DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5009044
title: Cloran

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Cloran (school) (Cloran and Corcullentry, Co. Westmeath), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Síle Flynn.
description: Scéalta - A Dirty Boy / Aodha, Proinseas Ní -- Curiosity / Ghallochbhair, Neansaí Ní -- Tradition / Ghallochbhair, Neansaí Ní -- Pluckstown / Coinín, Liam Ó -- Where Miley Reilly Got His Crooked Mouth / Charra, Rós Ní -- Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary / Mhuineacháin, Caít Ní -- Story / Connell, Alfonsus Mc -- Story of Two Brothers / Uillic, Cristíona Ní -- Jack o' the Lantern / Brien, Philomena O' -- Three Bacachs / Mhuineacháin, Cáit Ní -- Story about Two Men Coming Home from a Céilí / Hughes, Peter -- Woman in White / Coinín, Séamus Ó -- Ghost Story / Mooney, Josephine -- Man Who Had Three Sons / Hughes, Peter -- Blackberry Mare / Muineacháin, Cáit Ní -- Trap / Uillic, Cáit Ní -- Statue / Fhaircheallaigh, Máirín Ní -- Ghost Story / Cheallaigh, Éilís Ní -- Story about a Fairy / Pearóid, Micheál -- Cure of Dirty Mouth / Ceallaigh, Éilís Ní -- Cures - Cure for Heartache / Duinn, Treasa Ní -- Cure for the Rose / Cugáin, Seán Ó -- Cure of a Pain in the Back -- Cure for Kidney Disease / Coinín, Caitlín Ní -- Cure for the Mumps -- Cure for the Chincough -- Sty on the Eye -- Cures for Warts -- Cures for Warts -- Sty on the Eye -- Cure of Running Sores or Ringworm -- Cure of the Sore Mouth -- Cure of Erysipelas / Charra, Roísín Ní -- Cure of Erysipelas / Pearóid, Miceál -- 1847 / Fhaircheallaigh, Maírín Ní -- Local Industry / Coinín, Séamus Ó -- Local Industries - Nail-Making / Bhond, Treasa De -- A Noggin was used long ago to drink when there were no cups or mugs. -- Rush Candlestick -- Rush Candle -- Grisset -- Boxty Bread -- Oatmeal Bread -- Flummery -- Feathermen and Ragmen -- Roasting Jack -- Gridiron -- Griddle -- Martin the Poet / Mhuineacháin, Cáit Ni -- Clothes / Mhuineacháin, Cáit Ní -- Ainmneacha Páirceanna -- Churchyards / Charra, Róisín Ní -- Churchyards -- Ainmneacha Áiteacha -- Bean Sí / Uillic, Cáit Ní -- Weaver / Bhond, Treasa De -- Gubbauns -- Focail Ghaeilge a Mhair sa Cheantar Seo -- Beliefs and Customs Associated with Marriage / Brien, Philomena O' -- Story of How Cows Lost Their Milk / Chathail, Peigín Ní -- Beliefs and Customs Associated with Milk and Butter -- Beliefs and Customs Associated with Death and Burial -- Weather Signs -- Tale about a Fairy / Charra, Roísín Ní -- Games -- Dervotstown Castle / Hughes, Peter -- Causestown Castle / Ceallaigh, Éilis Ní -- Historic Places / Bhriain, Filoména Ní -- Ballinlough Castle -- Ballinlough Old Chapel / Bhond, Treasa De -- Causestown Castle / Loinsigh, Máire Ní -- Grennanstown / Coinín, Séamus Ó -- Grennanstown / Chathail, Peigín Ní -- Killua / Charra, Róisín Ní -- Glennahania / Charra, Róisín Ní -- Old Town / Charra, Róisín Ní -- Cloran Lakes / Charra, Róisín Ní -- Fairy Horses / Coinín, Séamus Ó -- Clonarney / Conaill, Eibhlín Ní -- Holy Well / Mhaonaigh, Seosaimhthín Ní -- Riddles -- Poor Scholar / Chonaill, Eibhlín Ní -- Local Heroes -- Hedge-Schools / Chonaill, Eibhlín Ní -- Old Houses / Conaill, Eibhlín Ní -- Old Houses / Pearóid, Michéal -- Old Houses -- Hedge-School / Uillic, Cáit Ní -- Old Houses / Uillic, Cristíona Ní -- Old Houses / Uillic, Cáit Ní -- Old Houses / Coinín, Séamus Ó -- Herbs and Plants Used as Cures / Bhriain, Filoména Ní -- Herbs and Plants Used as Cures / Hughes, Peter -- Cures -- Green Broom / Mhuineachain, Cait Ní -- Delvin Chapel / Fhaircheallaigh, Máirín Ní -- Hazel Brigade / Pearóid, Micheál -- Delvin Passway / Bhond, Treasa De -- Tara of the Kings / Charra, Róisín Ní -- Grazier Tribe / Pearóid, Micheál -- Lough Lene / Mhuineacháin, Cáit Ní -- Lough Bawn / Chonaill, Eibhlín Ní -- Bold Rory's men lay in the glen at setting of the sun. / Mhuineacháin, Cáit Ní -- Hidden Treasure / Conaill, Eibhlín Ní -- Hidden Treasure / Ceallaigh, Éilís Ní -- Hidden Treasure / Fhaircheallaigh, Brigidh Ní -- Riddles -- Hidden Treasure / Chathail, Peigín Ní -- Hidden Treasure - How Andy Cook Got the Gold / Coinín, Séamus Ó -- Hidden Treasure - How the Kearney's of Milltown Got Their Money / Bhond, Treasa De -- Hidden Treasure - How Hoey Got the Money / Conaill, Eibhlín Ní -- Hidden Treasure in the Loughs of Cloran / Coinín, Séamus Ó -- How Mrs Quinn Lost Her Fortune / Chonaill, Eibhlín Ní -- Bad Landlords / Coinín, Séamus Ó -- Landlords / Bhond, Treasa De -- Landlords / Charra, Rós Ní -- Landlords / Uillic, Cristeona Ní / Fhaircheallaigh, Máirín Ní -- Hidden Treasure / Chonaill, Eibhlín Ní -- Mass Rock / Connell, Alphonsus 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.