A collection of folklore and local history stories from Knockcommon (school) (Knockcommon, Co. Meath), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Sighle Nic Aibhsc.
Fairies Pass / Dwyer, Josephine -- Story - The Haunted Castle / Mullen, Mary -- Story - The Crock of Gold / Carney, John -- Story: The Thatcher and the Ghost / Mullen, Anna -- Story - Hiltown, Hiltown, How Can I Have You / Lenehan, Maureen -- Story - The Monks of Mellifont / Carter, Bernard -- Lone Tree / Mullen, Ena -- Story - The Moat-Field Gap / Gallagher, Josephine -- Weather-Lore / Lenehan, Maureen -- Bird-Lore / Gallagher, Rita -- Churning / Dwyer, Josie -- Churning / Gallagher, Josephine -- Churchyards / Gallagher, Rita -- Local Churchyards / Dwyer, Josephine -- Potatoes / Gallagher, Josephine -- Potato Crop / Gallagher, Rita -- Local Roads / Gallagher, Rita -- Local Roads / Lenehan, Maureen -- Local Roads / Dwyer, Josephine -- Local Cures / Gallagher, Rita -- Local Cures / Dwyer, Josephine -- Old Story: The Fairy Horse / Gallagher, Josephine -- Old Story: "Who But Peril" / Dwyer, Josephine -- Old Story: The Sleeping Ass / Lenehan, Maureen -- Travelling Folk / Dwyer, Josephine -- Travelling Folk / Gallagher, Rita -- Travelling Folk / Gallagher, Josephine -- Landlords / Gallagher, Rita -- Landlords / Dwyer, Josephine -- Landlords / Gallagher, Josephine -- Games I Play / Gallagher, Rita -- Old Song / Carney, John -- Local Fairs / Gallagher, Rita -- Local Fairs / Lenehan, Maureen -- Local Fairs / Carter, Bernard -- Homemade Toys / Gallagher, Josephine -- Homemade Toys / Lenehan, Maureen -- Homemade Toys / Gallagher, Rita -- Bread / Gallagher, Rita -- Festival Customs / Dwyer, Josie -- Festival Customs / Lenehan, Maureen -- Festival Customs / Gallagher, Josephine -- Old Houses / Carney, John -- Old Houses / Gallagher, Josie -- Old Houses / Dwyer, Josie -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Mullen, Anna -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Carney, John -- Care of Our Farm Animals / Dwyer, Josie -- Local Forges / Gallagher, Rita -- Local Forges / Mullen, Anna -- Local Forges / Lenehan, Maureen -- Local Forges / Gallagher, Josephine -- Care of the Feet / Dwyer, Josie -- Care of the Feet / Gallagher, Rita -- Care of the Feet / Lenehan, Maureen -- Local Place Names / Gallagher, Josie -- Local Place Names / Dwyer, Josie -- Local Place Names / Lenehan, Maureen -- Lore of Certain Days / Gallagher, Josie -- Lore of Certain Days / Dwyer, Josie -- Herbs / Gallagher, Rita -- Herbs / Lenehan, Maureen -- Herbs / Dwyer, Jodie -- Bird-Lore / Carter, Bernard -- Bird-Lore / Dwyer, Josie -- Stories of the Holy Family / Gallagher, Rita -- Stories of the Holy Family / Dwyer, Josie -- My Home District / Mullen, Nancy -- My Home District / Gallagher, Josie -- My Home District / Lenhan, Maureen -- My Home District / Dwyer, Josie -- Emblems and Objects of Value / Gallagher, Josie
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.