DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5070791
title: Virginia (B)

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Virginia (B) (school) (Virginia, Co. Cavan), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher E. Ó Raghallaigh.
description: Riddles -- Funny Stories - Captain Napper / Stephens, Willie -- Letter / Doherty, Natty -- Fortune / Gillic, Patrick -- Dead Rat / Matthews, Brian -- Hidden Treasure - Mullen's Gold / Mooney, Brendan -- Newcastle Lake -- Crock of Gold / Sheridan, Leo -- Copper Vessels / Deal, Patrick -- Hidden Gold / Stephens, Willie -- Cabinet Maker / Doyle, Frances -- Robbers and Yeomen / Gillic, Patrick -- Weather-Lore -- Local Heroes - Pat O'Brien / Doyle, Francis -- Local Heroes - James Clerkin / Doyle, Francis -- Local Heroes - Phil Garrity / Doyle, Francis -- Local Heroes - Mick Tighe / Gillic, Patrick -- Local Heroes - Bernard MacIntyre -- Local Heroes - Mr McDonnell / Doherty, Natty -- Local Heroes - Hughey Reilly / Stephens, Wille -- Local Heroes - John Farrelly / Stephens, Willie -- Local Heroes - Matt Lynch / Reilly, Matthias -- Local Heroes - General Phil Sheridan / Sheridan, Leo -- Local Happenings - The Bigger and Fay Elections / Murray, Brendan -- It was on the eighth day of October in the year of eighty-four. / Sheridan, Leo -- Local Happenings - Drownings / Stephens, Willie -- Local Happenings - Peter Lynch / Reilly, Matthias -- Local Happenings - Spinks' Hill / Reilly, Matthias -- Local Happenings - W.J. Carolan / Donoghue, Michael O' -- Local Happenings - Charlie Fisher / Matthews, Brian -- Burnings / Stephens, Willie -- Epidemic / Mooney, Gerard -- Severe Weather - Big Wind / Govern, Paddy Mc -- Local Poet / Matthew, Brian -- Flu / Stephens, Willie -- Black Fever / Stephens, Willie -- Big Wind -- Thunder and Lightning / Gillic, Patrick -- Frost Storm / Stephens, Willie -- Drowning / Cabe, Eamonn Mac -- Hedge-Schools - Curraghmore / Reilly, Matthias O' -- Hedge-Schools - Curraghmore / Govern, Paddy Mc -- Raffoney Hedge-School / Sheridan, Leo -- Raffoney National School / Sheridan, Leo -- Ballaghanea School / Matthews, Brian -- Barrick Street School / Mooney, Brendan -- There was an old school in 1840 where the Temperance Hall is now. / Doherty, Natty -- Murmod School / Matthews, Brian -- Old Crafts - Fishing / Deal, Patrick -- Old Crafts - Basket-Making / Doherty, Natty -- Old Crafts - Rush Candles / Monney, Brendan -- Old Crafts - Resin Candles / Gillic, Patrick -- Old Crafts - Fire Cranes / Doyle, Francis -- Old Crafts - Nail-Making / Reilly, Matthias O' -- Old Crafts - Lime-Kilns / Gillic, Patrick -- Old Crafts - Soap-Making / Stephens, Willie -- Old Crafts - Rope-Making / Mooney, Gerard -- Smith's Forge / Gillic, Patrick -- Local Marriage Customs / Stephens, Willie -- Local Marriage Customs / Deal, Patrick -- Local Marriage Customs / Kellett, Charles -- In the Penal Times / Cabe, Eamonn Mc -- In the Penal Times / Duffy, Myles -- In the Penal Times / Govern, Paddy Mc -- In the Penal Times / Matthews, Brian -- In the Penal Times / Stephens, Willie -- Local Place Names - Dunancory / Matthews, Brian -- Local Place Names - Balaclava / Matthews, Brian -- Local Place Names - Snow's Hill / Duffy, Myles -- Local Place Names - Spinks' Hill / Reilly, Matthias O' -- Local Place Names - Brown's Bottom -- Local Place Names - The Brewery Lane / Stephens, Willie -- Local Place Names - The Lone Field / Reilly, Matthias O' -- Local Place Names - Poll an Tormáin / Mooney, Gerard -- Local Place Names - Tipper's Rock / Mooney, Gerard -- Bird-Lore / Donoghue, Micheal -- Bird-Lore - The Crow / Mooney, Brendan -- Bird-Lore - The Wild Duck / Mooney, Brendan -- Bird-Lore - The Partridge / Cabe, Eamonn Mc -- Bird-Lore - The Corn-Crake / Cabe, Eamonn Mc -- Bird-Lore - The Teal / Brady, Patrick -- Bird-Lore - The Chaffinch / Doherty, Natty -- Bird-Lore - the Blue Tit / Daly, Philip -- Bird-Lore - The Robin / Matthews, Brian -- Bird-Lore - The Blackbird / Doyle, Francis -- Bird-Lore - The Kingfisher / Daly, James -- Local Cures - The Rose / Doherty, Natty -- Local Cures - The Rickets / Mooney, Brendan -- Local Cures - The Hives / Duffy, Myles -- Local Cures - The Ringworm / Mooney, Brendan -- Local Cures - The Wart / Deal, Patrick -- Local Cures - The Whittle / Cabe, Patrick Mc -- Local Cures - the Toothache / Doherty, Natty -- Local Cures - the Thrush / Doherty, Natty -- Local Cures - The Dirty Mouth / Donoughue, Micheal O' -- Local Cures - The Burn / Gillic, Patrick -- Local Cures - The Yellow Jaundice / Rodgers, Matthew -- Local Cures - the Whooping-Cough / Cabe, Eamonn Mac -- Local Cures - The Whooping-Cough / Mooney, Brendan -- Homemade Toys - The Catapult / Matthews, Brian -- Homemade Toys - Tops / Donoughue, Micheal -- Homemade Toys - Snares / Reilly, Matthias O' -- Homemade Toys - Cat and Dog / Govern, Paddy Mc -- Snares for Birds / Govern, Paddy Mc -- Homemade Toys - Christmas Horns / Gillic, Patrick -- Lore of Certain Days / Murray, Brendan -- Cure of the Evil / Murray, Brendan -- Cure for the Scour / Duffy, Myles -- Magpie / Murray, Brendan -- Red-Haired Woman / Murray, Brendan -- Hatching / Kellett, Charles -- Three Borrowed Days / Doyle, Francis -- Cross Day of the Year / Cabe, Eamonn Mac -- Lucky and Unlucky Days / Doherty, Natty -- Good Friday / Mooney, Brendan -- Christmas Horn / Sheridan, Leo -- Travelling Folk - Mary Greenan / Mooney, Brendan -- Travelling Folk - Owen Smith / Reilly, Matthias O' -- Travelling Folk - James Heery / Donoghue, Micheal O' -- Travelling Folk - Paddy Carroll / Duffy, Myles -- Travelling Folk - Paddy Carroll / Mooney, Gerard -- Travelling Folk - Brian Dunne / Canning, Ambrose -- Travelling Folk - Owen Connolly / Canning, Ambrose -- Fairy Forts - Mr farrelly's Fort / Stephens, Willie -- Fairy Forts - Lios na gCat / Doyle, Francis -- Fairy Forts - Music in Ballaghanea / Sheridan, Leo -- Fairy Forts - McGinn's Fort / Sheridan, Leo -- Pass between Forts / Sheridan, Leo -- Fort -- Flannigan's Fort / Mooney, Brendan -- Smith's Forts / Gillic, Patrick -- Hallow Eve / Gillic, Patrick -- Hallow Eve / Murray, Brendan -- Fairies / Gillic, Patrick -- Elliott's Fort / Murray, Brendan -- Johnny Bell's Fort -- Local Poets - John the Jobber / Matthews, Bernard -- Local Poets - Charles Moore O'Donoghue / Murray, Brendan -- Local Poets - Jack Robinson / Killett, Charles -- Local Poets - James Smith / Guire, Matt Mc -- Local Poets - Phil Duffy / Doherty, Natty -- Local Poets - Martin / Farelly, James -- Local Poets - Thornton / Duffy, James -- Johnny Snow / Stephens, Willie -- Famine Times / Stephens, Willie -- Mary Robinson / Donoghue, Micheal O' -- Parnell / Govern, Paddy Mc -- Kelletts / Doherty, Natty -- Famine Times / Gillic, Patrick -- Famine Times / Matthews, Vincent -- Famine Times / Deal, Paddy -- Famine Times / Mooney, Gerard -- Parnell's Meal / Sheridan, Leo -- Games I Play - Pitching Buttons / Stephens, Willie -- Games I Play - Catching Birds / Duffy, Myles -- Games I Play - Conquerors / Mooney, Gerard -- Games I Play / Sheridan, Leo -- Games I Play - Cock a Pistol / Doherty, Natty -- Games I Play - Poor Snipy / Maguire, Matt -- Games I Play - To Be It / Donoghue, Micheal -- Games I Play - Hop Cock Arusa / Govern, Paddy Mc -- Games I Play - Witch in the Well / Carolan, Patrick -- Hares and Hounds / Reilly, Matthias O' -- Games I Play - Broken Bottle / Reilly, Matthias O' -- Games I Play - Sunday Monday / Murray, Brendan -- Games I Play - Marbles / Reilly, Francis O' -- Local Roads / Duffy, Myles -- New Line / Mooney, Gerard -- Local Roads / Gillic, Patrick -- Bóirín / Doyle, Francis -- My Home District - Burreen / Doyle, Francis -- My Home District - Virginia / Murray, Brendan / Doherty, Natty -- My Home District - Raffoney / Sheridan, Leo -- My Home District - Rahardrum -- Ancient Minstrelsy of Breffni -- Our Holy Wells - St Patrick's Well / Doherty, Natty / Murray, Brendan -- Our Holy Wells - Killet's Well / Killett, Charles -- Our Holy Wells - Big Bog Well / Mooney, Gerard -- Our Holy Wells - St Bridget's Well / Sheridan, Leo -- Our Holy Wells - St Ultan's Well / Cabe, Eamonn Mc -- Our Holy Wells - St Ultan's Well / Reilly, Francis O' -- Our Holy Wells - St Kilian's Well / Reilly, Matthias O' -- Herbs - Nettles / Daly, Philip -- Herbs - The Fairy Fingers / Duffy, Myles -- Herbs - The Golden Rod / Doherty, Natty -- Herbs - The Morning Glory / Donoghue, Micheal O' -- Herbs - The Docking / Murray, Brendan -- Herbs - Dog Daisy / Stephens, Willie -- Herbs - Thistles / Doyle, Francis
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.