DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5009046
title: Killough

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Killough (school) (Killulagh, Co. Westmeath), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Mary Lynch.
description: Hidden Treasure - A Golden Harrow / Hiney, Molly -- Doire Fliuch - Boot of Gold / Hiney, Molly -- Killkenna / Hiney, Molly -- Knock Shee Ban - Hill of the White Fairy / Hiney, Molly -- Bracklin Lodge / Keegan, Mary -- Local Story of Fetherston and the Priest / Callan, Mary A. -- Child Taken by Mysterious Ladies / Buzzanno, Celine -- Molly Gretan's Rath / Buzzanno, Celine -- Story / Doyle, Peggy -- Story / Doyle, Peggy -- Local Story / Fleeson, Ellen -- Local Ancient Story / Fleeson, Ellen -- Cave -- Sion Hill - May Morning / Garry, James -- Story / Monaghan, Ellen -- Hidden Treasure / Bezzanno, Celine -- Story / Doyle, Josephene -- Oldest Lady in the Locality / Murray, Kathleen -- Tragic Incident / Monaghan, Maggie -- There is a big stone in a field near Delvin, one day a little girl was the stone and she saw a little white comb and she picked it up and brought it home and showed it to her mother. / Murray, Kathleen -- Local Martyr / Lynch, Mary K. -- Scarden -- Holy Well / Lynch, Mary K. -- Scarden / Callan, Mary A. -- Giant's Rock / Monaghan, Nellie -- Travelling Folk / Murray, Kathleen -- Killough / Callan, Maggie -- Local Proverbs / Murray, Kathleen -- Riddles / Callan, Mary Anne -- Games I Play / Murray, Kathleen -- My Home District / Callan, Mary Anne -- Some years ago when men were engaged in cleaning turf banks in Martinstown bog, they discovered flax and an implement for pressing flax and some butter dishes. / Monaghan, Ellen -- Story / Keegan, Mary -- Old House / Bezzanno, Celine -- Local Fairs / Callan, Mary A. -- Local Cures / Bezzanno, Celine -- Local Cures -- Local Cures - Heart Trouble -- Local Cures - Chin Cough / Murray, Kathleen -- Local Cures - Ringworm / Murray, Kathleen -- Local Cures - Boils and Eruptions on Skin / Lynch, Mary K. -- Potato Crop / Callan, Mary Ann -- May Day Customs / Callan, Mary A. -- Easter Customs / Murray, Kathleen -- Strange Animals / Keegan, Mary -- Festival Customs / Monaghan, Nellie -- Local Forge / Bezzanno, Celine -- Saint Stephen's Day / Callan, Mary Anne -- Legend of the District / Bezzanno, Celine -- Legend of the District / Murray, Kathleen -- Customs Connected with Saints Peter and Paul's Evening / Monaghan, Ellen -- Story / Monaghan, Ellen -- Customs Connected with Hallow Eve / Callan, Maggie -- Story / Murray, Kathleen -- Story / Bezzanno, Celine -- Castletown Delvin / Murray, Kathleen -- Bread / Murray, Kathleen -- Boxty Bread / Callan, Mary Anne -- Oaten Bread / Callan, Mary Anne -- Bread / Callan, Mary Anne -- Griddle Bread / Callan, Mary Anne -- Legend / Murray, Kathleen -- Weather-Lore / Callan, Mary A. -- Weather-Lore / Lynch, Mary K. -- Story / Monaghan, Nellie -- Reynella Snow House / Callan, Maggie -- Churning / Murray, Kathleen -- Emblems and Objects of Value / Callan, Mary Anne -- House Style and Structure / Lynch, Mary K. -- Position of Houses - Means of Entrance / Lynch, Mary K. -- Local Roads / Monaghan, Nellie -- Cure / Bezzanno, Celine -- Story / Garry, James -- Sion Hill / Callan, Mary Anne -- Local Shoemaker / Monaghan, Nellie -- Local Shoemaker -- Clothes Made Locally / Bezzanno, Celine -- Buying and Selling / Monaghan, Nellie -- Buying and Selling / Lynch, Mary K. -- Bird-Lore / Callan, Mary Anne -- Severe Weather / Lynch, Mary K. -- Rocks and Stones / Monaghan, Nellie -- Local Landlord / Bezzanno, Celine -- Lore of Certain Days / Callan, Mary Anne -- Local Place Names / Bezzanno, Celine -- Story -- Story -- Old House / Murray, Kathleen -- Local Marriage Customs / Murray, Kathleen -- On Williamstown Castle / Callan, Mary Ann -- Historical Tradition / Bezzanno, Celine -- Herbs / Murray, Kathleen -- Holy Well / Monaghan, Nellie -- Ferns -- Story / Kelleghan, Madeline -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Callan, Mary Anne -- Local Monastery / Callan, Mary Anne -- Food in Olden Times / Murray, Kathleen -- Priest's Power / Doyle, Josephene -- Story of a Deer / Monaghan, Nellie -- Fairy Forts / Monaghan, Nellie -- Local Cure / Murray, Kathleen -- Old Crafts / Lynch, Mary K. -- Christmas Eve Customs / Monaghan, Nellie -- Story / Doyle, Josephene -- Story / Doyle, Josephene -- Hidden Treasure / Monaghan, Maggie -- Story / Monaghan, Nellie -- Story about Hidden Treasure / Callan, Mary Anne -- Legend of the District / Doyle, Josephine -- Story / Doyle, Josephine -- Story / Doyle, Josephine -- Story / Doyle, Josephine -- Sale of a Horse / Doyle, Josephene -- Boxty Bread - Rhyme -- Story / Doyle, Josephine -- Story / Callan, Mary Anne -- Reynella Lake / Callan, Kathleen -- Funny Story -- Story / Doyle, Josephine -- Funny Story / Callan, Mary Anne -- Story / Doyle, Josephine -- Story / Doyle, Josephine -- Family Names in Locality / Lynch, Mary K. -- Very few farms of between twenty or fifty acres are in the neighbourhood... / Lynch, Mary K. -- Story / Callan, Maggie -- Story -- Strange Animal / Callan, Maggie -- Story -- Religious Story / Monaghan, Maggie -- Story / Killeghan, Madeline -- Story / Kellegan, Madeline -- Strange Animal -- Story / Murray, Kathleen -- Story / Murray, Kathleen -- Story / Murray, Kathleen -- Work in the Country at Present / Murray, Kathleen -- Bread Rhyme / Callan, Kathleen -- Song Made Locally / Callan, Maggie -- Song Made Locally / Callan, Maggie -- Riddles
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.