DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5009073
title: Streamstown

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Streamstown (school) (Streamstown, Co. Westmeath), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher S. Garland.
description: High Castle / Montgomery, Mona -- Hidden Treasure / Lynam, Malachy -- Riddles -- Weather-Lore -- Local Heroes / Montgomery, Mona -- Local Heroes / Fox, Anne -- High Flier / Stokes, Peter -- Local Wrestlers / Keegan, John Joe -- Great Runner / Farrell, Patrick -- Local Runner / Lynam, Michael -- About twenty years ago there lived a man on the east side of Kilbeggan named Michael Connor and he was noted for carrying heavy sacks of grain on his back. / Garland, Jerry -- Great Runners -- Great Dancer / Montgomery, Mona -- Local Dancers / Lynam, Mal -- Great Dancer / Gannon, Tom -- Great Dancer / Lynam, David -- Great Mower / Keegan, John Joe -- Storyteller / Lynam, Malachy -- Famous Mowers / Keown, Davy Mc -- Great Mower / Rourke, Paddy -- Local Singers / Keown, Davy Mc -- Noted Singer / Keegan, John Joe -- Epidemics / Montgomery, Mona -- Epidemics / Lynam, David -- Big Wind / Gartland, Carmel -- Great Storm / Montgomery, Mona -- Big Wind / Stokes, Patsy -- Big Wind / Keegan, John Joe -- Snowstorm / Brennan, Maureen -- Snowstorms / Stokes, Peter -- Hedge-School / Montgomery, Mona -- Hedge-School / Keegan, John Joe -- Hedge-Schools / Stokes, Peter -- Hedge-Schools / Reid, Francis -- Hedge-Schools / Lynam, Michael -- Old Crafts / Montgomery, Mona -- Spinning / Montgomery, Mona -- Thatching / Montgomery, Mona -- Basket-Making / Strokes, Peter -- Local Marriage Customs / Montgomery, Mona -- Local Marriage Customs / Reid, Cecilia -- Local Marriage Customs / Lynam, David -- Local Marriage Customs / Stokes, Peter -- Penal Days / Montgomery, Mona -- Penal Days -- Priest Hunter / Garland, Carmel -- In the Penal Days / Brennan, Maureen -- Penal Days / Keown, Davy Mac -- In the Penal Days / Lynam, Davy -- Penal Days -- Priest's House / Stokes, Patsy -- Penal Days / Keegan, John Joe -- Bird-Lore / Montgomery, Mona -- Bird-Lore / Garland, Carmel -- Bird-Lore / Reid, Frank -- Bird-Lore / Keegan, John Joe -- Bird-Lore / Stokes, Peter -- Old Cures / Montgomery, Mona -- Old Cures / Garland, Carmel -- Local Cures / Reid, Frank -- Local Cures / Keegan, John Joe -- Fairy Forts / Montgomery, Mona -- Fairy Forts / Keegan, John Joe -- Fairy Forts / Farrell, Paddy -- Fairy Forts / Reid, Frank -- Local Poets / Montgomery, Mona -- Local Poets / Stokes, Patsy -- Local Poets / Keegan, John Joe -- Local Poets / Keown, Davy Mac -- Local Poets / Gannon, Tom -- Famine Times / Montgomery, Mona -- Famine Times / Garland, Jerry -- Great Famine / Keegan, John Joe -- Famine Times / Stokes, Peter -- Famine Times / Reid, Cecilia -- Famine Times / Keown, Davy Mac -- Games I Play / Montgomery, Mona -- Games I Play / Stokes, Peter -- Holy Wells / Montgomery, Mona -- Holy Wells / Stokes, Peter -- Holy Wells / Gannon, Tom -- Holy Wells / Clavin, Angela -- Potato Planting / Montgomery, Mona -- Potatoes / Stokes, Peter -- Proverbs -- Local Festival Customs / Montgomery, Mona -- Local Festival Customs / Brennan, Maureen -- Farm and Domestic Animals / Montgomery, Mona -- Farm and Domestic Animals
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.