DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4498641
title: St Brigid's, Castleknock

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from St Brigid's, Castleknock (school) (Castleknock, Co. Dublin), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Mrs Thornton.
description: Blanchardstown / Reilly, Monica O' -- Luttrellstown Castle is near Clonsilla, Co. Dublin. / Fagan, Mary -- Rat / Coyle, Winifred -- Wakes / Coyle, Winifred -- Riddles / Coyle, Winifred -- Cave / Clarke, Patricia -- Castleknock / Stokes, Kathleen -- Castleknock / Cassidy, Marie -- Castleknock / Stokes, Kathleen -- Castleknock / Cassidy, Marie -- Castleknock / Cassidy, Marie -- Moat / Clarke, Patricia -- Moat / Clarke, Patty -- Dandelion is supposed to be an old cure for reuthmatism. / Cassidy, Marie -- Story / Stokes, Kathleen -- Cures / Stokes, Kathleen -- There is a road leading down to the Lower Rd. that is called the Woolie corner... / Fagan, Mary -- My Great Grandfather Larry went into the moat field and as he did a ball came up to him. / Fagan, Mary -- Castleknock is called Cnuca. / Purcell, Rita -- Cures / Purcell, Rita -- Cures / Stokes, Kathleen -- Story / Stokes, Kathleen -- There was a well near the Sandpitts called the Rag Well. / Clarke, Patricia -- Cure / Clarke, Patricia -- Sprains and Bruises / Clarke, Patricia -- Long ago in Thomas Street, Dublin a big house was set out in flats. / Byrne, Shiela -- Riddles / Byrne, Shiela -- Riddles / Cassidy, Marie -- Riddles / Hughes, Rita -- Folklore / Hughes, Rita -- Cures / Hughes, Rosaleen -- What is it A rich man want A poor man has A blind man sees... / Hughes, Rosaleen -- Riddles / Purcell, Rita -- Tinker's Quarrel / Purcell, Rita -- Near Castleknock there was a woman and a man and their son. / Stokes, Kathleen -- There were no clocks long ago and they had to look up at the sun to know the time. / Stokes, Kathleen -- Story -- Food -- Clothes -- The famine of 1846-47 affected Castleknock very much. / Fagan, Mary -- Tombstone / Fagan, Mary -- Cures / Fagan, Mary -- Story / Fagan, Mary -- Luttrellstown Castle / Doyle, May -- School / Fagan, Mary -- Churning / Fagan, Mary -- Riddles / Clarke, Patricia -- Cures / Clarke, Patricia -- Riddles I Learned at Home / Foran, May -- Riddles / Hughes, Rosaleen -- Riddles / Reynolds, Peg -- Riddles / Morrison, Eileen -- Riddles / Purcell, Rita -- Riddles / Segrave, Teresa -- Tailoring and Style of Clothes / Fagan, Mary -- Food / Fagan, Mary -- Cures / Fagan, Mary -- Local Place Names / Cassidy, Marie -- What is the most dangerous time of the year? / Cassidy, Marie -- Story / Hughes, Rita -- Wake Long Ago / Hughes, Rita -- Why is the tallest people the laziest... / Hughes, Madeline -- As round as an apple as plump as a ball. / Foran, May -- Black and white and red all over... / Byrne, Shiela -- Old Story -- Old Story -- Weather -- Cures / Hughes, Rosaleen -- Riddles / Hughes, Rosaleen -- Food / Hughes, Rosaleen -- Riddles / Stokes, Kathleen -- Church / Stokes, Kathleen -- Olden Times / Stokes, Kathleen -- Dresses / Purcell, Eileen -- Wages / Purcell, Eileen -- Riddles / Hughes, Rita -- Once upon a time there was a little girl and she had got no hair on her head. / Doyle, May -- Ghosts / Doyle, May -- Weather Signs / Doyle, May -- Riddles / Coyle, Winifred -- Castleknock College / Fagan, Mary -- Weather / Stokes, Kathleen -- Fires Long Ago / Stokes, Kathleen -- Every Sunday an old woman used to go gather sticks in a field near her home. / Stokes, Kathleen -- Old Custom / Fagan, Mary -- Ashtown Race Course / Fagan, Mary
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.