DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4569062
title: Gort na Léime

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Gort na Léime (school) (Gortaleam, Co. Galway), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Pádhraic Ó Corcoráin.
description: Cistí Óir i bhFolach / Aodha, Caitlín Nich -- Talamh mo Sheanuncail / Aodha, Caitlin Nic -- Ráith / Aodha, Caitlín Nic -- Hidden Treasure / Hugh, Katty Mc -- Cistí Óir i bhFolach / Aodha, Caitlín Nic -- Scéalta Greannmhara / Aodha, Caitlín Nic -- Scéal Greannmhar / Discín, Máire Ní -- Scéal Greannmhar / Corcoráin, Padraic Ó -- Scéal Greannmhar / Corcoráin, Padraic Ó -- Scéal Greannmhar / Corcoráin, Padraic Ó -- Scéal Greannmhar / Hobán, Máire Ní -- Scéal Greannmhar / Hobán, Máire Ní -- Scéal Greannmhar / Hobán, Máire Ní -- Scéal Greannmhar / Pleamonn, Treasa -- Scéal Greannmhar / Mhurcadha, Máiréad Ní -- Scéal Greannmhar / Mhurcadha, Máiréad Ní -- Scéal Greannmhar / Mhurcadha, Máiréad Ní -- Funny Story / Hugh, Katty Mc -- Scéal Greannmhar / Aodha, Caitlín Nic -- Scéal Greannmhar / Aodha, Caitlín Nic -- Scéal Greannmhar / Aodha, Caitlín Nich -- Funny Story / Hugh, Katty Mc -- Good People not Bad / Hugh, Katy Mc -- Tomhaiseanna / Aodha, Caitlín Nic -- Tomhaiseanna / Murcada, Mairéad Ní -- Tomhaiseanna / Mórdha, Brighidh Ní -- Tomhaiseanna / Hobán, Máire Ní -- Puzzles / Hugh, Katty Mc -- Riddles / Disken, Mary -- Puzzles / Hoban, Mary -- Riddles / Rabbitte, Margaruite M. -- Riddles / Murphy, Margaret M. -- Riddles / Hussey, Lizzie -- Riddles / Disken, Mary -- Riddles / Mullen, John -- Riddles / Donelan, Bridie -- Riddles / Comer, Nellie -- Riddles / Glynn, Annie -- Riddles / Moore, Bridie -- Comharthaí na hAimsire / Aodha, Cáitlín Nic -- Signs of Weather / Hugh, Katty Mc -- Aimsir / Mhurchadha, Máiréad Ní -- Signs of Weather / Murphy, Nora -- Signs of Weather / Fleming, Teresa -- Signs of Weather / Hussey, Lizzie -- Signs of Weather / Rabbitte, Margaret -- Daoine Cáilliúla / Búrca, Seán De -- Chaith fathach eile cloch mór timpeall tonna ó bharr Cnocán breach go barr Clocar. / Murray, Seán -- Thóg an fear seo mála plúir in a fiaclaibh agus dumpuig sé é go dtí a theach féin. / Gilligan, Jack -- English / Abraim, Jack -- English / Burke, John -- A giant pelted a large stone some tons in weight from the top of Chequerhill to the Hill of Clocar and it slipped from him and fell about a mile away in a place called Parkroe. / Hugh, Katty Mc -- A man named Tom Whyte from Lissyconnor , Dunmore, Co.Galway -- A man named James Moore from Lissy Connor, Dunmore -- A man named James Murphy from Lissyconnor, Dunmore, Co.Galway / Moore, Bridie -- There was a man named James Bourke who was very good at stonethrowing. / Moloney, Bridie -- Runners / Hugh, Willie Mc -- Strong Men / Kilgarriff, Agusta -- Strong Men / Comer, Nellie -- Famous Walkers / Hugh, Katty Mc -- Good Walkers / Rabbitte, Margaruite -- Great Walkers / Moloney, Bridie -- Weight Thrower / Fleming, Eta B. -- Good Walkers / Moore, Bridie -- Jumpers / Maloney, Bridie -- Great Jumpers / Hugh, Katty Mc -- Great Jumpers / Hugh, Katty Mc -- Gortaleam / Rabbitte, Margaruite M. -- Swimmers / Maloney, Bridie -- He was a noted mower. He could mow an Irish acre of oats in the day / Rabbitte, Margaruite M. -- Mowers: My Grandfather had a crowd of men one day mowing hay. John Cunningham was in the crowd. / Rabbitte, Margaruite M. -- Good Dancers / Hugh, Katty Mc -- Good Dancers / Fleming, Eta B. -- Good Dancers / Maloney, Bridie -- Good Dancers / Moore, Sarah -- Good Storytellers / Mullarky, Peter -- Storytellers and Singers / Maloney, Bridie -- Good Storytellers / Kilgarriff, Agusta -- Good Storytellers / Moore, Sarah -- Singers / Maloney, Bridie -- Singers / Hugh, Katty Mc -- Turf Cutters / Maloney, Bridie -- Singer / Fleming, Eta B. -- Burning / Moore, Bridie -- Burning / Hugh, Katty Mc -- Diseases / Hugh, Katty Mc -- Diseases / Murphy, Nora -- 1918-1919 Flu / Fleming, Eta B. -- One of the greatest events that happened in this place happened about sixty years ago in the year 1878 some of the people of the villages and the neighbouring towns organised a race. / Murphy, Nora -- Storms / Fleming, Eta B. -- Big Snowfall / Fleming, Eta B. -- Ambush / Rabbitte, Margaruite M. -- Ambush / Hugh, Katty Mc -- Poll-Lee Ambush -- Round Up / Fleming, Eta B. -- The story is told of robbers who long ago went to rob a house in Garramana now owned by Newel. -- Rain / Hugh, Katty Mc -- Thunder / Hugh, Katty Mc -- Lightning -- Thunderstorm / Hoban, Tom -- Thunder / Rabbitte, Maureen -- Lightning / Murphy, Mary T -- Thunder / Hugh, Mary Joe Mc -- About nine months ago a forge was damaged in Little Castle / Cloonan, Maisy -- Thunder / Kilgarriff, Joe -- About thirty five years ago, lightning killed cattle, sheep and horses. / Garvey, Mary -- Lightning went along the electric wires in Williamstown and went down to the ground. / Murphy, Micko -- Lightning and Rain / Murphy, Nora -- Lightning and Rain / Moore, Sarah -- Old Schools in this District / Murphy, Nora -- Old Schools in this District / Moore, Sarah -- Old Schools in this District / Burke, Paddy -- Old Schools in this District / Comer, Mary D. -- Old Schools in this District / Hoban, Mary -- Old Schools in this District / Fleming, Teresa B. -- Old Schools in this District / Mullen, John -- Old Schools in this District / Hugh, Michael Mc -- Old Schools in this District / Disken, Kitty -- Old Schools in this District / Caufield, Tommy -- Old Schools in this District / Rabbitte, Maureen -- Old Schools in this District / Cloonan, Mary T. -- Old Schools in this District / Hugh, Mary Joe Mc -- Old Schools in this District / Heneghan, Frances -- Old Schools in this District / Burke, Kitty -- Making of Candles / Mullan, Kathleen -- Making of Candles / Moore, Sara -- Making of Candles / Hoban, Mary -- Making Wheels -- Making Soap / Garvey, Mary Teresa -- Making Soap / Hugh, Mary Joe Mc -- Making of Candles / Kilgarriff, Agusta -- Making of Ploughs and Spades / Murphy, Nora -- Making Twine / Comer, Patrick -- Making of Ropes / Kilgarriff, Agusta -- How they Make a Hay Rope / Kilgarriff, Agusta -- Weavers of Long Ago / Fleming, Teresa B -- Bhí fígheadhór ann uair amháin agus fuair sé bás. / Pléamonn, Treasa D. -- Tanning Leather / Moore, Sarah -- Making of Paint / Caulfield, Tommy -- Marriages / Disken, Kitty -- Marriages / Cloonan, Mary T. -- Marriages / Rabbitte, Maureen -- Marriages / Murphy, Mary Teresa -- Marriages -- Persecution / Fleming, Treasa B. -- Bad Times / Murphy, Nora -- Cave / Murphy, Nora -- In Bad Times / Comer, Mary Delia -- Bad Times / Moore, Sara -- Clós an Aifrinn / Rabbitte, Margaret M -- Bad Times / Hugh, Mary Joe Mc -- Bad Times / Garvey, Mary T.
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.