DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5008898
title: Yellow Furze

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Yellow Furze (school) (Yellow Furze, Co. Meath), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Síle, Bean Uí Leamhain.
description: Hidden Treasure / Austin, Patrick -- Hidden Treasure -- Place Names / Austin, Patrick -- Marriage Customs / Austin, Patrick -- Marriage Customs / Macken, Michael -- Old Customs / Macken, Michael -- Thatching / Austin, Patrick -- Old Crafts / Austin, Patrick -- Old Crafts / Austin, Patrick -- Old Crafts / Macken, Michael -- My Native Townland / Macken, Michael -- Stones / Quinn, Veronica -- Painestown and Dollardstown both derive their names from families... / Quinn, Veronica -- Poll Mór / Quinn, Veronica -- Outside Ardmulchan grave-yard there is supposed to be church treasure and gold buried. / Quinn, V. -- Holy Well / Quinn, V. -- Ardmulchan & Dunmoe / Quinn, V. -- There was a great musician living in this part of the country long ago named Stevenson. / Quinn, Veronica -- There is a corner in Painstown churchyard called "the turn coat corner"... / Reilly, Kitty -- Folklore / Quinn, Veronica -- Folklore / Quinn, V. -- Folklore / Reilly, Kitty -- Old Trades / Quinn, V. -- Old Trades / Reilly, K. -- Old Trades -- St Finian's Coll. Mullingar / Quinn, Veronica -- When Fr. Sheridan was P.P. in te Yellow Furze parish... / Quinn, Veronica -- Marriage Customs / Quinn, V. -- Old Customs / Reilly, Kitty -- Parish I Live In / Quinn, V. -- Old Games / Quinn, Veronica -- Another Game - "Buttons" / Reilly, Kitty -- Jack Stones -- Tops -- Changing School Customs / Quinn, V. -- Travelling Dealers / Quinn, Veronica -- The Banshee was heard in Deanhill not later than March 1934... / Fennelly, May -- A man called Jack Bowens, a son of Mr Thomas Bowens had the experience one night... / Fennelly, May -- Old Cures -- Bone-Setters / Quinn, Veronica -- Other Interesting Landmarks / Quinn, V. -- In Dollardstown there is a lovely cave. / Quinn, Veronica -- Marsh Mallows was greatly in favour in the case of sprains or hurts because it kept down swelling. / Quinn, Veronica -- Other Cures / Quinn, Veronica / Mullen, Teresa / Reilly, Kitty -- Priest's Cave / Quinn, Veronica -- Old Chapel Field / Bruton, Eileen -- Old Cures -- One the Stackallen (round) road there is a wood names "Coyle's Wood"... / Reilly, Kitty -- It is said that a woman called Mrs Byrne who lived in the Cotton Mills used to cure the "Thrush"... / Quinn, V. -- In Miss Dunne's proud possession is a very precious and wonderful relic. -- Old Graveyards / Quinn, V. -- The interesting old cave which is in the land of Rollenstown was a priest's hiding place in the Penal Days. / Quinn, V. -- This is Stanley Hill. / Bruton, Eileen -- Local Place Names / Quinn, Veronica -- How Our Great-Grandmothers Looked / Quinn, V. -- Mrs Tully Johnstown who was married about the year 1870... -- Travelling Folk - Lady Ahern -- This is a piece taken from a home - woven linen sheet - one of a set... -- Last of the Caonaí / Quinn, Veronica -- Travelling Folk -- Travellers -- Perhaps it would be interesting to hear something about a most peculiar old man... -- Storied Family / Quinn, Veronica -- Funny Story / Quinn, Veronica -- Since I wrote about "Tops" as a fame which held a very important place in boys' lives long ago... -- If one went to Navan to day she would not see the sights... -- Strange Customs in a Forge -- Fairy-Lore / Fennelly, May -- Food in Olden Times -- Easter Sunday Custom -- Lucky and Unlucky -- About 6 years ago a old woman named Biddy Sheridan lived alone... -- In Croboy where the Oakes now live there was a farmer... -- Hill of the Carn -- Funny Story -- Mrs Tully's Story -- Another Funny Story -- Once a boy in this parish went to England and returned after a few years. -- One night about 25 or 30 ears ago my grandmother and aunt were sitting... -- The "Windmill Road" along which I come to school is really only a by road... -- Old stories tell us that St. Patrick on his way from Tara to Slane... -- Unpublished "village poetry" written by Johnstown Bard about year 1875 -- This "poet" taught Johnstown N.S. Navan for 43 years retiring about 1892. -- Pike - head (actual size shown) which is in the possession of Miss Brigid Dunne, Painestown... -- Last Odds and Ends / Bruton, Eileen -- Miss Dunne's Stories -- After the famine when cholera raged in Co Meath... -- In a field in Brownstown there lies a stone that connects us with the "Stone Age" of Ireland. -- Another interesting idea was discussed in the school this week also. -- How the Parish Church of Knock-Common Came to be Built / Quinn, V. -- Old Graveyard -- Religious Stories -- Another True Story / Bruton, Eileen -- A house now owned by Mr Loughran Navan and called "Kilcairne House"... -- Hospitality / Bruton, Eileen -- Where Peter Waters now lives a family named Murtagh resided about 65 years ago. / Bruton, Eileen -- Interference with Milk Supply / Mullen, Teresa -- Absolutely Authentic Account of Material for Drama in 3 Acts / Bruton, Eileen -- Story of Fenian Rising 1867 -- Funny Stories -- Funny Stories / Bruton, Eileen -- Stories of Local Poets / Bruton, Eily -- Poets / Mullen, Teresa -- Story Sod / Mullen, Teresa -- Funny Stories / Bruton, Eileen -- In Miss Dilnne's proud possession is a very precious and wonderful relic.
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.