Leprachauns are supposed to know where gold is buried. Near the village of Duncormick a farmer is said to have caught one and asked him where the gold was. He told him under the doorstep of his own house.
he went home and it is said that he got a crock of gold but no one knows, if it is the case or not.told by a Local Seanacaide

thirteen miles, to a sports. She was a good dancer. She was taught by Miss Evoy. She is a good singer also.Bridie Codd
Belgrove
Duncormick.

Joe Siggins Nickaree used to tell old fairy tales.Annie Neville
Belgrove
Duncormick

Old SchoolsThere was a school in Duncormick (where Mrs Kavanagh carries on her Drapery etc. business at present.) The teacher was Ceaser Jeffares, this school also came under suspicion by the Catholic Clergy and failed to get a sufficient number of pupils. A navigation school at Rolleen Rathangan was carried on by a Walter Stafford, and boys who intended following a seafaring life attended, and some became very proficient navigators. Quill pens slate pencils and slates were used in all these schools, no Irish was taught in any of them and the teachers only received a few pence from each child per week, or its eqiuvalant in meal potatoes or other commodities.

Maggy Maddock & Mick Burke, both from Lacken used to make candles from tallow that they got from wrecked ships during the great war. Tom King of Mayglass used to make churns & kielers. Tom Bent of Belgrove used to make baskets from the sally tree.Dick Roche
Johnstown Hs
Duncormick.

Crossing.Pat Brennan
Scurlogue
Duncormick.

This treasure which is supposed to be buried in a cave in a moat which is in a field belonging to Burrell's in the village of Duncormick of gold and precious stones.It belonged to the Druids who used to come up the river in boats and store it there.There were'nt any attempts made to unearth it because a priest told the people not to touch it, as it was dangerous.Dr. Powell, who used to collect folklore, found out what the treasure was with an iron bar.My Grandmother told me this story.

so fine that it came in to the kitchen.
They had to shovel it out in the morning.Bridie Codd,
Belgrove,
Duncormick

Mass Paths.There is a Mass path on our land. It runs through ten or eleven fields. The path runs by the side of the ditches, and there are stiles at every gate. It comes from the canal to the Pitt. The people from Seafield, Blackstone, and some from Gibberpatrick and Gibberwell came on this path before the road to Seafield was made. This road to Seafield was made about a hundred years ago.
Michael Kavanagh,
Gibberpatrick,
Duncormick.

21. Red - berries.
22. Dog - berries.
23. Hemlock.Dick Roche,
Johnstown,
Duncormick.

a punch, a vice, an anvil, rasps, and knives.
He shoes horses and asses and long ago his father used to shoe cattle when people drove them to Dublin Fair. He makes gates, and repairs ploughs, harrows, and any kind of farm implements. This smith has the fireplace for melting iron for binding wheels.Dick Roche,
Johnstown Hse
Duncormick
Co. Wexford

milked.Michael Kavanagh,
Gibberpatrick,
Duncormick,
Co Wexford.

And he gave her a few shillings to say anything. He slipped the halter from the horse's head and mounted the other and set off and he got home safe with his losses. When hens are setting 13 eggs are put under them and a cross is put on each egg.Michael Kavanagh
Gibberpatrick
Duncormick
Co. Wexford.

Tailors . . . . . .26 - 9 - 38There was not any machines at that time so he had to sew with his hands.Alice Walshe
Saltbridge
Duncormick
Co Wexford.

Old Landlords.Long ago the farmers had to pay big rents to the landlords, and if they were unable to do so they were put out on the side of the road and their stock seized.A family named Hayes of Duncormick were turned out of their home and were given food and shelter by their neighbours.Lily McGrath:
Cleariestown.Information:- Mrs. Lambert age 72
Brownstown,
Cleariestown

Travelling Folk.Some of the names of these "travellers" are, Connors, Cash, Cassidy, Murphy, Dorans, Kellys. Some of these who travel alone are Jerry, Cash, Simple Jerry Connors and "The Flying Tramp". Some of these are well of, like the Connor's, who have a caravan, fowl, asses, horses and even a wireless.
They make their living by selling tea-drawers, holy-pictures, statues, beads, prayer-books, ties, hairpins, and other little trinkets. Some stay at Furlongs in Knocktown, Mahoneys in Rathangan and Furlongs in Rathangan.
Some of them have a language of their own. Jerry Connors has a tricycle, Dorans have a house near Enniscorthy, while more of them work at the farms nearby.Dick Roche,
Johnstown,
Duncormick.

SkittlesSkittles is played like this. Make a ring and draw two lines inside the ring one at right angles across the other
Then get five short sticks two or three inches long all numbered. Put number one in front, number two on the left hand side of the ring, number three opposite one, four on the right side and five in the middle. Then there must be a stick or piece of iron placed about a foot away from the ring in front.
Then you must get five more sticks about a foot long to fire at the ones in the ring. You must stand ten or twelve yards away. If any one hits the bar he could not fire any more till his next turn. The game could be for any score such as 16 or 21.Philip Murphy
Bellgrove
Duncormick.

Apple and OrangeApple and orange can be played with any number of players.
Two players are needed to represent the apple and the orange
All the other children come in then turn to the apple and orange members and are asked by them "apple or orange"? and according to which fruit they like best they will get behind the members represeting the "apple" or "orange"
When this is ended a tug-of-war begins, and which ever crowd pulls away the other wins the game.Padge Berry
Bellgrove
Duncormick.

Churning. . . . . . 4 - 7 - '38.The height of our churn is about 4 feet and it is about 2 1/2 feet at the bottom. The barrel is 2 feet wide. The names of the parts are the handle, the stand and the barrel. We churn athome twice a week, on Tuesday and Friday and the butter is sold on the following Saturday. The churning takes about half an hour. The butter is finished when the glass on the cover of the churn is clear. The gas has to be let off now and again in order to kep the barrel from bursting
My mother and grand-mother churn in their turn athome. The butter is taken out of the churn and put in the keile with wooden butter - spades.Michael Kavanagh
Gibberpatrick,
Duncormick,
Co Wexford.

58ChurningThe churn we have at home is a barrell churn with a beaters and it is there about 14 or 15 years. The churning is done once in the week. There is a handle on the outside which you must turn to keep the beaters moving inside. When the churning is finished, the butter goes together in a lump. Then it is taken out of the churn with wooden butter-spades.Philip Murphy.
Bellgrove.
Duncormick.
Co. Wexford.