DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4658445
title: Ballinamore (B.)

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Ballinamore (B.) (school) (Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Seán Heslin.
description: "It came to my mouth to tell him..." ¶ "(It's) a cure for sore eyes to see you." -- Long ago, a man was coming from card playing. On his way home he had to pass a grave-yard. / Sharkey, Seán -- Story / Hara, Bertie O -- Story / Dolphin, Tommy -- There was once an old man who had a hump on his back. / Kelly, Pat -- Years ago a family named Lowther lived in Riversdale. It was a custom in the house never to make... / Hugh, Padraig Mc -- A man named Pat Magee who lived in a townland up the mountain was very poor. / Turbitt, Antony -- One very dark night as Tom Galligan was coming home from Pat Gaffney's... / McGovern, Francis Michael -- Ghost Story / Hugh, Padraig Mc -- One night a certain man was going home from his céilidhe. As he was going along the road he saw a black form... / Flood, Séan -- On the night of the Big Wind there was a wake in a certain house. The corpse was laid out on the kitchen table. / Flood, Seán -- My mother and another woman were walking along a road one night. It was fairly dark and they had to pass by a fort. / Reynolds, Hugh -- About fifty years ago a man named Mr Mc Cartain went into a wood to cut a tree to make a ladder. / Murphy, Gerard -- There was once a man in Aughatowney who went to gather sticks one winter night. / Crossan, Jerry -- One night about twenty years ago a man was going to Ballinamore on a bicycle. / Dolphin, Seán -- "Seán na gCeann" had a castle on the shores of Lough Scurr. / Dolphin, Seán -- Seán na gCeann Met His Death / Galloghy, Phelim -- A man and his wife had one son. He was always out very late at night. / , Joe Harkin -- One time my great-great-grandmother was spinning in her home at Lisacarn. / Moran, Michael -- One time a gentleman had a wife and a very nice house. They were also very well off. / Turbitt, Antony -- Mr. Kennedy who lived about a mile from us, one Winter night got up and the snow was on the ground. / Murphy, James -- When Elizabeth was Queen of England she had amongst her seravants an Irishman named Shaun na gCeann. / Beirne, Charlie O -- A man got up in the morning early to go to the bog for a few loads of turf. / , Willie Farrell -- I remember some years ago to listen very attentively to a story told to me by my granny relating to a very serious sickness her husband contracted. / Dolan, Peter -- Cures / Hara, Willie O -- During the time of the fairies a woman was milking her cows out on a valley. / Galloghy, Patrick -- Long ago a number of Englishmen came to the Sliabh-anlarainn mountain to look for coal, and iron... / Galloghy, Patrick -- One day long ago a man and his son were out fishing in a boat in Garadice Lough. / Reynolds, Gerard -- Once upon a time there lived a man named Tom Connor. He was an hard working industrious farmer with a wife and six children. / Comerford, Charlie -- Once upon a time there was a man who lost his way. He was walking along a road at twelve o'clock at night... / Harrison, Tommy -- Once upon a time there was a woman who had witchcraft. She had a little orphan boy living in the house with her. / Scollan, Seán -- Lady Hoolahan and the Fairies / Darcy, Tommie -- A man named Peter Fee was going home from town one night very late. / Cartin, Seán Mc -- Once upon a time there lived a man named Bill Cooper. He was a blacksmith and was very fond of drink. / Govern, Francis Michael Mc -- Three Requests / Chroáin, Gerárd Mac an -- Cures etc. / Govern, Francis Michael Mc -- Cures / Scollan, Seán -- Cures / Rowley, William F. -- Cures / Dolan, Peter -- Cures / Reynolds, Hugh -- Cures / Kelly, Pat -- Cures / Dolan, Noël -- Cures / Galloghy, Patrick -- Cures / Farrell, Willie -- Cure of a Stone Bruise / Modhráin, Mícheál Ó -- Cure for a Dog with Fits / Galloghy, Patrick -- Cures / Seery, Michael -- Cures / Crossan, Jerry -- Cures / Dolan, Peter -- Cures / Hugh, Padraig Mc -- Cures for Worms / Eslin, Seán Ó h -- Cures / Darcy, Tommie -- Cure for Chilblains / Partlan, Berney Mc -- Cures / Cartin, Patrick Mc -- Cure for a Sore Cut / Galloghy, Patrick -- Cures / Murphy, James -- Cures / Darcy, Tommie -- Cures / Comerford, Charlie -- Cures / Galloghy, Patrick -- Cure of Sprain / Dolan, Peter -- Cure of Sprain / Dolan, Noël -- Cure for a Stone Bruise / Darcy, Tommie -- Cures / Roddy, Hugh -- Cures / Eslin, Seán Ó h- -- Cures / Dolphin, Seán -- Cures / Beirne, Charlie O -- Cure for Wildfire / Govern, Francis Michael Mc -- Cure for Wildfire / Scollan, Seán -- Cures for Corns / Parthon, Berney Mc -- Cure for the 'White Swelling' / Eslin, Seán Ó h- -- Cures for Epilepsy / Eslin, Seán Ó h- -- Cure for Cow with a Sore Eye / Hara, Willie O -- Cures / Cartin, Patrick Mc -- Cures / Galligan, Peter -- Riddles / Hara, Bertie O -- Riddles / Dolan, Noël -- Riddles / Roddy, Hugh -- Weather-Lore / Flood, Seán -- Weather-Lore / Hugh, Padraig Mc -- Weather-Lore / Moran, Michael -- Weather-Lore / Hara, Bertie O -- Weather-Lore / Hara, Willie O -- Weather-Lore / Govern, Francis Michael Mc -- Weather-Lore / Harkin, Joe -- Weather-Lore / Kelly, Pat -- Weather-Lore / Harrison, Tommy -- Weather-Lore / Gaffney, Phil -- Weather-Lore / Murphy, James -- Riddles / Farrell, Willie -- Riddles / Dolan, Peter -- Riddles / Sharkey, Seán -- Riddles / Reynolds, Gerard -- Riddles / Murphy, James -- Riddles / Dolan, Noël -- Riddles / Dolan, Peter -- Riddles / Beirne, Charlie O -- Riddles / Flood, Seán -- Riddles / Dolan, Noël -- Riddles / Sharkey, Seán -- Riddles / Hara, Willie O -- Riddles / Reynolds, Gerard -- Riddles / Kelly, Pat -- Riddles / Galloghy, Phelim -- Riddles / Rowley, Liam -- Riddles / Farrell, Willie -- Riddles / Dolphin, Tommy -- Riddles / Ghallóglaigh, Pádraic Mac an -- Riddles / Moghráin, Mícheál Ó -- Riddles / Darcy, Thomas -- Riddles / Harkin, Joe -- Riddles / Farrell, Willie -- Riddles / Turbitt, Antony -- Riddles / Galligan, Peter -- Riddles / Dolan, Noël -- Riddles / Dolphin, Tommy -- Riddles / Hugh, Padraig Mc -- Riddles / Dolphin, Tommy -- Riddles / Harkin, Joe -- Riddles / Partlan, Berney Mc -- Riddles / Dolan, Peter -- Riddles / Crossan, Jerry / Hara, Bertie O' -- Riddles / Govern, Francis Michael Mc -- Riddles / Scollan, Seán -- Riddles / Hara, Bertie O -- Riddles / Harrisson, Tobie -- Riddles / Dolphin, Seán -- Riddles / Roddy, Hugh -- Riddles / Reynolds, Hugh -- Riddles / Reynolds, Hugh -- Riddles / Seery, Michael -- Riddles / Beirne, Charlie O -- Riddles / Reynolds, Hugh -- Below is a short poem about the hanging of Roddy... / Farrell, W.
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.