School: Tobar an Choire (2)
- Location:
- Tobercurry, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Eilís Caswall
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0171, Page 274
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
Download
Open data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Tobar an Choire (2)
- XML Page 274
- XML (no title)
- XML (no title)
- XML (no title)
- XML (no title)
- XML (no title)
- XML (no title)
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
(no title)
“I have a little red house tied up in a stall”
I have a little red horse tied up in a stall
And he'd eat all the hay from here to Donegal. (A Fire)
- Informant
- Miss Matthews
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyara (Knox), Co. Sligo
(no title)
“To make a magpie talk, split its tongue with a sixpence.”
To make a magpie talk, split its tongue with a sixpence. - Collector
- Sadie Goulden
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Oghambaun, Co. Sligo
(no title)
“Never cut a love bush or some misfortune will befall you.”
Never cut a lone bush or some misfortune will befall you. - Collector
- Sadie Goulden
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Oghambaun, Co. Sligo
(no title)
“It is believed that a ferret's leavings will cure a whooping cough.”
It is believed that a ferret's leavings will cure a whooping cough. - Informant
- Mrs Jinks
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Oghambaun, Co. Sligo
(no title)
“It is considered unlucky to cut a hazel tree or a blackthorn bush.”
It is considered unlucky to cut a hazel tree or a blackthorn bush. - Informant
- Mrs Jinks
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Oghambaun, Co. Sligo
(no title)
“It is believed that if a horse's hair is put into water it will eventually turn into an eel.”
It is believed that if a horse's hair is put into water it will eventually turn into an eel - Collector
- Gretta Goulden
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Oghambaun, Co. Sligo