School: Enfield
- Location:
- An Mhaighean, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Máiréad, Bean Uí Dhomhnaill
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0246, Page 024
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Enfield
- XML Page 024
- XML “A Swift Runner”
- XML “A Folk Tale”
- XML “Old Customs of Long Ago”
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
- Transcription guide »
You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - 24. A Folk Take.
About sixty years ago there lived in Newtown a man named Martin Nally. One night he was coming home from rambling and he had a pack of cards in his pocket. He met a man on the road, beside a grave-yard. He asked Martin Nally to play a game of cards. He agreed. They were playing for a while and when they were going to go home Martin Nally noticed that it was turkey's feet the man had and then he knew that it was the devil that was in it. Martin ran away and the devil ran after him, until he ran into a church. Martin had to stay in the church until morning. When it was daylight he went out of the church and the devil was now gone and then Martin went home. - Old Customs of Long Ago
Long ago when the old people would be going to sow oats they would get a sheet and tie hen-dung, burned coals, and coarse salt in the corner of the sheet and after sprinkle it with holy water(continues on next page)
