A collection of folklore and local history stories from Convent of Mercy, Rinn an Chabhlaigh, Cóbh (school) (Ringacoltig, Co. Cork), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher An tSr. Peadar.
Games -- Pisreoga -- Superstitions / Fogarty, Lilly -- Penal Times / Stack, Rita -- Holy Well / Stack, Rita -- In the eastern end of Spike Island the very old people used to say that smugglers gold was buried there and that a black man was slain on the spot in order that his spirit should guard the treasure... / Stack, Rita -- Local Place Names / Stack, Rita -- Cloyne Round Tower / Hennessy, Mary -- Long ago people would not light their fires on a May morning unless their next-door neighbours was lighting first incase ill would follow... / Lehane, Crissie -- Cures / Lehane, C. -- Animals / Lehane, C. -- Butter-Making / Lehane, C. -- Place Names / Lehane, Crissie -- Story / Hennessy, Mary -- Wakes / Lehane, Kathleen -- Long ago there was a certain man living in this Island who was suffering from meningitis he had tried all doctors but none could cure him... / Lehane, Kathleen -- Story -- Ghost Story -- Story -- Local Cures / Fogarty, Georgina -- Dún an Óir -- Tímceall míle go leit ar an dtaobh tuaid de'n Cóibh, tá áit ar a dtugtar "Lios An Uisge" mar ainm ar... -- Slua Sí
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.