DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5009213
title: Mostrim (B.)

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Mostrim (B.) (school) (Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Richard Hyland.
description: St Martin's Well / Hyland, Richard -- The "mounds" were undoubtedly the centre of pagan worship... / Hyland, R. -- Famine in Edgeworthstown / Hyland, Richard -- Local Cures -- Cure with a Ferret / Nolan, John -- Kilsallagh's Forts / Anderson, Albert -- Mr Mark O Farrell a native of Camlisk... / Nolan, John -- Prayers / Anderson, Albert -- Ghost in Gurteen Lake / Yorke, Gregory -- Prayers / Anderson, Albert -- Marriages / Guinness, Bernie Mac -- Proverb / Guinness, Bernie Mac -- Local Cures / Guinness, Bernie Mac -- Ringing Bell of Inch / Glynn, Michael Mac -- Floating Flag of Saint's Island / Glynn, Michael Mc -- Folklore / Fagan, Thomas -- Folklore / Fagan, Thomas -- Folklore - Old Schools / Fagan, Thomas -- Béaloideas / Yorke, Gregory -- Béaloideas - The Robin / Yorke, G. -- Béaloideas - The Ass / Yorke, G. -- Béaloideas - An Old Game / Yorke, G. -- Local Landlords / Guinness, Bernard Mac -- The shops were as common in olden times as they are to this day... / Glynn, Michael Mac -- Folklore - The Old Moat / Rourke, John O' -- Honora / Fagan, Thomas -- Cure for a Wart / Yorke, G. -- Fort of Lisnagrish / Yorke, Peter -- Mill at Tinnynarr / Yorke, Peter -- There is a stone in the lawn around the Rector's house. / Guinness, Bernard Mac -- Leprechaun / Guinness, Bernard Mac -- Folklore - My Relations / Rourke, John O' -- Folklore / Greene, Frank -- Folklore - Old Roads / Hyland, Patrick -- Giant's Boulder / Hyland, R. -- Men who Won Fame - Pat Farrell of Ballincaree / Hyland, Patrick -- Leprechauns / Anderson, Albert -- About forty years ago a man named John Kerrigan... / Anderson, Albert -- Pishogues / Anderson, Albert -- Old Hedge-Schools / Anderson, Albert -- About sixty three years ago or more... / Nolan, John -- Games / Nolan, John -- Weather-Lore / Nolan, John -- Folklore - The Old Hill / Hyland, Patrick -- Old Saying for Money / Yorke, Gregory -- St Stephen's Night -- Prayers / Anderson, Albert -- Cracking Nuts -- Moataward Fort / Nolan, John -- Churning / Nolan, Shaun -- Long long ago there lived near Edgeworthstown a man called Mickie the Rover. / Nolan, Shaun -- Vaughan's Clump / Nolan, John -- Long long ago there were no railways, no motor cars no buses no way of travelling but coaches. / Nolan, John -- Enchanted Lake / Nolan, John -- In this country long ago there was an election called Martin Election... / Guinness, Bernard Mc -- Folklore - Weather-Lore / Nolan, Sean -- Folklore - Games / Nolan, Sean -- Folklore / Nolan, John -- Folklore / Greene, Francis -- Folklore - Old Crafts / Greene, Francis -- Local Poets / Greene, Francis -- Folklore / Walsh, Michael -- Local Poets / Glynn, Micheál Mac -- Folklore - Martin's Election / Glynn, Michael Mac -- Francis Y. Edgeworth / Glynn, Micheál Mac -- Relics of 1690 at Curreen Lanesboro County Longford -- Monument to George White, Curreen -- Legg Woods / Anderson, Albert -- Castle of Rathcline -- Feast at the Castle and the Departure of the Monks / Hyland, Richard -- Folklore / Rourke, John O' -- A man who lived at Portumna led a very bad life. / Hyland, Patrick -- Lady Nailed to the Tree / Anderson, Albert -- One Halloween four men were coming home from rambling... / Brady, Hugh -- Folklore / Glynn, Micheál Mac -- Folklore - November Night / Fhloinn, Micheál Mac -- Folklore -- Folklore - Clothes Made Locally / Rourke, John O' -- Pishogues / Rourke, John O' -- Old Crafts / Rourke, James O' -- Wrecking of a Platform / Anderson, Albert -- Ghost of Edgeworthstown House / Hyland, Richard -- Omen of Death at Edgeworthstown House / Hyland, R. -- There was a tan yard where Thomas Kelly the butcher is living... / Anderson, Albert -- Old Crafts -- Local Poets -- Old Chapel at Mostrim / Greene, F. -- There was a tan-yard where Tom Kelly the butcher is living. -- Miss Mary Caffery is living in Granard St. -- Old Monuments -- Folklore - Stories from the Hunt / Fhloinn, Micheál Mac -- Ghosts at Edgeworthstown House / Hyland, Patrick J. -- Ghost Stories / Anderson, Albert -- Bannesterboo Bridge / Rourke, John O' -- Black and Tans / Guinness, Bernard Mc -- Fairs were held locally six times in the year. / Guinness, Bernard Mc -- Charelton's Folly / Rourke, John O' -- Tha Haunted Coach -- Moat-a-Ward Fort / Nolan, John -- Removal of the Monument to Honora Edgeworth / Hyland, R. -- Old Cross / Guinness, Harry Mc -- Poem / Guinness, Harry Mc -- Betty Pointing's Church / Anderson, Albert -- Lough Sheelan / Allen, Louie -- Old Cures -- Once upon a time there lived a man who made his living by making poteen. -- Once upon a time Lough Lane a most beautiful lake in a lonely part of Westmeath... -- Local Ruins -- Local Ruins / Caughey, Aisie -- How the Tea Was First Sold / Moorhead, Joy -- How Rathowen Got Its Title / Moorhead, Gladys -- About half a mile outside Edgeworthstown thre is a high moat... / Moorhead, Gladys -- Old Mr Connall O'Farrell great grandfather of the present Mr C. O' Farrell gave shelter one night to Cromwell when he came to Ireland. / Moorhead, Joy -- Mr Woods of Cullyvore, Edgeworthstown told me there is a fort on his land... / Allen, Louie -- Superstitions / Caughney, Aisie -- Ballincargy / Moorhead, Joy -- Crafts / Caughey, Aisie -- The food in olden days was a lot different than nowadays. / Allen, Louie -- Weather-Lore / Allen, Victor -- Hidden Treasure / Bloomer, Nellie -- Leprechaun / Bloomer, Nellie -- Proverbs / Moorhead, Gladys -- Night of the Big Wind / Bloomer, Nellie -- Rush Candles / Bloomer, Nellie -- Lore of Certain Days / Bloomer, Nellie -- Men of Note / Allen, Louie -- Bird-Lore / Bloomer, Nellie -- Fairs / Allen, Louie -- Churning / Moorhead, Joy -- One morning she was working busily when a little woman came to the door... / Bloomer, Nellie -- Mr Swift aged 80 years, of Bracket Gates, Rathowen County Westmeath, told me that when he was a little boy, there were gates across the road in front of his house. / Bloomer, George -- About 50 years ago there lived an old woman and her husband... / Bloomer, Nellie -- Dead Coach / Bloomer, Nellie -- Death-Lore / Caughey, Aisie -- Marriage Customs / Caughey, Aisie -- Superstitions / Bloomer, Nellie -- St Patrick / Bloomer, George -- Long ago there lived a man in Lisnageeragh named John Macken... / Bloomer, George -- My mother told me that long ago there lived a man in Rathowen named Mick Nally... / Bloomer, George -- Jack Masterson, Rathowen, told me that there once lived a man named Mat Cormack... / Bloomer, George -- Cures / Bloomer, George -- Old Houses / Allen, Victor
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.