DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5008921
title: Dunboyne (C.)

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Dunboyne (C.) (school) (Dunboyne, Co. Meath), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Seosaimhín Ní Chonmidhe.
description: Cures -- Loughsallagh Graveyard / Kelly, M. -- Wake Games and Customs -- Weather-Lore -- The Tolka was navigable in former years as far as Bennetstown... -- My grandfather if were alive to-day would be 85 years old. / Kelly, Molly -- There was a chapel in the far-green and the Yeomen burned it down... / Kelly, Molly -- Customs / Flanagan, Maura -- Graveyards / Dillon, Maura -- Holy Well / Brady, Kathleen -- Old Mill / Brady, Kathleen -- Old Houses / Yourell, Mary -- Days / Gaynor, Philomena -- Days / Caldwell, Lottie -- Ancient Ruins / Kelly, Molly -- Animal Calls / Dillon, Caith -- Churning / Dillon, Caith -- Old Local Superstitions / Kelly, Molly -- In Baytown there lived a woman in a tin house... / Kelly, Molly -- Haunted Dwellings / Kane, Betty -- Fairy Folk / Newman, Margaret -- Fairy Folk / Mooney, Maureen -- Early in the month of March 1934 men from Dunboyne district while working at a steam roller... / Dowdall, Rosaleen -- Murdering Field / Dowdall, Rosaleen -- Dunboyne Graveyard / Brady, Kathleen -- Salestown / Hollywood, Chrissie -- I saw a Croppys grave in my Uncle's field in Kilmainham Wood. / Newman, Maureen -- Milestown - Cromwell / Hollywood, Chrissie -- Jarretstown / Hollywood, Chrissie -- Ghosts / Hollywood, Chrissie -- Jarretstown / Hollywood, Chrissie -- Ballymacoll / Hollywood, Chrissie -- Knockhudder / Hollywood, Chrissie -- Rathleek / Hollywood, Chrissie -- Food -- Domhnach Baoithinn -- Local Fairs / Dillon, Cauth -- Fairs / Hughes, Betty -- Irish Words in Common Use -- Fields -- Games -- How Games Are Played / Rafferty, Carmel -- How Games Are Played - Shepherd Come to Collect Your Sheep / Rafferty, Carmel -- How Games are Played - The Great Big Ship, The King of Bambaree / Rafferty, Carmel -- How Games are Played - Tiddley Winks, Come and Find, When I Was a Washerwoman / Rafferty, Carmel -- How Games are Played - Wallflowers / Ennis, Chrissie -- How Games are Played - Here's an Old Women from Sandyland / Ennis, Chrissie -- How Games are Played - Five Old Men Came to Work Today / Rafferty, Carmel -- Wake Games / Rafferty, Carmel -- Wake Games - The Priest of the Parish Lost His Considering Hat -- Wake Games - Have a Piece of Fish / Rafferty, Carmel -- Ghost Stories / Cunningham, Gretta -- Ghost Stories / Byrne, Nancy -- Ghost Stories / Govern, Lillie Mc -- Ghost Stories / Rafferty, Carmel -- Funny Stories / Dunican, Patsy -- Funny Stories / Kelly, Molly -- Funny Stories / Dillon, Caith -- Funny Stories / Kelly, Molly -- Funny Stories / Swan, Rita -- Riddles -- Cures / Murtagh, Patricia -- Cures / Kelly, Molly -- Fairy Forts / Kane, B. -- Fairy Forts / Dunican, Patricia -- Fairy Forts / Hughes, Betty -- Fairy Forts / Tully, Meril -- Fairy Forts / Tully, Meril -- Fairy Forts / Govern, Lillie Mac
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.