DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5009095
title: Lismacaffry

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Lismacaffry (school) (Lismacaffry, Co. Westmeath), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Ml. Ó Gamhna.
description: Stories -- Stories - The Piper and the Fairy -- Stories - Ghost Kelly -- Stories - An Iron Bar -- Stories - The Wild Man of Clonave -- Stories - The Dane Swift -- Stories - The Gambler -- During the fight for Independence in this country ... -- Stories - A Bright Boy -- Riddles -- Weather-Lore -- Local Heroes -- Local Heroes -- Local Happenings -- Local Happenings -- Severe Weather - The Night of the Big Wind -- Severe Weather -- Severe Weather -- Severe Weather -- Severe Weather - The Night of the Big Wind -- Hedge-Schools -- Hedge-Schools -- Crafts - Candle-Making -- Crafts - Basket-Making -- Crafts - Weaving -- Marriage Customs -- Marriage Customs -- Local Place Names -- Local Place Names -- Local Place Names -- Local Place Names -- Local Place Names -- Local Cures -- Local Cures -- Local Cures -- Local Cures -- Local Cures -- Fairy Forts -- Fairy Forts -- Fairy Forts -- Fairy Forts -- Famine Times -- Famine Times -- Famine Times -- Games I Play -- Games I Play -- Games I Play -- Games I Play -- Local Roads -- Local Roads -- Local Roads -- Local Roads -- Local Roads -- My Home District / Newman, Cecila -- My Home District / Fagan, Michael -- My Home District / Carrigy, John -- My Home District / Gilchrist, Betty -- My Home District / Lesley, Patricia -- Holy Wells / Sullivan, Mary -- Holy Wells / Carrigy, John -- Holy Wells / Newman, Cecila -- Potato Crop / Sullivan, Mary -- Potato Crop / Newman, Cecila -- Proverbs / Sullivan, Mary -- Proverbs / Carrigy, John -- Proverbs / Newman, Cecila -- Festival Customs / Sullivan, Mary -- Festival Customs / Carrigy, John -- Festival Customs / Fagan, Michael -- Festival Customs / Newman, Cecila -- Local Forge / Carrigy, John -- Local Forge / Sullivan, Mary -- Local Patron Saint / Carrigy, John -- Local Patron Saint / Sullivan, Mary -- Local Patron Saint / Newman, Cecila -- Local Fairs / Carrigy, John -- Local Fairs / Sullivan, Mary -- Local Fairs / Newman, Cecila -- Care of the Farm Animals / Sullivan, Mary -- Care of the Farm Animals / Carrigy, John -- Care of the Farm Animals / Newman, Cecila -- Local Landlords / Sullivan, Mary -- Local Landlords / Carrigy, John -- Local Landlords / Newman, Cecila -- Local Landlords / Fagan, Michael -- Local Landlords / Lestrange, Bridie -- Hurling and Football Matches / Sullivan, Hugh -- Hurling and Football Matches / Fagan, Michael -- Hurling and Football Matches / Carrigy, John -- Hurling and Football Matches -- Hurling and Football Matches / Leslie, John -- Hurling and Football Matches -- Local Ruins -- Local Ruins -- Local Ruins -- Old Graveyards -- Old Graveyards -- Old Graveyards -- Old Graveyards -- Old Graveyards -- Homemade Toys -- Homemade Toys -- Homemeade Toys -- Homemeade Toys -- Travelling Folk -- Travelling Folk -- Travelling Folk -- Travelling Folk -- Travelling Folk -- Herbs -- Herbs -- Herbs -- Herbs -- Herbs -- Herbs -- Travelling Folk -- Penal Times -- Penal Times -- Penal Times -- Food in Olden Times -- Food in Olden Times -- Bread -- Bread -- Old Houses -- Old Houses -- Song - A Clonmore Dance -- Song - In Memory of John McGovern -- Song - Lismacaffrey Coursing -- Song - The Clod -- Song - The Float Races -- Song - Old Clonmore -- Churning -- Churning -- Bird-Lore -- Lore of Certain Days -- Lore of Certain Days -- Care of the Feet -- Care of the Feet -- Religious Stories -- Religious Stories -- Historical Tradition -- Historical Tradition
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.