DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4922387
title: Sráid na Cathrach (B.)

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Sráid na Cathrach (B.) (school) (Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Pádraig Ó Briain.
description: There is an old story told in this locality and it is believed by the old people to be true... -- Explanation of the Parish Name Kilfarboy / Briain, Pádraig Ó -- In the hill of Ballivaskin there are huge stone walls... / Malone, Paddy -- A story is told of a ship that was wrecked in the White Strand about a hundred years ago... / Keeffe, Bernard O' -- Saint Joseph's Well / Lynch, Martin -- Weather Signs / Mahon, Kevin Mc -- Graveyards / Sexton, James -- Old Trade / Morrissey, Martin -- Linen Industry / Malone, Paddy -- Flannel Industry in Sráid na Cathrach / Sexton, James -- Nail-Making in Sráid na Cathrach / Kenzie, Arthur Mc -- Firkin-Making in Sráid na Cathrach / Kenzie, Pat Mc -- Basket-Making / Mahon, Kevin Mc -- Old Fort / Connor, Thomas O' -- How Miltown Got Its Name / Connor, Thomas O' -- Páirc an Leasa - Sráid na Cathrach / Sexton, James -- Old Treasures / Malone, Paddy -- Old Treasure / Mahon, Kevin Mc -- Story / Flynn, Thomas -- Old Cures / Keeffe, Bernard O' -- Old Cure / Woulfe, Joe -- The "Craos Ghalar" as it is called is a disease of the throat the cure for which belongs to the seventh son in a family... / Kenzie, Pat Mc -- Old Cure / Morrissey, Martin -- There is a herb growing on the side of walls... / Rynne, Gerry -- Old Cure / Malone, P. -- Old Cure / Kenzie, Arthur Mc -- Cure for Calves / Corbett, Paddy -- Saint Brigid's Cross / Sharkey, Eddie -- Famine / Connor, Thomas O' -- Famine / Morrissey, Martin -- Famine / Kenzie, Patrick Mc -- Famine / Malone, Paddy -- Famine / Rynne, Gerry -- Famine / Keeffe, Bernard O' -- A Story / Mahon, Kevin Mc -- Landlords / Kenzie, Arthur Mc -- Landlords / Sharkey, Eddie -- Old Story / Keeffe, Bernard O' -- Old Story / Keeffe, Bernard O' -- Old Story / Keeffe, Bernard O' -- Marriages / Mahon, Kevin Mc -- Marriages / Connor, Thomas O' -- Marriages / Rynne, Gerry -- Marriages / Kenzie, Patrick Mc -- Bread / Malone, Paddy -- Bread / Sharkey, Eddie -- Bread / Kenzie, Arthur Mc -- Bread / Rynne, Gerry -- Herbs / Kenzie, Arthur Mc -- Herbs / Flynn, John -- The people long ago had no dyes to colour their woollens but what they used to do was to pick the bark off the rock and it would not put on any colour but brown... / Rynne, Gerry -- The buachallán, praiseach bhuidhe, the nettle, the thistle, the dock, the fern, and the feilistrium are herbs that are damaging to land because they cover a lot of ground... / Malone, Paddy -- Mo Chomharsanacht / Mahon, Kevin Mc -- Mo Chomharsanacht / Sharkey, Eddie -- May Eve Customs / Malone, Paddy -- May Eve Customs / Reidy, Paddy -- May Eve Customs / Rynne, Gerry -- May Eve / Mahon, Kevin Mc -- Shipwrecks / Keeffe, John O' -- Shipwrecks / Connor, Thomas O' -- Cill Stuifín / Malone, Paddy -- Cill Stuifín / Sharkey, Eddie -- Cill Stuifín / Woulfe, Joe -- Daoine Cáiliúla / Connor, Thomas O' -- Daoine Cáiliúla / Reidy, Paddy -- Daoine Cáiliúla / Kenzie, Arthur Mc -- Daoine Cáiliúla / Malone, Paddy -- Daoine Cáiliúla / Woulfe, Joe -- Place Names / Morrissey, Martin -- There is a hill a half a mile outside the town... / Rynne, Gerry -- It is said that Loch Láir got its name from a horse and foal, that were in Freigh, that used to come there every day... / Malone, Paddy -- Mermaids / Reidy, Paddy -- Mermaids / Rynne, Gerry -- "A Dhomhnaill Uí Chonaill, an dtuigeann tú Gaedhilge? / Bholf, Seosamh De -- Seanfhocail / Riain, Gearóid Ó -- Seanfhocail / Maoláin, Pádraig Ó -- Wild Animals / Connor, Thomas O' -- Wild Animals / Malone, Paddy -- Wild Animals / Kenzie, Arthur Mc -- Taking the Butter / Morrissey, Martin -- Seanfhocail / Cóinnigh, Pádraigh Mac -- Tramps / Malone, Paddy -- Old Story / Gorman, Pat O' -- Chair-Making / Woulfe, Joe -- Basket-Making -- Sugan-Making / Malone, Paddy -- Canada Cross / Woulfe, Joe -- Rinneen Ambush / Malone, Paddy -- Old Schools / Flynn, Thomas -- Old Schools / Brien, Tom O' -- Old Schools / Lynch, Martin -- Shops / Mahon, Martin Mc -- Shops / Wolfe, Tom -- How Isleacopple Got Its Name / Rynne, Gerry -- Story / Malone, Paddy -- May Eve - A True Story / Lynch, Martin -- Burning of Miltown / Morrissey, Martin -- Leprechauns / Rynne, Gerry -- Leprechauns / Malone, Paddy
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.