DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4922114
title: Killmallock Convent School

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Killmallock Convent School (school) (Kilmallock, Co. Limerick), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher An tSr. Dimpna.
description: Funny Story -- The Serpent of the Galtees / Coughlan, D. -- Riddles Heard Locally / Connor, Maureen O' -- Something Big - A Funny Story / Cahill, Sheila -- Old Prayers / Power, P. -- Cill Mocheallóg / Grady, Moira O' -- Ghost Story / Connor, Maureen O' -- Legend of Ballingaddy Lake / Connor, Eileen O' -- Weather Signs (Rain) / Barrett, Bridie -- Old Prayers / Sheedy, Bridie -- Hurling - 50 Years Ago / Sheedy, Maureen -- Old Ballingaddy Team -- Tales of St Patrick / Coughlan, Denis -- Legends of St Patrick / Coughlan, Denis -- Greyhounds - Ghost Story / Savage, Mary -- Food in the Olden Times / Riordan, Kathleen -- Fairies / Connor, Kathleen O' -- Fairies of Knocksouna -- Spend and God Will Send / Connell, Eileen O' -- Tale of the Sí Gaoithe -- Old Woman in the Castle / Hanley, Kitty -- Funny Story / Cronin, Flora -- Ghost Story / Carthy, Nora Mc -- Local Marriage Customs / Savage, Mary -- Severe Weather / Sheedy, Annie -- Kilmallock's Historic Buildings - The Abbey -- Kilmallock Chalice -- Kilmallock Castle -- St Peter and Paul's Church, Kilmallock -- Kilmallock's Old Schools -- Weather-Lore -- Local Fairs / Carthy, Nora Mc -- Place Names -- Proverbs Used Locally / Hanley, Kitty -- Proverbs Used Locally / Savage, Mary -- Praties and Point / Grady, Moira O' -- Similes Used Locally / Riordan, Kathleen -- Local Tailors / Mitchell, Helen -- Weather-Lore / Irwin, Anne -- Local Cures / Wingfield, Maud -- Local Games -- Sally -- Colours -- Four Corners -- I'm up in Your Highland -- Sea Shells / Flynn, Delia -- Tig / Finn, Breda -- Lady Aston and the Priest at Ballyorgan -- Priest and the Cow / Savage, Mary -- Biddy Early / Sheedy, Maureen -- Local Customs / Connell, Eily O' -- Mowers and the Weasels -- Local Wells / Hanley, Kitty -- Tales of St Patrick -- Tale of the Sí Gaoithe / Finn, Breda -- Fenian Rising in Kilmallock -- Bird-Lore / Sheedy, Maureen -- Farmer's Wife and the Chickens / Connell, Eileen O' -- Local Omens -- Story of St Patrick / Connor, Kathleen O' -- St Patrick's and His Brogues / Connor, Kathleen O' -- Cnoc na Fírinne -- Tales of Knockfierna / Mitchell, Helen -- The Knitting Woman and Tom the Piper -- St Patrick and the Robber / Savidge, Mary -- Knockfierna / Mitchell, Helen -- Tales of Lough Gur -- Duel at Lisduane / Armitage, Ethna -- Our Lord and the Drunkard / Armitage, Ethna -- Forge at Ballynoe / Riordan, Kathleen -- Cow that Spoke / Connor, Kathleen O' -- Origins of Pigs, Cats and Mice! / Savidge, Mary -- Gobán Saor -- Great Mower -- Great Thresher / Savidge, Mary -- Fairy Football Match -- Local Landlord -- Detraction and Its Punishment -- The Pike-Maker at Glen Oisín / Connor, Kathleen O' -- Spinning Woman from Kilfiny / Connor, Kathleen O' -- Owen Cronin Wickerworker and the Fairies / Connor, Kathleen O' -- The Fenians of '67 in Kilmallock / Sheedy, Maureen -- Why the Tinker Always Wanders -- Last of the Geraldines - Drama
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.