DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4921733
title: Séipéal na Carraige

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Séipéal na Carraige (school) (Rockchapel, Co. Cork), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Donncha Ó Géibheannaigh.
description: Story - There is One Tinker in Heaven but No Policeman / Stack, Maggie -- Gold Buried Under a Stone / Murphy, John -- Hidden Treasure / Murphy, John -- Hidden Treasure / Curtin, Mary -- Riddles / Murphy, John -- Weather-Lore / Keating, Bridie -- Local Heroes / Keeffe, Daniel -- Local Heroes / Fitzpatrick, Con -- Local Happenings / Collins, Bridie -- Local Happenings / Stack, Maggie -- Thunder-Storm / Stack, Maggie -- Snowfall / Shea, Ita O -- Old Cures / Shea, Ita O -- Fallow Ground / Kennedy, Francis -- Sunday Dress of the People 80 Years Ago -- Boots Worn by the Old People / Connor, Margaret O -- Spinning and Weaving / Stack, Maggie -- Making of Flannel / Fitzpatrick, Cornelius -- Candle-Making / Shea, Ita O -- Smiths / Curtin, Mary -- Basket-Making / Keeffe, Daniel -- Lime-Kiln / Collins, Patrick -- Superstitious Sayings / Stack, Maggie -- Old Cures / Auliffe, John Mc -- Old Sayings / Keating, Bridie -- Birds / Walsh, Michael -- Birds and the Weather / Connor, Margaret O -- Local Customs or Beliefs about Marriage / Curtin, Mary -- Sceilg Rock / Keating, Bridie -- Sceilg List / Collins, Bridie -- Customs Observed in this District / Connor, Margaret O -- Strawboys / Fitzpatrick, Cornelius -- Matchmaking / Murphy, John -- Drag / Collins, Bridie -- Local Beliefs about Shrove -- Roping the Newly Married Couple / Kennedy, Francis -- Tanning / Stack, Maggie -- Dyeing / Auliffe, John Mc -- Basket-Making / Keating, Bridie -- Thatching / Walsh, Michael -- Wheel-Making / Murphy, John -- Old Hedge-Schools / Kennedy, Francis -- Foyledown Hedge-School / Keating, Bridie -- Inchantotane Hedge-School / Auliffe, John Mc -- Black Master / Walsh, Michael -- Travelling Folk - Biddy the Stick / Murphy, John -- Travelling Folk - John O' Doherty / Shea, Ita O -- Travelling Folk - Margaret Robert / Murphy, Jermiah -- Travelling Folk - Flurry O' Connor / Keating, Bridie -- Homemade Toys - Saint Bridget's Crosses / Collins, Bridie -- Homemade Toys - Rag Dolls / Keating, Bridie -- Homemade Toys - How the Bow and Arrow Were Made / Auliffe, John Mc -- Homemade Toys - How to Make a Snare for Trout / Murphy, John -- Homemade Toys - A Snare for Hares / Fitzpatrick, Cornelius -- Homemade Toys - Making a Water Gun / Murphy, Jermiah -- Homemade Toys - Making a Flop Gun / Curtin, Mary -- Signs of Death / Walsh, Michael -- Dead Candles / Auliffe, John Mc -- Best Bait for Fishing / Curtin, Mary -- To Make a Ball with Cow's Hair / Auliffe, John Mc -- Hair of Horse's Tail Turning into an Eel -- Poaching Salmon in the Close Season / Stack, Maggie -- Torching / Walsh, Michael -- Games I Play - Forfeits / Stack, Maggie -- Games I Play - The Family Game / Curtin, Mary -- Games I Play - Snap-Apple / Connor, Margaret O -- Tinkers / Walsh, Michael -- Old Beliefs in this District / Connor, Margaret O -- Lore of Certain Days / Curtin, Mary -- Games I Play - Gobs / Keating, Bridie -- Festival Customs - Saint Patrick's Day / Shea, Ita O -- Festival Customs - Saint Stephen's Day / Stack, Maggie -- Festival Customs - Saint Bridget's Day -- My Home District / Curtin, Mary -- Penal Times / Murphy, John -- Local Place Names / Auliffe, John Mc -- Potato Crop / Collins, Patrick -- Herbs / Murphy, John -- Care of Farm Animals / Keeffe, Daniel -- Horses / Keating, Bridie -- Hatching Eggs / Keating, Bridie -- Churning / Curtin, Mary -- Care of the Feet / Stack, Maggie -- Making of Leather in this District -- Gutta-Percha Boots / Auliffe, John Mc -- Local Forge / Fitzpatrick, Cornelius -- Cullen Forge / Murphy, Jermiah -- Food in Olden Times / Curtin, Mary -- Local Fairs / Murphy, John -- Clothes Made Locally / Collins, Bridie -- Local Landlord / Stack, Maggie -- Making Linen from Flax / Curtin, Mary -- Limerick / Curtin, Mary -- Old Houses / Murphy, John -- Bread / Collins, Bridie -- Buying and Selling / Curtin, Mary -- Fairy Forts / Curtin, Mary -- Holy Wells / Fitzpatrick, Cornelius -- Story of the Holy Family / Curtin, Mary -- Local Roads / Murphy, John
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.