DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4658451
title: Dubh-Chearn

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from An Dubh-Chearn (school) (Doochorran, Co. Leitrim), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Bean Mhic an Ríogh.
description: Candle-Making / #missing, -- Riddles / #missing, -- Riddles / Kiernan, Molly -- Story of How the Ground is Prepared for Sowing Potatoes / Delaney, Patrick -- It is my duty to go to School. There I must learn... / Sutherland, Brigid -- Soap-Making / Sutherland, Bigid -- Prayers / Kiernan, Mary A. -- Prayers / Reilly, Maggie -- Witch / Reilly, Maggie -- How to Tan Leather / Sutherland, Brigid -- How to Make Soap / Sutherland, Brigid -- Lime-Kiln / Kiernan, Mollie -- Long ago there lived on my district beside one of the forts an old man and his wife... / Sutherland, Brigid -- Once upon a time there lived an man and woman and their little daughter... / Sutherland, Brigid -- One time there lived a man called Myles the Slasher... / Kiernan, Mollie -- Cure for the Worms / Harte, Kathleen P. -- There are certain people living in my district who make the cure of the jaundice with herbs... / Harte, Kathleen P. -- Flax / Reilly, Maggie -- Once upon a time there lived a man whose cos died, he went to bed at night and he left lamenting over the loss of his cow... / Reilly, Maggie -- Fairy Forts / Reilly, Maggie -- Long Walk / Harte, Kathleen -- Hidden Treasure / Sutherland, Brigid -- Local Happenings / Sutherland, Brigid -- Local Happenings / Sutherland, Brigid -- Story / Sutherland, Brigid -- Lord Leitrim's Fate / Kiernan, Mary A. -- Peculiar Kind of Woman / Delaney, Patrick -- Story / Delaney, Patrick -- Myles the Slasher's Water-Horse / Delaney, Pat -- Story / Sutherland, Brigid -- There are two tailors in my district. One of them work in a shop and comes home at night... / Sutherland, Brigid -- There was once a man and he started to level a ditch. When he had it nearly leveled. He saw a little... / Sutherland, Brigid -- There lived a man named Tierney Hands. He was going to a wedding and the fairies took him... / Sutherland, Brigid -- Basket-Making / Reilly, Maggie -- Travelling Folk / Reilly, Maggie -- Lore of Certain Days / Harte, Kathleen -- On St Brigid's Eve which falls on the last day of January the man of the house goes out and cuts rushes and conceals it outside of the house... / Sutherland, Brigid -- Care of the Feet / Sutherland, Brigid -- Churning / Sutherland, Brigid -- Story / Reilly, Maggie -- Pishogues with Regard to a Wake / Reilly, Maggie -- Athletic / Moran, Patrick -- Buying and Selling / Harte, Kathleen P. -- Old Houses / Sutherland, B. -- Food in Olden Times / Delady, Patrick -- Signs of the Weather / Kiernan, Mary A. -- Story / Kiernan, Maureen -- Holy Wells / Harte, Kathleen P. -- Planting of the Potato Crop / Harte, Kathleen -- Cures / Delaney, Patrick -- Omens / Delaney, Patrick -- Recipes for Food and Cures Made from Herbs -- Landlord / Harte, Kathleen P. -- Bird-Lore / Harte, Kathleen P. -- Banshee / Harte, Kathleen P. -- Herbs and Weeds / Harte, K. -- Bird-Lore / Harte, Kathleen -- Leprechaun / Harte, Kathleen P. -- Mermaid / Harte, Kathleen P. -- Story of a Witch / Harte, Kathleen
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.