DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5009127
title: Ardnagrath

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Ardnagrath (school) (Ardnagragh, Co. Westmeath), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher M. Ní Mhaoldhomhnaigh.
description: Surnames of Pupils on Rolls -- Classification of Pupils According to Hair Colour -- Classification of Pupils according to Eye Colour -- Hostel in Brianmore -- Saint Patrick's Rock -- Two Monasteries -- Castle of Kilkenny West -- Walderstown Castle -- Spinning -- Weaving -- Quilting -- Basket-Making -- Heather Brooms -- Candle-Making -- 1. Wooden ploughs were used here a long time ago... -- 1. Boxty Bread was in use in this district up to twenty or thirty years ago... -- 1. For a sty in the eye nine gooseberry thorns were procured and pointed at the sty, one after the other by a person whose name was Mary... -- Long ago before Ardnagrath school was built, (1848) there used to be a hedge school in Kilkenny West, (about one mile to the north west of this school)... -- 1. Saint Enan lived in Drumraney. He was a hermit. After his death a monastery was built in his honour... -- 1. There is a well in Mr Mann's field in Ardnagrath called Tobar na h aise or Tobar na h aisil... -- According to tradition St. Patrick spent much of his time in this district... -- Folk Prayers or Verses -- Charms -- 1. People make a small wooden cross on St. Brigid's Eve and nail it to the rafter, or to some part of the roof of the house... -- There is a graveyard in Kilkenny West about a mile from here, and another in Drumraney about three miles from this place... -- The following are the inscriptions in English on the oldest dated tombstones in Drumraney graveyard which graveyard is in the parish of Drumraney -- The following are the inscriptions on the six oldest dates tombstones in the graveyard at Kilkenny West... -- Old Forts -- 1. People say if a child is born between Xmas Day and New Years' Day that it will always be unfortunate... -- A few hours after death the corpse is "laid out", that means he or she is dressed in a "habit" which people have in readiness when a death is expected... -- Games are not played at wakes in this district now, though very old people remember the time when they used to be... -- Marriage Customs -- Hop-Scotch -- The people of this district believe very much in fairies... -- A man named Me Parker lived in a house on the side of the road in Kilkenny West in the parish of Tubberclair and about one mile from this school... -- There is a fort in Killinaam in the parish of Drumraney. One night as a man from the neighbourhood was coming home from rambling he had to pass the fort of Killinaam... -- Without title -- There is a hollow in a field which belongs to Mr Peter Reilly, Walderstown, called "The Fairy Claish"... -- In this place people believe very strongly in the "Banshee"... -- Riddles / Mann, Frank -- Funny Stories -- Funny Stories -- Funny Stories -- Funny Stories / Murphy, Rose -- Hidden Treasure -- Hidden Treasure / Warde, Bridgie -- Weather-Lore -- Great Heroes -- Great Heroes -- Great Heroes -- Great Heroes / Mann, Frank -- Severe Weather -- Severe Weather -- Severe Weather / Murphy, Rose -- Local Place Names / Cunningham, Teresa -- Local Place Names / Mann, Frank -- Bird-Lore / Warde, Bridgie -- Local Cures / Mears, Rose -- Homemade Toys -- Homemade Toys / Mann, Frank -- Homemade Toys / Mann, Frank -- Travelling Folk / Cunningham, Teresa -- Fairy Forts / Warde, Bridgie -- Games We Play / Murphy, Rose -- Local Roads / Cunningham, Teresa -- My Home District / Mann, Frank -- My Home District / Murphy, Rose -- My Home District / Cunningham, Teresa -- Old Holy Wells / Warde, Bridgie -- Old Holy Wells / Reilly, May -- Herbs / Murphy, Rose -- Potato Crop / Cunningham, Teresa -- Proverbs / Mann, Frank -- There was a tailor in this district who had very little courage... / Mann, Frank -- There was a tailor in this place long ago... / Mann, Frank -- Festival Customs / Cunningham, Teresa -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Mann, Frank -- Churning / Cunningham, Teresa -- Care of the Feet / Warde, Bridgie -- Local Forge / Mann, Frank -- Clothes Made Locally / Murphy, Rose -- Stories of the Holy Family / Cunningham, Teresa -- Local Fairs / Mann, Frank -- Food in Olden Times / Murphy, Rose -- Hurling and Football Matches / Mann, Frank -- Landlord / Cunningham, Teresa
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.