DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4922008
title: Duxtown, Rathkeale

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Duxtown, Rathkeale (school) (Duckstown, Co. Limerick), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Agnes O' Grady.
description: Hidden Treasure / Cathasaigh, Cáith Ní -- Hidden Treasure / Doherty, Patsy -- Hidden Treasure / Gráda, Eibhlís Ní -- Funny Story / Gráda, Éibhlís Ní -- Collection of Riddles / Concubhair, Seán Ó -- Weather-Lore / Grádhaigh, Éibhlís Ní -- Weather-Lore / Coisteabhla, Séan -- Local Heroes -- Local Heroes - Ballyallinan and Ballywintrourke District / Doherty, Michael -- Local Heroes - Ballyea District / Fráthaile, Cáit Ní -- Severe Weather / Fráthaile, Cáit Ní -- Local Heroes / Cathasaigh, Seán Ó / Gráda, Eibhlís Ní -- I have heard of very strong men... -- Old Schools / Gráda, Eibhlís Ní -- Local Marriage Customs / Grádaig, Eibhlís Ní -- Herbs - A Story of Biddy Early / Gráda, Eibhlís Ní -- Habits of the People / Gráda, Eibhlís Ní -- Habits of the People -- Travelling Folk / Gráda, Eibhlís Ní -- Croppy Boys -- Herbs / Frawlry, Pat -- Local Heroes / Cathasaigh, Cáith Ní -- Local Fairs / Casey, Michael -- Games We Play / Concubhair, Seán O -- Homemade Toys - A Daisy Chain / Fráthaile, Cáit Ní -- Homemade Toys - A Homemade Doll / Fráthaile, Cáit Ní -- Homemade Toys - Another Homemade Doll / Fráthaile, Cáit Ní -- Homemade Toys - Another Homemade Whistler / Fráthaile, Cáit Ní -- Homemade Toys - A Homemade Doll / Coistealbha, Seán Ó -- Homemade Toys - Homemade Spinning Tops / Fráthaile, Cáit Ní -- Homemade Toys - A Flog-Gun / Fráthaile, Cáit Ní -- Homemade Toys - A Homemade Pipe / Fráthaile, Cáit Ní -- Homemade Toys - A Homemade Crib / Coisteabhla, Séan -- Shooting of Major Hare at Mount Henry Rathkeale / Gráda, Eibhlís Ní -- O Grady's Rock / Cathasaig, Seán Ó -- My Grandmother's Story / Cathasaigh, Seán Ó -- Collection of Prayers / Gráda, Eibhlís Ní -- Fairy Forts in Duxtown and Adjoining Townlands - Sheahan's Fort Ballyea / Cathasaigh, Cáith Ní -- Fairy Forts in Duxtown and Adjoining Townlands - Chawkes Fort / Dore, Patrick -- Fairy Forts in Duxtown and Adjoining Townlands - O'Connor's Fort / Fráthaile, Cáit Ní -- Fairy Forts in Duxtown and Adjoining Townlands - The Dead Passage / Fráthaile, Cáit Ní -- Fairy Forts in Duxtown and Adjoining Townlands - A Story of a Fort / Cathasaigh, Seán O -- Fairy Forts in Duxtown and Adjoining Townlands - Heffernan's Fort / Cathasaig, Seán Ó -- Fairy Forts in Duxtown and Adjoining Townlands - O Donnell's Fort -- Fairy Forts in Duxtown and Adjoining Townlands - Chawke's Fort / Dóghair, Íde Ní -- Fairy Forts in Duxtown and Adjoining Townlands - O Donnell's Fort / Doherty, Patsy -- Fairy Forts in Duxtown and Adjoining Townlands - Power's Forts / Doherty, Patsy -- Fairy Forts in Duxtown and Adjoining Townlands - Fitzgearlds Fort / Kelly, Kitty -- Fairy Forts in Duxtown and Adjoining Townlands - Moylan's Fort / Coisteabla, Bríghid Ní -- Fairy Forts in Duxtown and Adjoining Townlands - O'Grady's Fort / Doherty, Patsy -- Fairy Forts in Duxtown and Adjoining Townlands - Heffernan's Fort / Dowling, Bridget -- Fairy Forts in Duxtown and Adjoining Townlands - Power's Fort / Frawley, Patrick -- Fairy Forts in Duxtown and Adjoining Townlands - Mansell's Fort / Frawley, Kitty -- Hurling Many Years Ago / Casey, Séan -- Travelling Folk / Casey, Seán -- Buying and Selling / Casey, Seán -- Lives of the People -- Old Crafts / Cathasaigh, Cáith Ní -- Old Crafts / Coistealbha, Seán Ó -- Duxtown Wakes / Cathasaigh, Cáith Ní -- Strange Story / Frathaile, Cáit Ní -- Churning / Doherty, Patsy -- Substitutes for Turf - Bótháin / Cathasaig, Cáith Ní -- Homemade Starch / Fráthaile, Cáit Ní -- Floors and Building Mortar / Fráthaile, Cáit Ní -- Homespun Sheets / Fráthaile, Cáit Ní -- Homemade Quilts -- Old Crafts / Frawley, Patrick -- Homemade Lamp / Cathasaigh, Seán Ó -- Lore of Certain Days - In Duxton / Cathasaigh, Cáith Ní -- Lore of the Moon / Fráthaile, Cáit Ní -- Lore of the Moon / Cathasaigh, Cáith Ní -- Lore of the Moon / Coisteabla, Brighid Ní -- Piseoga - My Grandmothers Story / Dore, Patrick -- Piseoga - Butter Buried in a Garden / Frathaile, Cáit Ní -- Piseoga - Raw Meat Put in a Meadow / Doherty, Michael -- Piseoga - Raw Meat Buried in Garden / Cathasaigh, Micéal O -- Piseoga - May Eve / Cathasaig, Seán Ó -- Piseoga - To Take the Produce of the Land / Fráthaile, Cáit Ní -- Piseoga - To Take the Produce of the Land / Cathasaigh, Cáith Ní -- Piseoga - To Take the Produce of the Land / Fráthaile, Cáit Ní -- Piseoga - To Take the Produce of the Land / Cathasig, Cáith Ní -- Local Place Names / Cathasaigh, Cáith Ní -- Ghosts of Duxtown - A Duxtown Ghost Story / Dogmair, Ide Ní -- Ghosts of Duxtown - A Strange Tale -- Ghosts of Duxtown - A Strange Story / Dore, Patrick -- Ghosts of Duxtown - Another Strange Tale -- Ghosts of Duxtown - One of James Clancy's Stories / Cathasaigh, Cáith Ní -- Ghosts of Duxtown - The Headless Coach / Cathasaigh, Cáith Ní -- Ghosts of Duxtown - The Haunted Orchards / Cathasaigh, Cáith Ní -- Ghosts of Duxworth - Springmount Spirit / Cathasaigh, Seán Ó -- Ghosts of Duxtown - The Dead Hunt / Frawley, Kitty -- Tale of Butter-Making / Dowling, Bridget -- Ghosts of Duxtown - A Strange Sight / Dore, Patrick -- Ghosts of Duxtown - A Ghost Story / Frawley, Patrick -- Ghosts of Duxtwon - Cartey's Dog / Dógair, Íde Ní
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.