DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5044787
title: Tomena

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Tomena (school) (Gortullaghan, Co. Cavan), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher T. Mac Uidhir.
description: St Mogue the Patron Saint of Templeport -- Holy Wells / Cassidy, Bernard -- Old Ruins / Gilheany, Mary -- Local Superstition / Reilly, Eileen O' -- Fairy Forts / Pearson, Gertrude -- Story / Gilheany, Maire -- Local Cures -- Story / Montgomery, Emily -- Old Story -- Weather-Lore / Gilheany, Maire -- Funny Story / Montgomery, Emily -- Funny Story / Reilly, Eileen O' -- Funny Story -- Story / Manus, Mary Mc -- Funny Story / Govern, Brigid Josephine Mc -- Funny Story / Govern, Eileen Mc -- Funny Story / Maguire, Phyllis -- Old Shop and Customs / Govern, Brigid Mc -- Fairy Forts / Govern, Brigid Mc -- Marriage Customs / Govern, Brigid Mc -- Local Proverbs / Govern, Brigid Mc -- Local Roads -- Care of Our Farm Animals -- Eggs are generally set in March and April. -- Calls for the Various Kinds of Animals -- Local Fairs -- Local Heroes / Cassidy, John James -- Old Story / Cassidy, John James -- Story / Govern, Brigid Mc -- Old Story / Duffy, John -- My Home District -- Drumcullion -- My Home District -- My Home District / Montgomery, Emily -- My Home District -- Local Ruins / Montgomery, Emily -- Local Ruins / Govern, Brigid Mc -- Local Ruins / Cassidy, John J. -- Local Ruins / Gilheany, John -- Local Ruins / Govern, Eileen Mc -- Local Ruins / Manus, May Mac -- Local Ruins / Cassidy, Bernard -- Local Ruins / Maguire, Phyllis -- Churning -- Story about Churning / Maguire, Phyllis -- Churning -- Churning -- Churning -- Churning -- Churning / Duffy, John James -- Churning -- Story / Reilly, Eileen O' -- Churning / Montgomery, Emily -- Story / Montgomery, Emily -- Care of the Feet / Montgomery, Emily -- Care of the Feet -- Care of the Feet / Govern, Brigid Mc -- Care of the Feet -- Care of the Feet / Gilheany, Maire -- Festival Customs - St Brigid's Day / Gilheany, Maire -- Festival Customs - St Patrick's Day -- Festival Customs - Ash Wednesday / Govern, Brigid Mc -- Festival Customs - Good Friday -- Festival Customs - Easter Saturday and Sunday -- Festival Customs - St John's Day -- Festival Customs - The Twelve Days of Christmas -- Festival Customs - St Stephen's Day -- Old Crafts -- Old Crafts -- Old Crafts - Candle-Making -- Old Crafts - Rope-Making -- Old Crafts - Spinning and Weaving / Manus, May Mc -- Old Crafts - Farm Implements -- Old Crafts / Montgomery, Emily -- Old Crafts - Lime-Burning -- Old Crafts -- Old Crafts / Manus, May Mc -- Weather-Lore -- Games I Play -- Games I Play -- Games I Play -- Games I Play -- Games I Play -- Games I Play -- My Home District -- Food in Olden Times / Govern, Brigid Mc -- Food in the Olden Times / Montgomery, Emily -- Food in the Olden Times -- Bread / Montgomery, Emily -- Bread / Cassidy, John J. -- Composition -- Boxty -- Local Happenings / Govern, Brigid Mc -- Local Happenings / Montgomery, Emily -- Planting Potatoes -- Landlord / Reilly, Eileen O' -- Landlord / Gilheany, Maire -- Landlord / Duffy, John James -- Local Song / Cassidy, John J. -- Local Poets / Cassidy, John J. -- Clothes Made Locally / Reilly, Eileen O' -- Clothes Made Locally / Govern, Brigid Mc -- Local Cloth-Making / Pearson, Gerty -- Famine Times / Montgomery, Emily -- Famine Times / Gilheany, John -- Herbs / Montgomery, Emily -- Herbs / Reilly, Eileen O -- Old Schools / Montgomery, Emily -- Old Schools / Govern, Brigid Mc -- Lore of Certain Days / Reilly, Eileen O' -- Lore of Certain Days / Manus, May Mc -- Old Houses / Gilheany, Maire -- In the Penal Times / Reilly, Eileen O' -- Travelling Folk / Govern, Brigid Mc -- Local Riddles / Pearson, Gerty -- Local Riddles / Gilheany, Maire -- Severe Weather / Montgomery, Emily -- Severe Weather / Gilheany, John -- Local Forges / Manus, May Mc -- Local Forges / Pearson, Gert -- Travelling Folk / Manus, May Mc -- Travelling Folk / Gilheany, Maire -- Fairies / Gilheany, John -- Ghost Story / Govern, Brigid Mc -- Old Graveyards / Pearson, Gertrude -- Old Graveyards / Govern, Brigid Mc -- Song / Reilly, Eileen O'
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.