1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Portlaoighse (Convent)

School: Portlaoighse (Convent) (roll number 13386)

Location:
Port Laoise, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Sr Treasa
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0835, Page 039

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0835, Page 039

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)

  1. XML School: Portlaoighse (Convent)
  2. XML Page 039
  3. XML “Saint Fintan's Well”
  4. XML “St Fintan's Horse”
  5. XML “Old Cures”

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

  1. Saint Fintan's Well (continued)

    Share Share Post
    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.
    (continued from previous page)
    Cancel
    Transcription guide »
    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.

  2. St Fintan's Horse

    Share Share Post
    When Saint Fintan died the people treated his horse very badly and Saint Fintan came back one day and changed the horse into a stone which is still to be seen in Mrs Dooley's field in Redcastle. The stone was lying flat on the ground in a square hole in the ground, field and and the people put it standing
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  3. Old Cures

    Share Share Post
    For arraciples flour was heated on the griddle and put to it with a bandage. For colds onions were roasted and eaten with butter.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit