DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5070798
title: Cros Riabhach

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Cros Riabhach (school) (Crossreagh, Co. Cavan), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher T. Ó Siordáin.
description: Cros Riabhach -- Mullach Lake -- Forts -- Quilca House -- St Kilian - Patron of Parish -- Place Names in this Parish -- Local Weather-Lore -- Local Cures -- Local Customs Connected with Festivals -- Wedding Customs -- Wild Life in this Locality - The Birds -- Bonfires -- Big Wind 1839 -- Family Names of the Locality -- About Boots -- Old Graveyards in this Parish -- Old Roads -- Old Houses -- Mullagh Village -- Teampal Ceallachaigh - Kelly's Church -- Old Crafts - A Local Basket-Maker -- Old Customs of this District / Smyth, Phil -- Old Riddles of this Locality / Carolan, Susan -- Riddles / Cumisky, Thomas -- More Riddles / Smyth, Brigid -- Other Riddles from Cavan / Hynes, Peggy -- Riddles with Answers / Smyth, Phil -- Wise Sayings agus Seanráite / Farrelly, Pat -- Travelling Folk -- Weird Story of Quilca Lake -- Black Dog / Quinn, Michael -- Palmyra Fort / Lynch, Pat -- Fairy Shoemaker of Drumrath / Doughty, Charlie O' -- Bailieborough Story / Lynch, Patrick -- Fairies Buy Pigs / Quinn, Michael -- Fairy Hunt in Corryrourke / Smyth, John -- Fairy Money / Carolan, Liam -- Folklore / Farrelly, John P. -- Story / Smyth, Philip -- Old Miser from Crossreagh / Farrelly, John P. -- Haunted House / Keating, Maureen -- Story / Smith, John -- Story / Doughty, Charlie -- Story / Keating, Maureen -- Ghostly Boat on Quilca Lake / Smyth, Thady -- Ghost Story / Hynes, Peggy -- Graveyard Watch-House -- Dead Coach / Farrelly, Patrick -- Story / Keating, Maureen -- Stray Sod / Keating, Maureen -- Story of the Five-Acre Field in Quilca / Smyth, Thady -- Master's Buttons -- Story / Keating, Maureen -- Story / Smyth, Thady -- Another Story of a Schoolmaster -- Story of a Hedge-School -- Story / Smyth, Thady -- Story / Smith, John -- Fairy Shoes / Carolan, Ann -- Fairy Wedding / Carolan, Susan -- Woman in White / Smyth, Patrick -- Five Fairy Horsemen / Smyth, Pat -- Ghostly Goat -- Pooka - Fairy Horse -- Headless Ass / Glennon, Ann -- Fairy Rabbit / Quinn, Michael -- Story of Lisanahederna / Glennon, Ann -- Another Story of the Chaldra / Doughty, R. -- Fairy Footballers -- Stray Sod -- Fairy Wedding / Hynes, Peggy -- Red Cow / Hynes, Peggy -- Weird Experience / Keating, Owen -- Fairy Horses of the Lake -- Battle of Mullagh -- Tale of '98 -- Secret / Glennon, Ann -- Story / Carolan, Susan -- Story of Quilca / Glennon, Mary -- Long Céilí in the Fort / Hynes, Peggy -- Big Hat / Doughty, Liam -- Foolish Man / Sheridan, E. -- Fort in Cloughbally / Sheridan, Ellen -- Story of Mullagh Hill / Sheridan, Ellen -- Fireside Rhyme and Game / Smyth, Phil -- Another Old Rhyme for Playtime / Fitzsimons, Mary Ellen -- Fairy Calf / Smith, John -- Famous Fight in a Lane -- Strong Runner / Carolan, M. -- Dancing Master / Brien, Patrick O -- Fairy Gap - An Bearna Sióga -- Bhean Sí -- Chúirt Caillí / Murphy, Patrick -- Treasure -- Grisset -- Who Was He? / Donoghoe, J. -- Hand / Carolan, Matt -- Fairy Lady -- Fairy Football / Lynch, Phelim -- Story of the Fairies / Glennon, Alary -- Fairy Horse from Mullagh Lake -- Wool-Pack -- Ghostly Football Match in Quilca / Doughty, Liam -- Fairy Footballers / Duffy, P. -- Story of Mullagh Lake / Glennon, Mary -- Story of the Bean Sí / Lynch, Pat -- Ghost Story / Keating, Maureen -- Leprechaun Story / Murray, Kathleen -- Another Story about the Caldhra / Smyth, Phil -- Story / Smyth, Nora -- Another Story about the Caldhra Fort / Smyth, Phil -- Folklore / Carolan, Liam -- Old Rhymes / Hynes, Anna -- Fairy Story / Quinn, Michael -- Fairy Cow / Smyth, Nora -- Story of my Townland / Glennon, Mary -- Story - An Leipreachán / Fitzsimons, Ellen -- Story of a Fort / Glennon, Mary -- Story / Glennon, Mary -- Story of the Bean Sí / Reilly, Hugh -- Story for Folklore Book / Carolan, Susan -- Story / Smyth, Patsy -- Story / Smyth, Patsy -- Story of Drumrath / Doughty, Charlie -- Story / Quinn, Teddy -- Another Story of the Caldhra Fort near Crossreagh / Smyth, Philip -- Story of Palmyra Fort / Smyth, John -- Story of a Leprechaun in Corfad / Farrelly, Patrick -- Another Story of the Caldhra Fort / Smyth, Philip -- STory of the Caldhra Fort / Carolan, John -- Fairies' Revenge / Doughty, Richard -- Strange Animals / Farrelly, John P. -- Local Celebrities / Glennon, Mary P. -- Fairy Butter - A Story of a Fort which is in Mullagh / Smyth, Brigid -- Story of a Fort / Murray, Kathleen -- Legend of Math Culloge / Smyth, Bridget -- Scéal Eile i dtaobh an Loch / Líond, Mairid Ní -- Story of Mullach Lake / Cearbhalláin, Máire Ní
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.