DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5008952
title: Rathcarran

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Rathcarran (school) (Rathcarran, Co. Meath), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Caitlín Ní Chonnachtáin.
description: Riddles -- Old Sayings -- Get learning get learning before you grow old... / Murray, Sean -- Wearing of the Green -- Song - Annie Dear, I'm Called Away / Cusack, Brigid -- Fairy King / Cusack, Brigid -- Angel's Whisper / Murray, Kathleen -- Green Little Shamrock -- Harp that Once Thro' Tara's Halls -- My Father's Oul Caubeen -- Weather-Lore / Cusack, Brigid -- Local Cures / Cusack, B. -- Story -- Festival Customs / Cusack, B. -- Story / Cusack, B. -- Care of Farm Animals / Cusack, B. -- Fairy Forts -- Local Place Names / Cusack, B. -- Famine Times / Cusack, B. -- My Home District / Cusack, B. -- Travelling Folk / Cusack, B. -- Local Ruins / Cusack, B. -- Old Houses / Cusack, B. -- Bread / Cusack, B. -- Local Fairs / Cusack, B. -- Local Marriage Customs / Cusack, B. -- Food in Olden Times / Cusack, B. -- Landlord -- Games I Play / Cusack, B. -- Local Cures -- Weather-Lore / Murray, Brigid -- Local Cures / Murray, Brigid -- Festival Customs / Murray, B. -- Care of Farm Animals / Murray, B. -- Fairy Forts / Murray, B. -- Local Place Names / Murray, Brigid -- Famine Times / Murray, Brigid -- Travelling Folk / Murray, Brigid -- My Home District / Murray, B. -- Local Ruins / Murray, B. -- Old Houses -- Bread / Murray, B. -- Local Fairs -- Herbs -- Local Marriage Customs -- Food in Olden Times -- Landlord -- Local Happenings / Murray, Brigid -- Potato Crop / Murray, B. -- Local Cures / Murray, B. -- Weather-Lore / Murray, Kathleen -- Old Story / Murray, Kathleen -- Holy Well / Murray, Kathleen -- Festival Customs / Murray, Kathleen -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Murray, Kathleen -- Fairy Forts / Murray, Kathleen -- Local Place Names / Murray, K. -- Fairies -- Famine Times / Murray, K. -- Travelling Folk -- My Home District / Murray, K. -- Local Ruins / Murray, K. -- Old Houses -- Bread -- Herbs -- Potato Crop -- Local Cures / Murray, Kathleen -- Story / Daly, James -- Weather-Lore / Kane, Mary -- Cures -- Weather-Lore / Sherlock, Francis -- Churning / Sherlock, F. -- Cures / Sherlock, Francis -- Fairy Forts -- Local Place Names / Sherlock, F. -- My Home District / Sherlock, Francis -- Weather-Lore / Kane, Mary -- Old Story / Kane, Mary -- Festival Customs / Kane, Mary -- Hallow Eve -- Fairy Forts / Kane, Mary -- Local Place Names / Kane, Mary -- Story / Kane, Mary -- Famine Times / Kane, Mary -- My Home District / Kane, Mary -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Kane, Mary -- Local Place Names / Daly, Mary Rose -- Names of Fields / Daly, Mary Rose -- Local Happenings / Smyth, Peter -- Bread / Smyth, Peter -- Weather-Lore / Smyth, Peter -- Local Place Names / Smyth, Peter -- Fairy Forts / Reilly, Eugene -- Local Place Names / Reilly, Eugene -- Story / Reilly, Eugene -- My Home District / Reilly, Eugene -- Local Ruins / Reilly, Eugene -- Weather-Lore / Cusack, Betty -- Old Story / Cusack, Betty -- Local Cures / Cusack, Betty -- Festival Customs / Cusack, Betty -- Festival Customs / Cusack, Betty -- Old Story / Cusack, Betty -- Fairy Fort / Cusack, Betty -- Local Place Names / Cusack, Betty -- Travelling Folk / Cusack, Betty -- My Home District / Cusack, Betty -- Local Ruins / Cusack, Betty -- Old Houses / Cusack, Betty -- If you tie a briar round the churn and stick pins in the briar (or bits of red ribbon) at the points of growth, you will be able to take the butter of the churns belonging to other people...
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.