DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4723848
title: Drumakill

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Drumakill (school) (Drumakill, Co. Monaghan), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Florence Harrison.
description: Hidden Treasure / Harrison, Dorothy -- Hidden Treasure / Wilson, Jane -- Funny Story / Patterson, Jim -- Funny Story / Creedy, Peggy Mc -- Funny Story / Harrison, Dorothy -- Funny Story / Sommerville, Violet -- Funny Story / Wilson, Jane -- Funny Story / Wilson, Jane -- Funny Story / Pollack, Ada -- Riddles -- Weather-Lore / Creedy, Peggy Mc / Patterson, Jim / Wilson, Jane -- Local Heroes / Creedy, Peggy Mc -- Local Heroes - A Famous Runner / Patterson, Jim -- Local Heroes - Red Hugh Mac Mahon / Harrison, Dorothy -- Local Happenings / Harrison, Dorothy -- Severe Weather / Wilson, Jane -- Severe Weather / Patterson, Jim -- Severe Weather / Harrison, Dorothy -- Old Schools / Patterson, James -- Old Crafts - Candle-Making / Harrison, Dorothy -- Old Crafts - Basket-Making / Patterson, Jim -- Old Crafts - Rush Lights / Wilson, Jane -- Old Crafts - Soap-Making / Wilson, Jane -- Old Crafts - Coopery / Somerville, Violet -- Old Crafts - Forge Work / Somerville, Violet -- Old Crafts - Leather Tanning / Creedy, Peggy Mc -- Old Crafts - Clock-Making / Creedy, Peggy Mc -- Old Crafts - Spinning and Weaving / Patterson, Jim -- Old Crafts - Quilting / Patterson, Jim -- Old Crafts - Bulrush Weaving / Harrison, Dorothy -- Old Crafts - Net-Making / Harrison, Dorothy -- Old Crafts - Scutching / Creedy, Peggy Mc -- Old Crafts - Dyeing / Creedy, Peggy Mc -- Old Crafts - Nail-Making / Wilson, Jane -- Old Crafts - Wheel-Making / Wilson, Jane -- Old Crafts - Thatching / Somerville, Violet -- Old Crafts - Polish-Making / Somerville, Violet -- Old Crafts - Besom-Making / Patterson, Jim -- Old Crafts - Pipe-Making / Patterson, Jim -- Local Marriage Customs / Harrison, Dorothy -- Local Place Names - How Anna Oine Got Its Name / Harrison, Dorothy -- Local Place Names - How Muckno Got Its Name / Wilson, Jane -- Local Place Names -- Bird-Lore / Wilson, Jane / Somerville, Violet -- Local Cures / Harrison, Dorothy -- Local Cures - Whooping Cough / Patterson, Jim -- Local Cures / Wilson, Jane -- Local Cures / Creedy, Peggy Mc -- Local Cures / Patterson, Jim -- Local Cures / Somerville, Violet -- Local Cures -- Local Cures - Jaundice -- Homemade Toys / Wilson, Jane -- Lore of Certain Days / Patterson, Jim -- Travelling Folk / Harrison, Dorothy -- Fairy Forts -- Drumakill Fort / Wilson, Jane -- Local Poets / Patterson, Jim -- Famine Times / Patterson, Jim -- Games we Play - Indoor / Harrison, Dorothy -- Games we Play - Outdoor / Harrison, Dorothy -- Local Roads / Wilson, Jane -- My Home District - Dromore / Wilson, Jane -- My Home District - Drumleek South / Somerville, Violet -- My Home District - Drumakill / Patterson, Jim -- My Home District - Church Hill / Harrison, Dorothy -- My Home District - Longfield / Creedy, Peggy Mc -- Holy Wells / Wilson, Jane -- Herbs / Patterson, Jim -- Potato Crop -- Proverbs / Wilson, Jane -- Proverbs / Harrison, Dorothy -- Proverbs / Patterson, Jim -- Proverbs / Pollock, Ada -- Proverbs / Somerville, Violet -- Proverbs -- Festival Customs / Patterson, Jim -- Farm Animals / Harrison, Dorothy -- Churning / Wilson, Jane -- Care of the Feet / Harrison, Dorothy -- Local Forge / Patterson, Jim -- Clothes Made Locally / Harrison, Dorothy -- Local Patron Saint / Wilson, Jane -- Local Fairs / Wilson, Jane -- Landlord / Harrison, Florence E. -- Food Long Ago / Harrison, Dorothy -- Old Story / Wilson, Jane -- Old Irish Tales - Fairies / Creedy, Peggy Mc -- Old Irish Tales - Fairies -- Song / Harrison, Florence E. -- Local Monuments -- Bread / Patterson, Jim -- Buying and Selling / Harrison, Dorothy -- Old Houses / Wilson, Jane -- Stories of Giants and Warriors / Harrison, Dorothy -- Leipreachán -- Leipreachán / Wilson, Jane -- Local Ruins / Wilson, Jane -- Old Graveyards / Wilson, Jane -- Emblems of Value / Wilson, Jane -- Old Story / Harrison, Dorothy -- Old Story / Harrison, Dorothy -- Landlord / Harrison, Florence E. -- Landlord / Harrison, Dorothy -- Local Happenings - Drowning of John Bailey / Patterson, Jim -- Old Graveyards / Harrison, Florence E. -- Historic Tradition / Wilson, Jane -- Ancient Beliefs and Superstitions / Somerville, Violet / Patterson, Jim -- Strange Animals / Wilson, Jane -- Strange Animals / Somerville, Violet -- Old Prayer / Harrison, Florence E.
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.