DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5009098
title: Sonna

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Sonna (school) (Kildallan, Co. Westmeath), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Mrs O' Connell.
description: Riddles / Cormack, Maureen Mc -- Local Cures / Donegan, Kate -- Funny Story / Cormack, Maureen Mc -- Funny Story / Nangle, Dick -- Funny Story / Connell, Thomas O' -- Funny Story / Connell, Thomas O' -- Funny Story / Donegan, Kate -- Funny Story / Connell, Thomas O' -- Funny Story / Fitzsimons, Annie -- Funny Story / Fitzsimons, Seán -- Funny Story / Nangle, Joseph -- Funny Story / Mulligan, Michael -- Funny Story / Mulligan, Joseph -- Hidden Treasure / Crinnegan, Mary -- On the border of West Meath and Longford there is a very old graveyard called Aughora. / Fitzsimons, Annie -- Near Mearscourt in Co Westmeath there is an old cave, on a farmer belonging to a man named Mahon. / Connell, Thomas O' -- Hidden Treasure / Connell and others, Thomas O' -- Hidden Treasure / Cooney and others, Marion -- Up near Castletown Co. Westmeath there is a bog, and a crock of butter with a wooden lid was found by a man named Farrell. / Crinnegan, Joseph -- Hidden Treasure / Nangle, Dick -- Fairies' Churn / Connell, Thomas O' -- Old Tradition / Mulligan, Joseph -- Fairies / Mulligan, Michael -- Fairies / Crinnegan and others, Joseph -- Lone Bush / Cormack and others, Maureen Mc -- Fairy Path / Fitzsimons, Annie / Connell, Thomas O' -- Fairies / Crinnegan, Mary / Connell, Thomas O' -- In the village of Piercetown, about five miles away, there was a saint long ago building a mill. / Mulligan, Michael / , Joseph -- Old Tradition / Mulligan, Michael / , Joseph -- Hidden Treasure / Mulligan, Joseph -- Weather Signs / Crinnegan, Mary / Connaughton, Annie -- Weather Signs / Nangle, Dick / Nangle, Joseph -- Weather Signs / Fitzsimons, Annie -- Weather Signs / Mulligan, Michael -- Weather Signs / Cormack, Maureen Mc -- Weather Signs / Donegan, Kate -- Crafts / Crinnegan, Mary / Connell, Thomas O' -- Crafts / Donegan, Kate / Connell, Thomas O' -- Weaving and Spinning / Cooney, Marion -- Homemade Toys / Mulligan, Michael / Crinnegan, Joseph -- Homemade Toys / Nangle, Dick / Cooney, Marion -- Get a straight piece of an elder about a yard long and three inches wide. / Mulligan, Joseph -- Crafts / Mulligan, Michael -- Homemade Toys / Crinnegan, Molly / Donagan, Kate -- Pastimes / Crinnegan, Molly / Cooney, Marion -- Fields / Nangle, Joseph -- Fields / Cormack, Maureen Mc / Donegan, Kate -- Fields / Fitzsimons, Annie -- Fields / Crinnegan, Mary / Connaughton, Annie -- Fields / Mulligan, Michael -- Fields / Connell, Thomas O' -- Fields / Mulligan, Michael -- Drowning / Connaughton, George -- Drowning / Mulligan, Michael -- Drowning / Fitzsimons, Annie -- Big Wind / Nangle, Dick -- Hedge-Schools / Mulligan, Michael -- Hedge-Schools / Cormack, Maureen Mc / Connaughton, Annie -- Old Roads / Connaughton, Annie -- Old Roads / Fitzsimons, Annie -- Old Roads / Nangle, Joseph -- Marriage Customs / Connaughton, George -- Potatoes / Crinnegan, Molly -- Holy Well / Connaughton, George -- Holy Wells / Nangle, Dick / Nangle, Joseph -- Holy Wells / Mulligan, Michael / Mulligan, Joseph -- Whit Sunday is the cross day in the year and the following week is the cross week. / Donegan, Kate -- Bird-Lore / Nangle, Joseph -- Home District / Nangle, Joseph / Nangle, Dick -- Home District / Mulligan, Michael -- Travelling Folk / Fitzsimons, Annie -- Proverbs / Fitzsimons, Annie -- Forts / Connaughton, George -- Forts / Mulligan, Michael -- Churning / Nangle, Joseph -- Hay Ropes / Mulligan, Joseph -- Domestic Animals / Crinnegan, Mary -- Forges / Nangle, Joseph / Fitzsimons, Annie -- Local Landlord / Fitzsimons, Annie -- Prayers - In the Morning / Fitzsimons, Annie
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.