My Native Village is called Prison. It is a very large village consisting of 27 houses and 125 people. Among this crowd of people there are about ten people who are over seventy years of age. Each of these people can speak a little Irish. There are about eight families of Reilly's residing at Prizon, so Reilly is the most common name
Read MoreThere was once a school master going round teaching night school. He was very fond of playing cards. One night he was going home late and he met two men. ..
Read MoreThis happened at Ballinamore, Parish of Kiltimagh, Mayo. The woman was a Mrs. Quinn. The neighbours always said that the family might thank the lepruchaun for their "good means".
Read MoreThe fair is now held on the street of the town, but some years ago before the land was divided and when the large farms were grazed entirely the fairs were so large that they had to be held in the fair-green.
Read MoreThe pilgrims used to bring water from the well in bottles and leave little gifts behind as offerings to God. The women would leave a little of their shawls or cloaks.
Read MoreSeventy years ago, flax was grown by every farmer in this district
Read MoreHedge schools once exist in Ireland up to the 1850's. They shorthly closed after a national education system came into existence. Here are a few stories from locals from back in 1938 given their accounts of Hedge Schools.
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Read MoreTradition and believes around some of the festivals that occur around the year.
COLLECTOR: Mary A. O' Doherty, female
INFORMANT: Patsy Ansbro; Gender; male, Age; 84, Tawnagh More, Co. Mayo
Read MoreThese just some of the old remedies as remembered by Patsy Ansbro back in 1938.
COLLECTOR: Mary A. O' Doherty, female INFORMANT: Patsy Ansbro; Gender; male, Age; 84, Tawnaghmore, Co. Mayo
Read MoreRainbow 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
Read MoreA 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
Read MoreAnnie was one of the former pupils of Prizon school that contributed to the School Collection. Her informants are:
MARY O'DOHERTY was teaching at Prizon school at the time of the school collection. She was sick when during the period of collecting the stories which resulted in a late submissions. She had added some of her own stories to the collection. Her informants are:
Few little riddles to kept the cobwebs out of the brain.
INFORMANT John Mac Nicholas; Age; 50, Tawnagh More, Co. Mayo
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