DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4436845
title: Damastown

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Damastown (school) (Damastown, Co. Dublin), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Delia Wilson.
description: Weather-Lore -- Funny Stories / Corcoran, Josie -- Old Marriage Customs -- Local Cures / Maxwell, Peggy -- Local Cures / Ryan, Maura -- Local Cures / Monks, Dora -- Local Cures / Boylan, Michael -- Local Cures / Fagan, Margie -- Local Cures / Carroll, James -- Travelling Folk / Ryan, Maura -- Travelling Folk / Gilsenan, Kathleen -- Travelling Folk / Fagan, Margie -- Travelling Folk / Fagan, Margie -- Travelling Folk / Monks, Dora -- Travelling Folk / Corcoran, Josie -- Patron Saints / Maxwell, Peggy -- Patron Saints / Fagan, Margie -- Patron Saints / Nally, John Mc -- Wild Birds / Fagan, Margie -- Wild Birds / Ryan, Maura -- Hedge-Schools / Reilly, Frank -- Hedge-Schools / Corcoran, Sheila -- Hedge-Schools / Ryan, Maura -- Local Happenings / Carroll, James -- Local Happenings / Ryan, Maura -- Local Happenings / Fagan, Margie -- Local Happening / Maxwell, Peggy -- Important Local Happening / Curran, Helen -- Local Happenings / Monks, Dora -- Local Happening / Carroll, James -- Local Happening / Gormley, Sean -- Old Crafts / Ryan, Maura -- Old Crafts / Maxwell, Peggy -- Old Crafts / Ryan, Maura -- Old Crafts / Maxwell, Peggy -- Old Crafts / Tiernan, Teasie -- Old Crafts / Rooney, Philomena -- Old Crafts / Rooney, Philomena -- Lucky and Unlucky Days / Ryan, Maura -- Lucky and Unlucky Days / Curran, Helen -- Lucky and Unlucky Days / Nally, John Mc -- My Townland / Ryan, Maura -- Old Crafts / Corcoran, Sheila -- Old Crafts / Monks, Dora -- My Townland / Fagan, Margie -- Churn / Ryan, Maura -- Churn / Maxwell, Peggy -- Churn / Fagan, Margie -- Fairy Forts / Fagan, Margie -- Herbs / Curran, Helen -- Herbs / Tiernan, Teasie -- Herbs / Gilsenan, Kathleen -- Herbs / Gormley, Sean -- Herbs / Fagan, Margie -- Herbs / Boyle, Michael -- Herbs / Nally, John Mc -- Potato Crop / Gilsenan, Kathleen -- Holy Wells / Ryan, Maura -- Holy Wells / Fagan, Margie -- Holy Wells / Gormley, Sean -- Holy Wells / Corcoran, Sheila -- Fields -- In the townland of Kilcorney, in the parish of Jordanstown, near Enfield, Co. Meath, there stands the remains of a giant... / Fagan, Margie -- Old Fields and Rocks / Curran, Helen -- Herbs / Fagan, Margie -- Famous Men / Fagan, Margie -- My Home District / Tiernan, Teasie -- My Home District / Maxwell, Peggy -- My Home District / Maxwell, Peggy -- Famous Runner / Gilsenan, Kathleen -- Famous Men / Ryan, Maura -- Famous Men / Curran, Helen -- Tailors / Gilsenan, Kathleen -- Tailors / Fagan, Margie -- Tailors / Corcoran, Sheila -- Tailors / Ryan, Maura -- Bread / Curran, Helen -- Bread / Monks, Dora -- Bread / Fagan, Margie -- Meals / Ryan, Maura -- Churchyards / Fagan, Margie -- Churchyards / Gormely, Sean -- Severe Weather / Fagan, Margie -- Severe Weather / Curran, Helen -- Severe Weather / Ryan, Maura -- Poets / Fagan, Margie -- Curious Inscription / Wilson, Morna
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.