DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5009141
title: Ballymahon (B.)

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Ballymahon (B.) (school) (Ballymahon, Co. Longford), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Eugene Conway.
description: Hidden Treasure / Cooney, Christy -- Hedge-Schools / Feeney, Michael -- In Crevagh or in Keel in the Parish of Tang and the County of Longford a treasure is said to be hidden... / Flynn, Liam -- Penal Days / Cooney, Christy -- Hidden Treasure / Biggs, John -- Old Cures / Cooney, Christy -- Local Cures / Flood, Harry -- Fairy Forts / Skelly, Thomas -- Penal Times / Fox, Hugh -- Local Cures / Feeney, Michael -- Wild Birds / Flynn, Liam -- Cummins' Kitchen / Cooney, Christy -- Bleeding Bush / Cooney, Christy -- Famine / Cooney, Christy -- Golden Horse / Cooney, Christy -- Giant Story / Skelly, Tom -- Local Fairs / Flood, Harry -- Forges / Skelly, Tom -- Leipreachán / Flood, Harry -- Leipreachán / Feeney, Michael -- Will o' the Wisp / Flood, Harry -- Funny Story / Flood, Harry -- Churning / Flood, Harry -- Old Sayings / Flood, Harry -- Fairy Fort / Skelly, Tom -- Story - Fairy Forts / Skelly, Tom -- Story / Skelly, Tom -- Hidden Treasure / Flood, Harry -- Wild Birds / Walton, Joseph -- Weather-Lore / Flood, Harry -- Herbs / Sheehan, Gerard -- Churning / Walton, Joseph -- Old Crafts / Flood, Harry -- Old Story / Sheehan, Gerard -- Giant Story / Skelly, Tom -- Giant Story / Skelly, Tom -- Holy Family / Walton, Joseph -- Marriage Customs / Flood, Harry -- Herbs / Flood, Harry -- Old Graveyards / Skelly, Tom -- Old Story / Walton, Joseph -- Bird-Lore / Flood, Harry -- Buying and Selling in Olden Times / Skelly, Tom -- Local Cures / Flood, Harry -- My Home District / Flood, Harry -- Poetry / Flood, Harry -- Old Story / Skelly, Tom -- Games I Play / Skelly, Tom -- Parish of Shrule / Skelly, Tom -- Local Heroes / Flood, Harry -- Toys I Make / Flood, Harry -- Bread / Flood, Harry -- Funny Story / Burd, Bertie -- Fairy Story -- Prayer / Walton, Joseph -- Lone Bush / Walton, Joseph -- Leipreachán / Walton, Joseph -- Giant Story / Walton, Joseph -- Story / Walton, Joseph -- Local Landlord / Walton, Joseph -- Leipreachán Story / Walton, Joseph -- Mermaids / Hand, Pat -- Famine / Flood, Harry -- Local Heroes / Flood, Harry -- Strange Story / Skelly, Tom -- Strange Story / Skelly, Tom -- Hidden Treasure / Flood, Harry -- Great Famine / Nally, Frankie -- Strange Story / Skelly, Tom -- Old House / Walton, Joseph -- Eviction / Flood, Harry -- Local Heroes / Flood, Harry -- Customs of the District / Flood, Harry -- Ghost Story / Flood, Harry -- Leipreachán / Flood, Harry -- Strange Story / Flood, Harry -- Strange Story / Skelly, Tom -- Old Caves / Skelly, Tom -- Oliver Goldsmith's First Poem / Skelly, Tom -- Story / Hand, Pat -- Famine Time / Evoy, Thomas Mc -- Fairy Fort / Sheehan, Liam -- White Well / Sheehan, Liam -- Kitty Connor's Pond / Sheehan, Liam -- Strange Story / Sheehan, Liam -- Story / Evoy, Thomas Mc -- Famine Times / Sheehan, Liam -- Strange Story / Sheehan, Liam -- Ghost Story / Sheehan, Liam -- Weather-Lore / Flood, Harry -- Old Story / Sheehan, Gerard -- Headless Ghost / Flood, Harry -- Strange Story / Sheehan, Gerard -- Old Monasteries / Flood, Harry -- Shops / Flood, Harry -- Harmful Weeds / Flood, Harry -- Old Sayings / Flood, Harry -- Old Story / Nally, Frankie
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.