DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5009068
title: Kilbeggan (B.)

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Kilbeggan (B.) (school) (Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher P. Mac Siúrtáin.
description: Kilbeggan -- Signs of Good Weather -- Old Crafts / Brenan, Billy -- Local Cures / Donegan, Paul -- Funny Story -- My Home District / Nannery, Matt -- Penal Times -- Local Traditions / Nannery, Matt -- Riddles -- Lore of Certain Days / Jordan, P.T. -- Lore of Certain Days / Jordan, P.T. -- Lore of Certain Days -- Travelling Folk -- Fairy Forts -- Mass Rocks -- Graveyard / Donegan, Paul -- Old Story / Guilfoyle, John -- Food in the Olden Times -- Clothes Made Locally -- Local Fairs -- Fairy Forts -- Old Story -- Churning Folklore / Donegan, Paul / Dunican, Paul -- Famine and Rebellion of 98 / Dunican, Paul -- Local Story / Brennan, Billy -- Songs Folklore / Donegan, Paul / Dunican, Paul -- Local Wit -- Giants and Hags / Dunican, Paul -- Local Monuments / Dunican, Paul -- Local Festival Customs / Dunican, Paul -- Hedge Schools / Dunican, Paul -- Holy Wells / Nannery, Matt -- My Home District / Dunican, Paul -- Proverbs / Dunican, Paul -- Local Roads -- Cemetery -- Churning / Claffey, Lill -- Churning / Hurley, Maureen -- Churning / Dullaghan, Teresa -- Churning / Nannery, Maureen -- Games I Play / Dullaghan, Teresa -- Famous People of this Locality / Mountaine, Maureen -- Famous People of this Locality / Moran, Philomena -- Famous People of this Locality / Gormley, Kathleen -- Hidden Treasure / Hurley, Maureen -- Hidden Treasure / Dullaghan, Teresa -- Our Holy Wells / Dullaghan, Teresa -- Local Place Names / Moran, Philomena -- Local Place Names / Moran, Pauline -- Local Place Names -- Local Place Names -- Festival Customs / Dunican, Imelda -- Story / Carton, Kathleen -- Priest-Hunters / Dunican, Imelda -- McGeoghegan the Local Hero / Dullaghan, Teresa -- Local Roads / Carton, Kathleen -- Seanráite / Keegan, Nancy -- Fort / Hurley, Maureen -- McGeoghegan the Local Hero / Dullaghan, Teresa -- Changelings / Dunican, Imelda -- Priest-Hunter / Mountaine, Maureen -- Our Holy Well / Coffey, Eily -- Prayers / Dunican, Imelda -- Wakes / Hurley, Teresa -- Penal Days / Claffey, Lill -- Penal Days / Moran, Pauline -- Penal Days / Gormley, Kathleen -- Penal Days / Daly, Rosie -- Penal Days / Hurley, Teresa -- Penal Days / Moore, Nan -- Penal Days / Mountaine, Maureen -- Penal Days / Nannery, Maureen -- Penal Days / Dullaghan, Teresa -- Local Marriage Customs / Daly, Sheila -- Local Marriage Customs / Daly, Rosie -- Local Marriage Customs / Claffey, Lill -- Old Crafts / Dullaghan, Teresa -- Old Crafts / Hurley, Maureen -- Old Crafts / Moran, Pauline -- Old Crafts / Keegan, Mary Ellen -- Old Crafts / Nannery, Maureen -- Story of Famine Times / Hurley, Maureen -- Story / Hurley, Maureen -- Story / Dullaghan, Teresa -- Local Fairs / Caffrey, Alice -- Landlords / Smyth, Philomena -- Landlords / Caffrey, Alice -- Bread / Mountaine, Maureen -- Buying and Selling / Dunican, Imelda -- Local Cures / Daly, Sheila -- Local Cures / Moore, Nan -- Local Cures / Keegan, Mary E. -- Local Place Names / Hurley, Teresa
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.