DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4770004
title: St John of God Convent, Rathdowney

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from St John of God Convent, Rathdowney (school) (Rathdowney, Co. Laois), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher The Sisters.
description: Hidden Treasure / Butler, Kathleen -- Court of Castlefleming / Costigan, Sadie -- Moate Rath - Hidden Treasure / Harte, Mary -- Hidden Treasure / Brophy, Lillie -- Local Heroes / Fogarty, Mary -- Drag Hunts / Maher, Teresa -- Local Heroes / Harte, Mary -- Local Heroes / Costigan, Sadie -- Local Heroes / Maher, Teresa -- Festival Customs / Dowling, Sally -- Christmas Customs -- St Stephen's Day -- New Year's Day -- Little Xmas Day -- Valentine's Day -- St Patrick's Day -- Shrove Tuesday -- May Day -- 29th June -- Easter Saturday -- Hansel Monday -- Month of May / Howard, Kitty -- St Martin's Eve -- Michaelmas Day - Sept. 29th -- All Souls Day - Nov. 2nd -- Holy Wells - Saint Kieran's Well / Costigan, Sadie -- Historical Events -- Historical Events - Penal Days - Galmoy / Fogarty, Mary -- Penal Days / Butler, Kathleen -- Penal Days / Harte, Mary -- Food in Olden Times / Harte, Mary -- Food in Olden Times / Howard, Kitty -- Food in Olden Times / Sheil, Kathleen -- Food in Olden Times / Tighe, Alice -- Cures in Olden Times - Sore Eyes -- Cures in Olden Times - Sore Throat -- Cures in Olden Times - Thrush -- Cures in Olden Times - Boils -- Cures in Olden Times - Sprained Ankle -- Cures in Olden Times - Gall Stones -- Cures in Olden Times - Rheumatism -- Cures in Olden Times - Kidney Trouble -- Cures in Olden Times - Dropsy -- Cures in Olden Times - Lung Trouble -- Cures in Olden Times - Warts -- Cures in Olden Times - Swellings / Costigan, S. -- Cures in Olden Times - Burns / Costigan, Sadie -- Cures in Olden Times - Chilblains -- Cures Attributed to Certain Families / Harte, Mary -- Cures Attributed to Certain Families -- Cures Attributed to Certain Families / Costigan, Sadie -- Cures in Olden Times - Ring Worm -- Cures in Olden Times - Wild Fire -- Cures in Olden Times - Ringworm -- Cures in Olden Times - Warts -- Cures in Olden Times - Burns -- Cures in Olden Times - Headache -- Cures in Olden Times - Earache -- Cures in Olden Times - Worms -- Cures in Olden Times - Asthma -- Cures in Olden Times - Hives / Howard, Kitty -- Cures in Olden Times - Constipation -- Cures in Olden Times - Consumption -- Cures in Olden Times - Bunions -- Cures in Olden Times - To Purify Blood -- Cures in Olden Times - Gout -- Cures in Olden Times - To Prevent Infection -- Cures in Olden Times - Whitlow -- Cures in Olden Times - Bite of Dog -- Cures in Olden Times - Toothache -- Cures in Olden Times - Lungs -- Cures in Olden Times - Sore Throat -- Marriage Customs / Tighe, Alice -- Marriage Customs -- Match in the Making / Maher, Teresa -- Marriage Customs / Daly, Maureen -- Marriage Customs / Harte, Mary -- Marriage Customs / Harte, Teresa -- Funny Stories / Conroy, Kathleen -- Funny Stories / Maher, Teresa -- Funny Stories / Fogarty, Mary -- Funny Stories / Flynn, Aileen -- Funny Stories / Howard, Kitty -- Funny Stories -- Funny Stories -- Funny Stories -- Funny Stories -- Funny Stories / Butler, Kathleen -- Funny Stories -- Funny Stories -- Funny Stories -- Funny Stories / Bray, Kathleen -- Funny Stories -- Candle-Making -- Great Thatchers -- Basket-Making -- Basket-Making -- Spinning and Weaving / Howard, Kitty -- Spinning Flax -- Quilting -- Flour Mills -- Lime-Kilns -- Coach Building -- Rope-Making -- Churns -- Hedge-Schools -- Potato Digging -- Potato Digging -- St Patrick's Day -- Ruins of a Church -- Bone-Setters -- Witchcraft -- Beet Factory -- 12th July -- My father would make baskets by putting... -- Dancing Master -- Local Giant -- Rathdowney -- Ruins in Rathpiper -- Ballybuggy - St Brigid's Bush -- Clonburren -- Clonmeen -- Erril - St Kieran's Monastery -- St Kieran's Tree -- Ruins of St Kieran's Church -- Castlefleming Heath -- Errill Wayside Cross -- Herbs and Weeds -- Churning -- Local Weather-Lore -- Penal Days - Pit Chapels -- Landlords -- Evictions -- Flying Horse - Story -- Lucky Boots - Story -- Names of Fields / Costigan, Sadie / Fitzpatrick, Bridie -- Bean Sí -- Fairies -- Rath at the Mill -- Rath on Knockiel -- Mass Rocks - Knockiel Quarry -- Rath in Castlefleming Errill -- Story of an Angel -- Clover Field - Church St. -- Rath at Ballycoolid -- Corcoran and the Fairies / Fitzgerald, Bridie -- Gorman and the Cards -- Bean Sí -- 'Blackthorn' Shirts Made from Flax -- Arrest of Rev. Fr Feehan CC - Rathdowney / Fitzpatrick, Bridie -- Echo from Rathdowney of the Battle of Carrickshock, Co.Kilkenny / Fitzpatrick, Bridie -- Forges in Rathdowney District -- Buying and Selling -- Local Forge / Costigan, Sadie -- Buying and Selling / Dowling, Sally -- Famine '47 and '48 / Costigan, Sadie -- Irish Wake / Harte, Mary
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.