DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4493761
title: St Egney's (C.), Buncrana

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from St Egney's (C.), Buncrana (school) (Buncrana, Co. Donegal), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Ellen Daly.
description: Funny Story / Laughlin, Annie Mc -- Scéal Eile / Doherty, Sadie -- Scéal Eile / Laughlin, Annie Mc -- Scéal Eile / Doherty, Mary Ellen -- Shipwrecks / Laughlin, Annie Mc -- Shipwrecks / Laughlin, Annie Mc -- Boat Lost / Laughlin, Annie Mc -- Scéal Eile - Fairies / Doherty, Margaret -- Boat Lost / Diver, Margaret -- Laurentic Lost / Laughlin, Annie Mc -- Storm of Wind - 6 January 1839 -- Snow-Storm / Mulholland, Sally -- My Townland - Leophin / Laughlin, Annie Mc -- My Townland - Mullins / Doherty, Mary -- My Townland - Sharagore / Laughlin, Elizabeth Mc -- There is a field in Sharagore called the "iron mine" field. / Laughlin, Elizabeth Mc -- My Townland - Carva / Moran, Bridget -- My Townland - Linsfort / Mulholland, Sally -- Local Heroes / Moran, Brigid -- Local Heroes / Diver, Margaret -- Local Heroes / Laughlin, Annie Mc -- Local Heroes / Doherty, Annie -- Local Heroes / Doherty, Sadie -- Local Heroes / Doherty, Sadie -- My Townland - Glebe / Doherty, Sadie -- My Townland - Greenhill / Moran, Brigid -- Greenhill / Moran, Brigid -- Old Crafts - Candle-Making / Doherty, Sadie -- Old Crafts - Linen Weaving / Gill, Brigid -- Old Crafts - Rope-Making -- Old Crafts - Basket-Making -- Old Crafts - Spade-Making / Doherty, Sadie -- Old Crafts - Homemade Nails -- My Townland - Dunree / Cullough, Mary Mc -- My Townland - Glackrow -- My Townland - Ballyannon -- My Townland - Hillside -- My Townland - Magheraban / Laughlin, Brigid Mc -- My Townland - Cashel / Laughlin, Teresa Mc -- My Townland - Aughaweel / Laughlin, Teresa Mc -- Bread / Moran, Brigid -- Dyeing / Laughlin, Annie Mc -- Greenhill Old Graveyard / Diver, Margaret -- Homemade Toys -- Doll-Making -- The dolls that were in my grandmothers days were a piece of cloth shaped like a doll and stuffed with hay and then sewed up. -- To make a doll in olden times people used to get a piece of black cloth or a black stocking. -- Long ago when our grandfathers were living, they used to have games, but not the games we have now. -- The young people made whistles out of the bark of a sycamore tree. -- Toys - A Sling -- Toys - Kites -- Toy Lamps -- Kites / Laughlin, Elizabeth Mc -- Toys - A Rattley Box -- Toys - A Toy Whistle / Doherty, Mary -- Schools / Moran, Brigid -- Schools / Laughlin, Elizabeth Mc -- Night Schools / Laughlin, Brigid Mc -- Night Schools -- Night Schools / Laughlin, Annie Mc -- Monasteries - Ruins at Linsfort / Laughlin, Annie Mc -- May Day Customs / Laughlin, Sadie Mc -- Caves / Fullerton, Mary -- Caves / Doherty, Sadie -- Caves / Laughlin, Susan Mc -- Caves -- Another Cave -- Mass Rocks / Laughlin, Annie Mc -- Mass Rocks -- Mass Rocks -- Mounds / Laughlin, Annie Mc -- Mounds / Laughlin, Annie Mc -- Mounds / Moran, Brigid -- Priests Hunted -- Mass Rocks / Fullerton, Mary -- Toys - A Catapult / Mulholland, Sally -- Priests Hunted - Father Hegarty -- Cures -- Wells - Tobar na gClog / Doherty, Mary -- Holy Well at Mamore Gap / Laughlin, Annie Mc -- Saint Columba's Well -- Priests Hunted / Laughlin, Teresa Mc -- Cures -- Cures for Cat Scrapes -- Cure for Blackleg / Laughlin, Annie Mc -- Cures - Féar Gorta / Diver, Margaret -- Fairy Rocks -- Fairy Rocks -- Weather-Lore -- Names of Fields in Carva, Desertegney -- Names of Fields in Dunree, Desertegney -- Names of Fields in Gortleck, Desertegney -- Names of Fields in Glebe, Desertegney -- Names of Fields in Linsfort, Desertegney -- Names of Fields Muineagh, Desertegney -- Names of Fields - Leophin, Desertegney -- Names of Fields - Calhame, Desertegney -- Names of Fields - Old Mountain -- Names of Fields - Tonduff, Desertegney -- Name of Fields - Greenhill, Desertegney -- Fields - Lederg, Desertegney -- Fields in Mullins, Desertegney -- Poem - Hegarty's Rock -- Song - Lough Swilly's Shore / Cullough, Mary -- Dancing / Moran, Brigid / Laughlin, Susan Mc -- Saint Brigid's Day Customs / Cullough, Mary Mc -- Bonfire Night / Doherty, Sadie -- Landlords -- Landlords / Moran, Brigid -- Moneylenders -- Riddles -- Thatching / Laughlin, Annie Mc -- Wedding Customs -- Wedding Customs / Mulholland, Sally -- Spinning / Laughlin, Brigid Mc -- Quilting / Laughlin, Annie Mc -- Funny Story / Laughlin, Susan Mc -- Funny Story -- Fishing in Desertegney / Laughlin, Annie Mc -- Dunree Fort and Dunree Lighthouse / Laughlin, Annie Mc -- Weaving Tweed -- Churning -- Herbs -- Wakes -- May Day -- Proverbs -- Will o' the Wisp -- Prayers -- Christmas Rhymers -- Songs -- Song - Dunree Sandy Strand -- Shirts -- Spinning Wheels -- Prayer Beads -- Bog Oak -- Martins -- Dyes -- Herbs -- Wedding Customs in Desertegney
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.