A Holy Well

Long ago there was a holy well in Galway with a wall round it.

One day a woman washed her feet in it, and the following morning it had changed down to the town of Balla.
INFORMANT: Mary McDonnell, Age 77, Prison, Balla Co. Mayo

Dùchas.ie, History & Folklore, Local Area, National Folklore Collect, School CollectionMay Adams27 April 2018Holy Well, Galway, Mary McDonnell, BallaComment

A Story

A woman and her daughter were going a journey in a train, about one hundred years ago INFORMANT: Martin Ansbro, Age 74, Dooros, Co. Mayo

Local Heroes, National Folklore Collect, Dùchas.ie, Story, The Schools’ CollectionMay Adams27 April 2018Co. Mayo, Prison school, Martin Ansbro, BallaComment

My Home District

My home is in the village of Prizon, Parish of Balla, Barony of Carra, Co. Mayo. There are fourteen slated houses in it and one thatched one.

May Adams, Address, Prison, Balla, Co. Mayo

May Adams, Home town, Dùchas.ie, History & FolkoreMay Adams14 April 2018Carra, Towns, Village, BallaComment

Local Roads

Tavanagh Road which is east of this school is 1,000 years old. It leads from Bohola to Balla.

Mary A. O' Doherty, National Folklore Collect, Patsy Ansbro, Local Roads, School Collection, History & FolkoreMary A. O' Doherty11 April 2018local, roads, Patsy Ansbro, Ansbro, Tavanagh, Prizon, Cregg, BallaComment

My Native Village

This village of Prizon North is the barony of Carra, in the parish of Balla, Co. Mayo.

Maisie Reilly Address, Prison North, Co. Mayo

Stories, My Native village, Maise reilly, Dùchas.ie, School Collection, History & FolkoreMaisie Reilly10 April 2018Maise Reilly, Reilly, Prizon North, Carra, BallaComment

My Home District

I live in Fargureens, Parish of Balla, Barony of Carra.......

Mrs Kearns, Age; 40, Manulla, Co. Mayo

Annie Kearns, Home town, Dùchas.ie, History & FolkoreAnnie Kearns8 April 2018Kearns, Carra, Fargureens, BallaComment

Hidden Treasure

A family named Herons who lived in Balla were digging a foundation for a cottage where stands the McEllin Hotel at present. They came on a pot of gold supposed to contain 2,000 guineas...

COLLECTOR: Mary A. O' Doherty, female INFORMANT: Patsy Ansbro; Gender; male, Age; 84, Tawnaghmore, Co. Mayo

Mary A. O' Doherty, , Patsy Ansbro, National Folklore Collect, Dùchas.ie, Hidden Treasure, History & Folkore, History & FolkloreMary A. O' Doherty31 March 2018Hidden Treasure, Tawnagh, Tawnaghmore, Treasure Discovered, Barony of Carra, gold, Patsy Ansbro, Ansbro, BallaComment

Local Happenings

Seventy years ago, flax was grown by every farmer in this district

Mary A. O' Doherty, National Folklore Collect, Crafts, Dùchas.ie, History & FolkoreMary A. O' Doherty16 March 2018Patsy Ansbro, Flax, Linen, Fargureens Balla Co Mayo, Ansbro, Balla Comment

Weather-Lore

Rainbow is looked upon as a sign of broken weather.....If corncrake is heard in morning it is an omen of good weather, but if heard in the evening sign of coming rain.

COLLECTOR: Mary A. O' Doherty, female INFORMANT: Patsy Ansbro; Gender; male, Age; 84, Tawnaghmore, Co. Mayo

Patsy Ansbro, National Folklore Collect, Mary A. O' Doherty, Dùchas.ie, History & Folkore, Local AreaMary A. O' Doherty5 March 2018Weather, rain, Tawnaghmore, Mayo, Co. Mayo, Patsy Ansbro, Ansbro, BallaComment

Hidden Treasure

A family named Herons who lived in Balla were digging a foundation for a cottage where stands the McEllin Hotel at present. They came on a pot of gold supposed to contain 2,000 guineas...

COLLECTOR: Mary A. O' Doherty, female INFORMANT: Patsy Ansbro; Gender; male, Age; 84, Tawnaghmore, Co. Mayo

Mary A. O' Doherty, , Patsy Ansbro, National Folklore Collect, Dùchas.ie, History & FolkoreMary A. O' Doherty5 March 2018Hidden Treasure, Tawnagh, Tawnaghmore, Treasure Discovered, Barony of Carra, gold, Patsy Ansbro, Ansbro, Balla Comment

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