Bun Machan

• Main Authors: Machan, Bun, Chobhthaigh, Íde, Connell, Annie O', Coffey, Michael, Gambon, Daniel, Cobhthaigh, Mícheál Ó, Coffey, John, Donovan, Patrick O', Keane, John, Fleming, Bridget, Weldon, Frances, Samon, Michael, Doody, Bridget, Gambon, Margaret, Sammon, Michael, Begley, Eileen Ann, Chobhthaigh, Bean Uí, Begley, Eileen, Chobhthaigh, Ide Bean Uí, Chobhthaigh, Íde Bean Uí, Coffey, Ita, Chonaill, Áine Ní, Flemming, Bridget
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: National Folklore Collection, University College Dublin 1937
• Subjects: Folklore; Animals, Mythical; Bunmahon; Bun Machan; Lone; Gull Island; Circe; Danes Island
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5286172; http://digital.ucd.ie/view/duchas:5286172

A collection of folklore and local history stories from Bun Machan (school) (Bunmahon, Co. Waterford), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Íde, Bean Uí Chobhthaigh. : Buried Treasure - How a Dream Brought Good Fortune / Connell, Annie O' -- Man in the Coach or a Terrible Midnight Ride / Coffey, Michael -- Dog that Guarded the Gold / Coffey, Michael -- Ghostly Pig / Gambon, Daniel -- Woman who Was Damned or the Story of Petticoat Loose / Gambon, Daniel -- Ghost whose Toes Were Tied / Coffey, Michael -- Three Skulls / Coffey, Michael -- Cailín Deas Crúite na mBó / Cobhthaigh, Mícheál Ó -- Saved by St Bridget's Belt / Coffey, John -- Saved by His Courage / Connell, Annie O' -- Shoemaker and the Fairy / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Tale of Jackey the Lantern / Keane, John -- Man who Wanted to Catch a Fairy / Coffey, John -- Headless Form that Spoke / Fleming, Bridget -- Voice from the Fire / Weldon, Frances -- Seven at One Stroke / Samon, Michael -- Story of Petticoat Loose / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Man and the Apparition / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Missing Brother / Connell, Annie O' -- Man and the Ghost / Connell, Annie O' -- Courageous Woman / Connell, Annie O' -- Ghostly Threshing / Coffey, Michael -- Man and the Banshee / Doody, Bridget -- Pinch of Snuff / Gambon, Margaret -- Sick Call / Gambon, Margaret -- Hidden Gold / Gambon, Daniel -- Man and the Ghostly Hound / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Enchanted Hare / Connell, Annie O' -- Ghostly Funeral / Connell, Annie O' -- Man that Was Drowned in Bunmahon / Gambon, Daniel -- Cóiste gan Cheann / Cobhthaigh, Mícheál Ó -- Jumping Skull / Gambon, Daniel -- Ghostly Warning / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Joy's Island / Doody, Bridget -- Enormous Ghost / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Grandmother's House, the Holy Well and the Fairy Bush / Fleming, Bridget -- Fulfilment of a Promise / Doody, Bridget -- Woman and the Monk / Connell, Annie O' -- Ghostly Funeral / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Led Astray by Fairies / Gambon, Daniel -- Man and the Bull / Gambon, Daniel -- Tale of the Banshee / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Bootful of Gold or a Tale of Crotty the Robber / Coffey, Michael -- Man and the Devil / Gambon, Daniel -- End of Crotty the Robber / Coffey, Michael -- Written Confession or the Man and the Priest / Connell, Annie O' -- Ruin of Knockmahon / Connell, Annie O' -- Holy Well / Coffey, Michael -- Tailor and the Apparition / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Seanráite -- Gentleman's Bad Luck / Connell, Annie O' -- Foxhound as Ghost / Sammon, Michael -- Tale of the Devil / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Place that was Cursed / Coffey, Michael -- Protestant's Coffin / Coffey, Michael -- Two Men and the Ghost / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Woman who Stole Her Own Money / Connell, Annie O' -- Cruel Stepmother / Connell, Annie O' -- Ghostly Light / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Three Rocks / Coffey, Michael -- Blue Light / Begley, Eileen Ann -- Man and the Fairies / Gambon, Daniel -- Man and the Fairy Palace / Connell, Annie O' -- Haunted House / Connell, Annie O' -- Disrespect to the Graveyard / Coffey, Michael -- Man and the Cock / Keane, John -- An tÚll as Gairdín na Ríochta / Chobhthaigh, Bean Uí -- Tailor and the Changeling / Begley, Eileen -- Cuairt an Diabhail / Chobhthaigh, Ide Bean Uí -- Níor Nocht Sé riamh a Rún Dá Mháthair / Chobhthaigh, Íde -- Bean na Scillinge / Chobhthaigh, Íde Bean Uí -- Faoisdin Dheireanach / Chobhthaigh, Íde -- The Story of the Búisín Beacht / Chobhthaigh, Íde Bean Uí -- Ghost Car / Begley, Eileen -- Man who Murdered His Wife / Connell, Annie O' -- A True Story - The Cock that Warded Off Evil Spirits -- Tobar Chill Fhia / Coffey, Ita -- Crann na Crocaire / Chobhthaigh, Íde Bean Uí -- Spirit and the Man / Gambon, Daniel -- Haunted Mansion / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Ghost of Bracken Hall / Begley, Eileen -- Man and the Coffin / Connell, Annie O' -- Cruel Aunt / Connell, Annie O' -- Haunted Castle / Begley, Eileen -- Ghostly Funeral / Coffey, Michael -- Light in the Ruin / Coffey, Michael -- Haunted Castle / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Ghost of the Ruined Buildings / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Seomra Aerach / Chonaill, Áine Ní -- Rich Man's Strange Wish / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Beautiful Jug / Sammon, Michael -- Haunted Ruin / Connell, Annie O' -- Crock of Gold / Coffey, Michael -- Fulfilment of a Promise / Begley, Eileen -- Man who Returned for His Son / Gambon, Daniel -- Men who Went Birding / Sammon, Michael -- Phantom Horse / Coffey, John -- Leprechaun's Revenge / Begley, Eileen -- Tale of the Banshee / Connell, Annie O' -- Cruel Aunt / Connell, Annie O' -- Man with the Charmed Life / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Fairy's Power / Begley, Eileen -- Phantom Pig / Keane, John -- Story of a Pack of Cards / Sammon, Michael -- Banshee who Brought Bad Luck / Connell, Annie O' -- Faill a' Phlúir / Sammon, Michael -- Páirc na Sí Gaoithe / Begley, Eileen -- Danes' Island / Doody, Bridget -- Monastery Field / Doody, Bridget -- Príosún / Begley, Eileen -- Bán Oileán / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Ghostly Funeral / Connell, Annie O' -- Móin an Cheoil / Gambon, Daniel -- Man and the Ghosts / Gambon, Daniel -- Schooner Peter and John / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Woman and the Spirit / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Men and the Funeral / Connell, Annie O' -- Haunted Castle / Connell, Annie O' -- Cnoc an Each / Coffey, John -- Poor Man's Luck / Weldon, Frances -- Seanaráite -- Drifting of the Italian Schooner / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Place Names - Móin na Circe / Coffey, Michael -- Oileán tSeáin / Begley, Eileen Ann -- Story of a Liss / Connell, Annie O' -- Gleann an Earabaill / Keane, John -- Wreck of the Titanic / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Páirc a' Leasa / Coffey, Michael -- Story of a Liss / Keane, John -- Redé Spaniard / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Carraig an tSeabhaic / Coffey, Michael -- Ghost of the Orchard / Connell, Annie O' -- Story of a Holy Well / Begley, Eileen -- Blessed Well of Kill Beg / Keane, John -- Man and the Funeral / Connell, Annie O' -- Haunted Castle / Begley, Eileen -- Wreck near Tráigh na mBó / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Crann na gCapall / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Enchanted Well / Keane, John -- Ghostly Funeral / Begley, Eileen -- Story of a Conversion / Flemming, Bridget -- Lone White Thorn Bush / Connell, Annie O' -- Faill an Airgid / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Man and the Spirit / Connell, Annie O' -- Gull Island / Begley, Eileen -- Ghostly Carriage / Donovan, Patrick O' -- Tale of Jacky the Lantern / Coffey, Michael -- Ghost who Deceived the Man / Connell, Annie O' -- Tale of Jackey the Lantern and Billy the Crow / Gambon, Daniel -- Men and the Cards / Connell, Annie O' -- Magic of the Fairies / Begley, Eileen -- Páircín Fhíodóir / Coffey, John -- Ship in Ballydowane Cove or Kelly's Rock / Coffey, Michael : 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.