DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4602760
title: Newtownmanor

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Newtownmanor (school) (Newtownmanor, Co. Leitrim), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher P. Mac Néill (Nelson).
description: Weather-Lore / Martin, Bridget E. -- Local Place Names / Scanlon, Maire -- Story - Jack and the Pack of Cards / Nelson, P. -- Local Superstitions / Fowley, Patrick Joseph -- Local Wells / Dermott, Maggie B. Mc -- Local Cures / Smith, Rose Anne -- Drumlease Parish / Flanagan, James -- Fairs of this Locality / Cunningham, Jim -- Old Churches in My Locality / Martin, Bridget E. -- Old Shops of the Locality / Goldrick, Phil Mc -- Fairy Forts / Smith, John J. -- Fairy Forts / Martin, Bridget E. -- Fairy Forts / Dermott, Maggie B. Mc -- Local Happenings Long Ago / Scanlon, Nan -- Food in Olden Times / Ternan, Eugene Mc -- Townlands and Their Probable Meaning / Nelson, P. -- My Townland / Martin, Clara -- Herbs and Weeds of the Locality / Flanagan, James -- Mermaid and Water-Horse of Lough Gill / Smith, Rose Anne -- Mermaid and Water-Horse of Lough Gill / Smith, Rose Anne -- Doon Lake / Scanlon, Maire -- Lough Gill / Ternan, Eugene Mc -- Lough Gill / Martin, Bridget E. -- Bread-Making / Martin, Clara -- Local Wells and Traditions Connected with them / Dolan, Winnie -- Old Houses / Cunningham, Jim -- Feats of Strength and Endurance Performed by Strong People of the Locality / Martin, Bridget E. -- Feats of Strength and Endurance Performed by Strong People of the Locality / Goldrick, Winnie Mc -- Feats of Strength and Endurance Performed by Strong People of the Locality / Goldrick, Patrick Mc -- Feats of Strength and Endurance Performed by Strong People of the Locality / Ternan, Eugene Mc -- Feats of Strength and Endurance Performed by Strong People of the Locality / Smith, Rose Anne -- Feats of Strength and Endurance Performed by Strong People of the Locality / Flanagan, James -- Feats of Strength and Endurance Performed by Strong People of the Locality / Dolan, Winnie -- Feats of Strength and Endurance Performed by Strong People of the Locality / Fowley, Patrick Joseph -- Feats of Strength and Endurance Performed by Strong People of the Locality / Fowley, Patrick Joseph -- Feats of Strength and Endurance Performed by Strong People of the Locality / Dolan, Winnie -- Feats of Strength and Endurance Performed by Strong People of the Locality / Goldrick, Patrick Mc -- Feats of Strength and Endurance Performed by Strong People of the Locality / Scanlon, Nan -- Feats of Strength and Endurance Performed by Strong People of the Locality / Ternan, Eugene Mc -- Feats of Strength and Endurance Performed by Strong People of the Locality / Dermott, Maggie B. Mc -- Feats of Strength and Endurance Performed by Strong People of the Locality / Scanlon, Nan -- Travelling Folk / Martin, Bridget E. -- Travelling Folk / Flanagan, James -- Travelling Folk / Dolan, Winnie -- Old Trades / Martin, Clara -- Old Trades / Smith, Rose Anne -- Traditions Connected with Birds, Insects etc. / Goldrick, Phil Mc -- Reasons for Certain Superstitious Customs / Goldrick, Winnie Mc -- Founding of the Seven Churches of Glendalough / Scanlon, Maire -- Founding of the Seven Churhces of Glendalough / Cunningham, Jim -- Festival Customs / Martin, Bridget E. -- Festival Customs / Flanagan, James -- Festival Customs / Scanlon, Nan -- Christmas Weather as a Weather Forecast for the Coming Year / Fowley, Patrick Joseph -- Benbo Copper Mine / Harte, Mary Ellen -- Old Schools of the Locality / Flanagan, James -- Old Schools of the Locality / Scanlon, Maire -- Old Schools of the Locality / Dolan, Winnie -- Games I Play / Martin, Clare I. -- Boys' Games / Fowley, Patrick J. -- Lore of Certain Days / Scanlon, Nan -- Lore of Certain Days / Martin, Bridy -- Churning / Smith, Rose Anne -- Butter Markets / Dolan, Winnie -- Care of the Feet / Cunningham, Jim -- Care of the Feet / Martin, Bridy -- Old Ruins / Flanagan, James -- Homemade Clothing / Goldrick, Winnie Mc -- Care of Farm Animals / Dolan, Winnie -- Churchyards / Scanlon, Maire -- Potato Crop / Goldrick, Phil Mc -- Local Cairns / Scanlon, Nan -- Forge / Cunningham, Jim -- Bird-Lore / Martin, Bridy -- Collection of Prayers / Goldrick, Winnie Mc -- Collection of Prayers / Dolan, Winnie -- Local Song - Sweet Glencar / Flanagan, James -- Local Ballads - Lough Gill / Martin, Bridy -- Local Ballads - The Maid of Sweet Milltown / Nelson, P. -- Songs of the Locality - Lough Gill (The Lake of Sligo) / Nelson, P.
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.