DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4742081
title: Leithead

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Leithead (school) (Lehid, Co. Kerry), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Diarmuid Ó Súilleabháin.
description: Tim Crowley the Widow's Son / Sullivan, Mary O' -- Conas an Fia do Roinnt / Guithín, Peigí Ní -- Scéal / Súilleabháin, Áine Ní -- Story / Sullivan, Peggy O -- True Story / Shea, Rita O' -- Story / Sullivan, Bergie O' -- Scéal -- At a Person's Death / Sullivan, Patrick O' -- Heir of Derreen / Sullivan, Anna -- Story -- Difficult Tasks / Sullivan, Mary O -- Story about a Pot of Gold / Shea, Mary -- Scéal / Urdail, Diarmuid Ó h -- Fear ó Chill Áirne agus A Mhac / Súilleabháin, Pádraig Ó -- Whirlwind / Walsh, Betty -- Story / Shea, Shelia O' -- Claí na Teorann / Sullivan, Patrick O' -- Sprid ar Charraig an Eidhinn / Súileabháin, Pádraig Ó -- Story / Sullivan, Anna -- Seán a' Luaithe / Guithín, Seósamh Ó -- Years ago a woman who returned from America took rooms in Miss O'Brien's of Castletown. / Shea, Rita O' -- Scéal / Shúilleabháin, Bergie Ní -- Cad ina thaobh go Raibh na Ba ag Fáil Bháis / Súileabháin, Séamus Ó -- Trip with the Fairies / Brien, Joe O' -- Story / Harrington, George -- Ciall an Amadáin / Urdail, Seóirse Ó h -- Bhí fear ann fadó agus do connaich sé girrfhiadh ag teacht amach as na mianaig i mbéara tráthnóna amhain. / Urdail, Tomás Ó h -- Good Dog / Sullivan, Jeremiah -- Scéal / Laoghaire, Áine Ní -- Seán Ó Síacáin agus na Ba / Dhúnaige, Cáitlín Ní -- Séipéal in Cill Chaitiairn / Shéaghdha, Máire Ní -- Lauraugh Church / Sullivan, Anna -- There was a woman lived near Kenmare a few years ago, and her husband died and she was left alone with three young children, she was always praying to see her husband. / Shea, Rita O' -- Scéal / Shéaghdha, Máire Ní -- The song Murty Larry made for the football game that was played between the Ardea team and the Castlebere team in olden times. / Shea, Mary -- Uisce an Locha i gCill Mocheallóg / Súilleabháin, Concúbhar Ó -- How His Brother's Death Was Revealed to a Soldier / Gallivan, Daniel -- Bhean Siúil / Shúilleabháin, Áine Ní -- Cearca / Urdail, Diarmuid Ó h -- Cearca / Urdail, Seán Ó h -- Ardea Fortune Teller / Sullivan, Patrick -- Cearca ag Sicíní / Gallivan, Daniel -- Olann Á Dhathú / Shúilleabháin, Áine Ní -- Hens and Hatching / Sullivan, Patrick O' -- Death and Signs of Death / Leary, Annie -- Fear a Dhein Dearmhad ar Uisce Thabhairt isteach / Súileabháin, Seán Ó -- Large Stones / Sullivan, Patrick -- Jealous Farmer -- Mar ar Leigheasfadh an Bhó / Shéaghda, Máire Ní -- Old Trades / Gallivan, Daniel -- Bualadh an Dorais / Dúnaighe, Cáitlín Ní -- Eoin Ó Dúnaidhe agus an tOlagón / Shúilleabháin, Bergie Ní -- Parish Clerk / Sullivan, Patrick -- Wearing the Clothes / Casey, Mary -- King's Daughter / Sullivan, Sheila F. O' -- Smith / Sullivan, Anna -- First Black Cow / Sullivan, Neil O' -- Tinker and the Shoemaker / Sullivan, Patrick -- Limerick Tragedy / Brien, Joe O' -- Return from the Dead / Harrington, John -- Kate Merwick of Coulagh Ard / Harrington, Thomas -- Bó Pheadair Uí Ealaighthe / Dhúnaighe, Cáitlín Ní -- Fear a Chaill an tAifreann -- Séan Rua / Sullivan, Patrick -- Two Sisters / Sullivan, Bergie O' -- Micí Riabhach agus na hÚlla / Galvin, John -- Killing Animals / Leary, Annie -- Our Lord and the Priest / Healy, Norah -- Denis Shea from Bunaw / Sullivan, Neil O' -- Den O'Sullivan the Piper / Harrington, James -- Miss Maria O'Sullivan's Horse / Sullivan, Patrick O' -- Bád Sí / Shúilleabháin, Síghle F. Ní -- Coming from Bantry Fair / Sullivan, Neil O -- Cailín sa Ghleann Mór / Shéaghdha, Máire Ní -- King's Son -- Scéal an Ocrais / Laoghaire, Áine Ní -- Card Player / Shea, Mary -- Mikie the Clerk and the Salt / Sullivan, John -- Miss Palmer's Dog / Sullivan, Peggy -- Plucked Hen / Leary, Annie -- The Wicked Stepmother / Guihan, Joe -- Fair or Foul / Gallivan, Daniel -- Jackie Shea from Ardtully / Sullivan, Patrick O' -- Story about Daniel O'Connell / Sullivan, Neil O -- Scéal mar gheall ar Bhaiste / Shéaghdha, Máire Ní -- Mary Murphy / Harrington, Thomas -- Jack Caffey of Cahersiveen / Sullivan, Neil O -- Contract with the Priest / Guihan, Joe -- Travelling Man's Prophecy / Casey, Mary -- Station Story / Sullivan, James -- King and Queen of England at Derreen, 1910 / Súilleabháin, Diarmuid Ó -- Ag an Séipéal ar a 12 / Súileabháin, Séamus Ó -- Story / Harrington, John -- Story / Súilleabháin, Seán Ó -- Piecing, patching & contriving 12 nails & the time of driving wax... / Súilleabháin, Seán Ó -- Jim Foley says 'twas a dream Our Lord caught at the miracle of the loaves and fishes. / Súilleabháin, Seán Ó -- My mother says every dream is so productive... / Súilleabháin, Seán Ó
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.