh, Peggy -- A long time ago an Irishman, an Englishman and a Scotchman were sitting on a bridge one cold frosty evening. / Daly, Maggie -- One Sunday morning a Priest and a Minister met in a very narrow lane. / Murtagh, Peggy -- A long time ago there lived an old woman in old ruins in the townland of Readuff. / Duffy, Sheila O' -- One time a man from Farney was working in Africa along with some other boys. / Daly, Maggie -- There are many stories told of cures for diseases. / Murtagh, Peggy -- There are all ruins in the townland of Readuff which belong to Francis Deery, Aghmakerr, Loughmourne P.O., Castleblayney, County Monaghan. / Duffy, Sheila O' -- One night while John Mac Hugh of Readuff, Laragh P.O., Castleblayney, County Monaghan was returning home from a wake, he saw a wee fairy woman sitting in old walls belonging to Francis Deery. / Duffy, Sheila O' -- One time there was an old scutcher living in the townland of Readuff, Laragh P. O., Castleblayney, County Monaghan, beside a mill which belonged to a man called Robert Harrison. / Duffy, Sheila O' -- There is a bush out by itself in a field of John Mac Hughs of Readuff, Laragh P.O. Castleblayney, County Monaghan. / Duffy, Sheila O' -- One night James Fealy, Laragh, Castleblayney, County Monaghan was returning home. / Duffy, Sheila O' -- What walks with its head down?
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.