1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Kingscourt (C.)

School: Kingscourt (C.)

Location:
Kingscourt, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
A. Ní Cholgáin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1008, Page 063

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1008, Page 063

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: Kingscourt (C.)
  2. XML Page 063
  3. XML (no title)
  4. 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

  1. (no title)

    “There was once a castle in the townland of Cloughrea.”

    Share Share Post
    There was once a castle in the townland of Cloughrea, the cheiftain was to be robbed. To get rid of his money and gold he said he would hide it. It happened that there was bog or lake near by, it was half bog and half lake. He hid a crock of gold there, and it is said an enchanted cat is watching it, and that when three people are drowned there, the crock will be found.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English

  2. (no title)

    “There was a man going to the fair of Drogheda to sell a horse.”

    Share Share Post
    There was a man going to the fair of Drogheda to sell a horse. As he was passing by a certain place a man came out of a house, and bought the horse from him. He and the other man went into the house to pay. When they went in he saw a lot of horses, and riders sitting on the horses backs, they
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit