DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4493685
title: St Davaddog's, Tamney

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from St Davaddog's, Tamney (school) (Tawny, Co. Donegal), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938.
description: People in this School Area who have Spinning Wheels / Bride, Kitty Mc -- Without title / Carr, Margaret -- Great Walkers in the District / Sweeney, Rose -- Local Transport in the Late Nineteenth Century / Bride, Francis Mc -- Old Schools in the District / Bride, Kitty Mc -- Old Schools in the District / Bride, Francis Mc -- Vessels Used in Homes Long Ago / Bride, Katie Mc -- Preparation of Wool for Spinning - Local Method / Carr, Thomas -- Local Murder / Bride, Kitty Mc -- Meals of Former Days - Black Puddings / Bride, Francis Mc -- Old Schools / Gibbons, Mary Ann -- Things Lucky / Bride, Kitty Mc -- Things Lucky / Bride, Katie Mc -- Things Unlucky / Gibbons, Sally -- Things Unlucky / Bride, Katie Mc -- Old Forts / Gibbons, Mary Ann -- Old Forts / Bride, Kitty Mc -- Furniture of Former Days / Gibbons, Mary Ann -- Furniture of Former Days / Bride, Katie Mc -- Inscriptions on Tombstones - Massmount Graveyard / Leicigh, Anna Ní -- Linguistic -- Leigheasanna - Déideadh / Bríghdhe, Sorcha Ních -- Leigheasanna - Plucamas / Ghiolla Bríghdhe, Sorcha Níc -- Old Cures / Gibbons, Sally -- Old Cures / Carr, Margaret -- Old Cures / Sweeney, Rose -- Local Sports of Long Ago and Faction Fights / Bride, Katie Mc -- Poteen-Making in Fanad / Bride, Francis Mc -- Poteen-Making in Fanad / Gibbons, Mary Ann -- Marriage Customs / Gibbons, Mary Ann -- Marriage Customs / Carr, Margaret -- Bean Sí - Local Account / Gibbons, Sally -- Holy Wells / Gibbons, Mary Ann -- Local Stories of St Colmcille / Carr, Margaret -- Holy Wells / Bride, Kitty Mc -- Holy Wells / Bride, Katie Mc -- Farming Long Ago / Carr, Thomas -- How Whins are Prepared for Fodder / Carr, Thomas -- Old Rights of Way (Local) / Gibbons, Mary Ann -- Inscriptions of Tombstones - Rossnakill Graveyard / Carr, Margaret -- Inscriptions on Tombstones / Carr, Margaret -- Inscriptions on Tombstones / Bride, Francis Mc -- Inscriptions on Tombstones / Bride, Kitty Mc -- John Roe, J. Mc Feeters, Roughan, Did Family Mc Conigley, Aughadagely... / Carr, Jeane E. -- Nicknames / Bride, Katie Mc -- Nicknames / Clinton, Grace -- Nicknames / Bride, Kitty Mc -- Shops here Long Ago / Clinton, Grace -- Shops here Long Ago / Gibbons, Mary Ann -- Shops here Long Ago / Bride, Kitty Mc -- Stories of Local Landlords / Sweeney, Rose -- Murder of Lord Leitrim / Bride, Francis Mc -- Murder of Lord Leitrim / Gibbons, Mary Ann -- Stories of Lord Leitrim himself / Bride, Kitty Mc -- Amusements at Wakes / Bride, Katie Mc -- Hidden Treasures / Bride, Francis Mc -- Hidden Treasures / Clinton, Grace -- Hidden Treasures / Gibbons, Mary Ann -- Local Stories of the Famine / Blaney, Liam O. -- Story about the Famine / Clinton, Winnie -- In olden days fairies were supposed to be seen dancing on the top of a high fort that is in Aughadreena... / Gibbons, Mary Ann -- Fairies / Clinton, Grace -- Fairies / Gibbons, Mary Ann -- Phrases Translated from the Irish or due to Other Sources -- This melody was known by a few old people in the neighbourhood of Raphoe about thirty years ago. / Lecky, W. B. -- Ethnographic -- Surnames of Pupils - 1st July 1934
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.