DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5084791
title: Mercy Convent

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Mercy Convent (school) (Belturbet, Co. Cavan), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher The Sisters.
description: ...treasures into this tunnel and they are supposed to be there still. / Govern, Kathleen Mc -- Hidden Treasure / Hanlon, Bridie O' -- Hidden Treasure / Cabe, Kathleen Mc -- Hidden Treasure / Morris, Frances -- Hidden Treasure / Govern, Eilisheen Mc -- Hidden Treasure / Donohoe, Evelyn -- Bloody Pass / Hanlon, Bridie O' -- Funny Story / Connell, May O' -- Story / Kenna, Maura Mc -- Story / Fitzpatrick, Joan -- True Story / Smith, Josie -- Story / Govern, Kathleen Mc -- True Story / Smith, Josie -- Story / Guigan, Nuala Mc -- Riddles / Herron, Sadie -- Riddles / Govern, Kathleen Mc -- Riddles / Cassidy, Nuala -- Riddles / Lawlor, Mary -- Riddles / Hamilton, Dympna -- Clothes Made Locally / Kenna, Evelyn Mc -- Travelling Folk / Herron, Sadie -- Travelling Folk / Donald, Betty Mc -- Old Prayers / Reilly, Margaret O' -- Prayer / Reilly, Maureen O' -- Prayers / Cassidy, Nuala -- Prayer / Govern, Eilisheen Mc -- Local Happening / Reilly, Margaret O' -- Local Drowning / Cassidy, Nuala -- Local Happenings / Kenna, Maura Mc -- Local Drowning / Murphy, Josie -- Festival Customs / Lawlor, May -- Crosóg Bhríde / Shamhrain, Eibhlís Nich -- Potato Crop / Brady, Kathleen -- Potato Crop / Donald, Betty Mc -- Local Cures / Kenna, Evelyn Mc -- Local Cures / Herron, Sadie -- Local Cures / Reilly, Margaret O' -- Local Cures / Guigan, Nuala Mc -- Weather-Lore / Reilly, Maureen O' -- Local Fairs / Kenna, Evelyn Mc -- Local Marriage Customs / Browne, Frances -- Local Song - The Erne / Kenna, Maura Mc -- Festival Customs / Kenna, Maura Mc -- Riddles / Fitzpatrick, Joan -- Local Song - Drainage of the River Erne / Ghilla Phádraigh, Brighd Ní -- Care of the Feet / Hamilton, Dympna -- Fairy Forts / Herron, Sadie -- Fairy Fort / Kenna, Maura Mc -- Fairy Fort / Guigan, Nuala Mc -- Fairy Fort / Kenna, Evelyn Mc -- Proverbs / Murphy, Josie -- Proverbs / Reilly, Maureen O' -- Local Ruins / Govern, Eilisheen Mc -- My Home District / Browne, Frances -- My Home District / Fitzpatrick, Joan -- Bird-Lore / Lawlor, May -- Local Heroes / Kenna, Maura Mc -- Story / Cassidy, Nuala -- Games / Herron, Sadie -- Magic Stone / Govern, Eilisheen Mc -- My Home District / Govern, Kathleen Mc -- My Home District / Smith, Josie -- My Home District / Donald, Betty Mc -- Games I Play / Govern, Eilisheen Mc -- Graveyards / Smith, Josie -- Games I Play / Herron, Sadie -- My Home District / Cassidy, Nuala -- Old Roads / Hamilton, Dympna -- Old Crafts / Herron, Sadie -- Games I Play / Kenna, Evelyn Mc -- Religious Story / Govern, Eilisheen Mc -- Churning / Reilly, Margaret O' -- Games I Play / Reilly, Margaret O' -- Hidden Treasure / Herron, Sadie -- Leprechaun / Hanlon, Bridie O' -- Epidemics / Smith, Josie -- Leprechaun / Murphy, Josie -- Churning / Cabe, Kathleen Mc -- My Home District / Lawlor, May -- Food in Olden Times / Lawlor, May -- My Home District / Cabe, Kathleen Mc -- Care of Farm Animals / Donald, Betty Mc -- Homemade Toys / Guigan, Nuala Mc -- Local Place Names / Cabe, Kathleen Mc -- Local Cures / Cabe, Kathleen Mc -- Local Drowning / Boland, Marie Thérése -- Local Poets / Hanlon, Bridie O' -- Care of Farm Animals / Cabe, Kathleen Mc -- Local Place Names / Hanlon, Bridie O' -- Local Forge / Govern, Kathleen Mc -- Local Forges / Hamilton, Dympna -- Famine Times / Herron, Sadie
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.