DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5044828
title: Coill na Leac

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Coill na Leac (school) (Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher P. Mac Geibheannaigh.
description: Stories - The Red Clay of Derrylina / Coffey, Maggie -- Ghost Story / Fitzpatrick, Bernard -- Story / Boyle, Rose -- Story / Newman, Bridget -- Story / Fitzpatrick, Kathleen -- Story / Masterson, Mary -- Story about Fairies / Cusack, Kathleen -- Story / Kelly, Bennie -- Riddles / Boyle, Mary -- Riddles / Newman, Bridget -- Riddles / Masterson, Mary -- Riddles / Coffey, Maggie -- Riddles / Hare, Sean O -- Riddles / Brown, Bridget -- Riddles / Hare, Annie O' -- Cures / Hare, Annie O' -- Forts / Masterson, Andrew -- Fort / Gowan, Philip Mc -- Rath / Brady, Stephen -- Fort / Masterson, Mary -- Fort / Boyle, Rose -- Fort / Hare, Sean O -- Fort / Coffey, Maggie -- Fort / Kelly, Bennie -- Fort / Fitzpatrick, Bernard -- Townlands / Coffey, Maggie -- Townland / Fitzpatrick, Bernard -- Townland / Newman, Bridget -- Townland / Hare, Annie O -- Townland / Kelly, Bennie -- Townland / Masterson, Mary -- Townland / Hare, Sean O -- Townland / Poyntz, Alice -- Churning / Newman, Bridget -- Churning / Boyle, Rose -- Churning / Coffey, Maggie -- Homemade Toys / Masterson, Mary -- Homemade Toys / Hare, Annie O -- Games -- Dickery Davery / Hare, Annie O -- Frog Game / Coffey, Maggie -- Blind Man's Buff / Newman, Bridget -- Draughts -- Holy Wells / Geibheannaigh, P. Mac -- St Brigid's Well / Géibheannaigh, P. Mac -- Skittles / Boyle, Hugh -- Three Jolly Wise Men / Masterson, Mary -- Dummies Meeting / Fitzpatrick, Bernard -- Crafts / Masterson, Mary -- Thatching / Boyle, Rose -- Rope-Making / Newman, Bridget -- Names of the Fields on Our Farm / Newman, Bridget -- Names of the Fields on Our Farm / Masterson, Mary -- Names of the Fields on Our Farm / Hare, Sean O -- Names of the Fields on Our Farm / Poyntz, Alex -- Names of the Fields on Our Farm / Kelly, Bennie -- Names of the Fields on Our Farm / Hare, Annie O' -- Names of the Fields on Our Farm / Brown, Bridget -- Names of the Animals on Our Farm / Masterson, Mary -- Names of the Animals on Our Farm / Coffey, Maggie -- Names of the Animals on Our Farm / Hare, Annie O -- Names of the Animals on Our Farm / Brown, Bridget -- Song / Boyle, Mary -- Local Hero / Hare, Annie O' -- Song - The Geese in the Pound -- Old Sayings / Fitzpatrick, Kathleen -- Old Sayings -- Food Long Ago -- How Oaten Meal Bread Is Made -- How Colcannon is Made / Masterson, Mary -- How to Make Porridge / Boyle, Rose -- How to Make Boxty / Coffey, Maggie -- Marriages / Newman, Bridget -- Marriages / Boyle, Mary -- Strawboys / Cusack, Kathleen -- Bread Long Ago / Newman, Bridget -- How to Make Potato Bread -- Old Mill / Hare, Annie O' -- Tailor / Hare, Annie O' -- Monster / Masterson, Mary -- Herbs / Newman, Bridget -- Comfrey / Masterson, Mary -- Planting of the Potatoes / Masterson, Mary -- Spade -- Spraying and Moulding of the Potatoes / Boyle, Rose -- Digging of the Potatoes / Newman, Bridget -- Setting of the Potatoes / Hare, Sean O' -- Dyeing of Wool / Brown, Bridget -- Prayers / Newman, Bridget -- Prayers / Coffey, Maggie -- Story / Hare, Annie O' -- About eighty years ago there lived a man in Annagh Belturbet... / Hare, Sean O' -- Urney Graveyard / Hare, Annie O' -- Christmas Customs / Newman, Bridget -- St Stephen's Day / Newman, Bridget -- Christmas Customs -- Palm / Hare, Annie O' -- St Stephen's Day / Masterson, Mary -- St Stephen's Day / Fitzpatrick, Bernard -- May Day / Lane, Seamus -- Palm / Boyle, Mary -- May Day / Boyle, Mary -- Holly -- St Stephen's Day / Cusack, Kathleen -- St Brigid's Cross / Masterson, Mary -- There are two rocks in our land. / Hare, Sean O' -- St Stephen's Day / Hare, Sean O' -- St Stephen's Day -- Fairs / Newman, Bridget -- Local Fairs / Fitzpatrick, Kathleen -- Local Fairs / Hare, Annie O' -- Local Fairs / Masterson, Mary -- Local Fairs / Boyle, Hugh -- Names of Wild Birds / Masterson, Mary -- Names of Wild Birds / Coffey, Maggie -- Names of Wild Birds / Newman, Bridget -- Names of Wild Birds / Fitzpatrick, Kathleen -- Names of Wild Birds / Browne, Bridget -- Birds' Nest / Masterson, Mary -- Birds' Nest / Coffey, Maggie -- When the curlews are whistling it is a sign of rain. / Masterson, Mary -- Story / Hare, Annie O' -- Travelling Folk / Fitzpatrick, Kathleen -- Travelling Folk / Hare, Annie O' -- Travelling Folk / Coffey, Maggie -- Travelling Folk / Masterson, Mary -- Travelling Folk / Bhrádaigh, Muire Nic -- Ghost Story / Masterson, Mary -- Ghost Story / Masterson, Mary -- Story / Hare, Annie O' -- Story / Kelly, Bridie
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.