DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4922109
title: Tobar Pádraig

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Tobar Pádraig (school) (Patrickswell, Co. Limerick), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Anraoi Ó Broin.
description: The old parish Church of Patrickswell was situated in the townland of Lurriga... -- Festival Customs -- Old Schools -- Bread Factory -- Local Fairs -- Malt House -- Houses in Village -- Railway House -- Gaols -- Faha House is said to be haunted ... -- Potteen was made in the old malt house on Edward Boland's lands. -- Tom McCarthy and the Fairies / Byrnes, Maura -- Thady the Amadán -- There was a servant boy working for a big farmer... -- Travelling Folk -- This story was told to me last night. It is about stealing milk. -- Fairy Forts -- Farmer and the Old Woman -- Homemade Toys -- Riddles -- Suffering of Archbishop O'Hurley -- Local Songs - The Country Boy -- Faha -- After Mass -- Our Farm Animals -- The Salts of Clare - The Quilty Fisherman -- Local Forge -- Old Story -- Fight Between Jackey Lynch's Old Dog and Fox -- Old Houses -- Bread -- Tale of a Famous Donkey -- My Home District -- A Collection of Prayers -- Weather-Lore / Garrett, Annie -- Faha House -- George Tutle -- Co. Limerick Relic of Our National Apostle, Carving of Great Antiquity -- Local Tradition -- Signs of Very Great Antiquity -- The Local Roads / Boland, Thomas -- Riddles / Garret, Annie -- When Great Men Meet -- The Limerick Hurlers -- St Patrick and the Witch -- St Patrick and the Bull -- William Scanlon and the Colleen Bawn -- Mr Tutle and the Hares -- Story of the Whiteboys -- Goats of Molly Mourne -- Johnson's Ball -- St Patrickswell -- Antiquity of the Monument -- Crecora Hurlers -- Care of the Feet / Lynch, Kevin -- Mag Mack's Ass - The Young May Moon -- Seanduine Breóite / Riain, Seán Ó -- Paidir / Riain, Seán Ó -- Legend of St Martin -- St. John's Day 25th June. / Riain, Seán Ó -- Ghost Story -- Limerick Hurlers -- Local Place Names / Boland, Thomas -- Fairy Stories / Murray, Stephen -- Once upon a time two boys lived in Greenmount. -- Old Story -- Old Story -- Old Story -- Story of Colleen Bawn -- Danny Mann -- Execution of Danny Mann -- There was once a very old man who was living in the middle of a fort in Greenmount... -- A long time ago a man and his wife and two children were living in a house near Greenmount wall... -- Just at the cottage near Moll's cross. -- Old Story -- Old Story -- A butcher's shop was opened in the village a year ago. -- Old Story -- Lines by John Ryan, Patrickswell, in memory of Joseph Pickergille who lived near Adare... / Murray, Stephen -- Ghost Story -- Hurling Match in Olden Times -- How Crecora Got Its Name -- Origin of "God Bless Us" -- Gold at Carriggogunnell -- Cloughcloka - The Origin of the Name -- Cure for Chincough -- In a red brick house at the Red House Hill lived the Fitzgeralds. -- Pishogues -- Lough Gur -- Clougcloka (or Clough) House -- Story Told by Jeremiah Hayes, Patrickswell -- Bird-Lore / Byrnes, Maura -- Games I Play / Byrnes, Maura -- Old Houses / Boland, Thomas -- An Old Story / Casey, John -- Potato Crop / Murray, Stephen
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.