DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4758451
title: Cartrún

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Cartrún (school) (Cartronavally, Co. Roscommon), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Cáit, Bean Uí Cheallaigh.
description: My Home District / Guire, Patricia Mac -- Old Marriage Customs / Kelly, Christina -- Iron-Works in Arigna Long Ago / Guire, Patricia Mac -- Basket-Making / Guire, Patricia Mac -- Spencer Harbour / Guihen, John -- Old Convent Near Lake Allen / Guihen, Rose A. -- Making a Rod Basket / Guihen, John -- Rush Candle / Kelly, Christina -- Bread / Guire, Peggy Mac -- Sliabh an Iarainn / Guihen, Rose A. -- O'Carolan - Great Harper and Singer / Guire, Patricia Mac -- Kilronan Cemetery / Kelly, Christina -- Churn / Beirne, Patrick -- St Patrick's Festival / Smith, Annie -- Drowning on Loch Allen / Guihen, John -- Local Cure for a Burn / Kelly, May -- Old Cure for a Sprain / Guihen, Rose A. -- My Favourite Game on a Winter's Night / Kelly, Christina -- Rush Light / Guihen, John -- Sweat-House / Guihen, John -- Local Cures / Kelly, Christina -- Homemade Starch / Smith, Annie -- Local Cure for a Burn / Guihen, John -- Fairies in My District in Olden Times / Beirne, Patrick -- Cure for a Backache / Regan, Kathleen -- Local Cure for Ringworm / Guihern, Michael -- Riddles / Smith, John -- Sweat-Houses in My District Long Ago / Kelly, Christina -- Leprechaun / Smith, Annie -- Local Fairs / Guihen, Rose A. -- Churning / Kelly, Christina -- Oaten Cake / Guire, Peggy Mac -- Old Customs in My District on Halloween / Guihen, Rose A. -- Setting Eggs / Kelly, Christina -- Local Customs in My District on Halloween / Guihen, John -- Local Sayings Regarding Rain / Kelly, Christina -- Spinning in My District / Smith, John -- Old Evening Prayer Which Was Said by the Local People Long Long Ago / Guire, Patricia Mac -- Old Customs in My Locality on May Eve and May Day / Guire, Anne J. Mac -- Drowning on Lake Allen on Good Friday 1837 / Guihen, Rose A. -- How Boots and Shoes Were Made and Repaired in My District Long Ago / Regan, Kathleen -- Old Customs in My District on May Eve and May Day / Kelly, Christina P. -- Old Customs in My District on St Martin's Night / Guire, Patricia Mac -- How Corn is Threshed in My District / Guihen, Rose A. -- Old Story About My Own Graveyard / Beirne, Patrick -- My Own Graveyard / Guihen, Rose A. -- My Own Graveyard / Kelly, Christina -- My Own Graveyard / Guire, Patricia Mac -- Old Customs on Bonfire Night / Guire, Peggy Mac -- Evictions Which Took Place in My District Long Ago / Kelly, Christina -- Hedge-Schools in My District in Former Times / Guihen, John -- Hedge-Schools in My District Long Ago / Guire, Patricia Mac -- Hedge-Schools in My District Long Ago / Kelly, Christina -- Hedge-Schools in My District / Guihen, Rose A. -- Method of Catching Birds in My District During the Snowy Weather / Guihen, John -- Christmas in My District Long Ago / Guihen, Rose A. -- Games Played by Our Ancestors Long Ago / Guihen, John -- Riabhóg Days / Guihen, Rose A.
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.