DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5009067
title: Rahugh

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Rahugh (school) (Rahugh, Co. Westmeath), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher P. Ó Maonghaile.
description: Irish Words Retained -- Hidden Treasure / Dunne, Mattie -- Hidden Treasure / Coyne, Mary T. -- In a fountain crystal clear... / Dunne, Mary Josephine -- I have a good goose and she goes a good price... / Dunne, Matthew -- A flock a white sheep on a red hill... / Carey, John -- Riddles me riddle me randy go... / Geoghegan, Josie -- When stars are running on sky it is the sign of rain. / Carey, Kathleen -- In the Penal days a family of priest hunters b he name of Lowes caught a young priest. / Dunne, Matthew -- There was a young priest hiding in this parish and there was a Protestant family... / Geoghegan, Ann Josephine -- There was a man named John Smullan who worked for a family called Lowes. / Coyne, Mary T. -- There is a mass rock in a deep valley situated a he mearing of the farms... / Dunne, Mary Josephine -- There is a mass path at the back of Rahugh chapel. / Dunne, Mary Josephine -- There is a well on the border of the townlands of Sonnagh and Kilober called the priest's well. / Dempsey, Thomas -- Local Place Names / Geoghegan, Ann Josephine -- Local Place Names / Dempsey, Thomas -- Local Place Names / Molloy, Elizabeth -- Local Place Names / Carey, Kathleen -- Local Place Names / Dunne, Matthew -- Local Place Names / Coyne, Mary T. -- Local Place Names / Harte, Rose M. -- Local Place Names / Harte, Rose M. -- Local Place Names / Lee, James -- Local Place Names / Dunne, Michael -- Crafts / Geoghegan, Eileen -- Crafts / Carey, Kathleen -- Crafts / Geoghegan, Anne Josephine -- Cures / Dunne, Matthew -- Cures / Coyne, Mary T. -- Cures / Dunne, Mary Josephine -- Cures / Geoghegan, Ann Josephine -- Cures / Molloy, Elizabeth -- Cures / Dunne, Ambrose -- Cures / Coyne, Mary T. -- Cures / Harte, Rose M. -- Marriage Customs / Molloy, Elizabeth -- Homemade Toys / Coyne, Mary T. -- Homemade Toys / Harte, Rose M. -- Lore of Certain Days / Geoghegan, Eileen -- Lore of Certain Days / Dunne, Matthew -- Lore of Certain Days / Geoghegan, Ann Josephine -- Wild Birds / Coyne, Mary T. -- Wild Birds / Harte, Rose -- Wild Birds / Geoghegan, Ann Josephine -- Wild Birds / Dunne, Mattie -- Famine / Dunne, Mattie -- Famine / Coyne, Mary T. -- Famine / Dempsey, Thomas -- Famine / Harte, Rose M. -- Famine / Harte, Rose M. -- Famine / Dunne, Elizabeth -- Famine / Geoghegan, Eileen -- Hedge Schools -- Hedge Schools / Geoghegan, Ann Josephine -- Hedge Schools / Dunne, Joseph -- Local Fairs / Harte, Rose -- Local Fairs / Geoghegan, Eileen -- Local Fairs / Dempsey, Thomas -- Funeral Customs / Coyne, Mary T. -- Festival Customs / Geoghegan, Eileen -- Farm Animals / Dunne, Matthew -- Farm Animals / Geoghegan, Ann Josephine -- Farm Animals / Harte, Rose M. -- Farm Animals / Coyne, Mary T. -- Farm Animals / Geoghegan, Ann Josephine -- Farm Animals / Coyne, Mary T. -- Travelling Folk / Geoghegan, Ann Josephine -- Travelling Folk / Lee, James -- Stories of the Holy Family / Geoghegan, Ann Josephine -- Stories of the Holy Family / Harte, Rose M. -- Stories of the Holy Family / Coyne, Mary T. -- Stories of the Holy Family / Dunne, Mary Josephine -- Care of the Feet / Harte, Rose M. -- Care of the Feet / Geoghegan, Ann Joesphine -- Care of the Feet / Dunne, Joseph -- Forge / Coyne, Mary T. -- Forge / Dunne, Mary Josephine -- Forge / Geoghegan, Ann Josephine -- Food / Dunne, Mattie -- Food / Geoghegan, Eileen -- Food / Molloy, Elizabeth -- Food / Harte, Rose M. -- Food / Geoghegan, Ann Josephine -- Food / Carey, Kathleen -- My Home District / Coyne, Mary T. -- My Home District / Geoghegan, Eileen -- My Home District / Molloy, Elizabeth -- My Home District / Lee, James -- My Home District / Dempsey, Thomas -- My Home District / Geoghegan, Ann Josephine -- My Home District / Carey, Kathleen -- Old House / Coyne, Mary T. -- Old House / Dunne, Matthew -- Old House / Molloy, Elizabeth -- Churning / Dunne, Mary Josephine -- Churning / Dunne, Ambrose -- Churning / Lee, James -- Churning / Carey, Kathleen -- Local Patron Saint - St Hugh / Geoghegan, Ann Josephine -- Local Patron Saint - St Hugh / Coyne, Mary T. -- Festival Customs / Coyne, Mary T. -- Leprechaun / Molloy, Elizabeth -- Prayers / Dunne, Elizabeth -- Prayers / Lee, James -- Prayers / Dunne, Mary Josephine -- Songs / Dunne, Mary Josephine -- Songs / Molloy, Elizabeth -- Songs / Lee, James -- Religious Stories / Dempsey, Thomas -- Religious Stories / Coyne, Mary T. -- Religious Stories / Dunne, Joseph -- Old Graveyards / Cusack, Pauline -- Old Graveyards / Lee, Nancy -- Old Graveyards / Molloy, Elizabeth -- Old Graveyards / Harte, Rose M. -- People put the blessed palm sometimes over the cow house... / Dunne, Elizabeth -- Holly is used for decorating the house at Christmas. / Molloy, Elizabeth -- The shamrock is the National Emblem of Ireland. / Molloy, Elizabeth -- There is a mound in Rahugh. / Carey, John -- Clog Stuca is the name of a rock in our farm. / Molloy, Elizabeth
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.