School: Cromadh (B.)

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1. Local Traditions - Miscellaneous

   

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   unclassified A man was going through the fields late one night and he saw a big flock of cows grazing in a neighbour's farm. He went and told the neighbour who put them out As he drove them off they went through a gap in the fort. He went to close the gap after them and if he did, he saw a house inside in the fort and the door wide open. He looked in and saw four men card-playing and the boss in the corner. The man of the house came out to him and said "dont turn out these cows any more, they eat no grass."

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   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)
   3. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
         1. fairy forts (~5,616)

   Language

   Irish

   Collector

   Daithí O Ceanntabhail

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Múinteoir

   Informant

   Seán O Néill

   Gender

   Male

2. Local Traditions - Miscellaneous

   

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   There was once upon a time a bad daughter-in-law who was a very bad head to her father-in-law. She used to starve him and scold him and be always at him. One day a neighbour put him up to count pieces of crocks (broken crockery or earthenware) where she could see him. He did so and she thought twas money he was counting and from that day out she was dying about him

   

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3. Local Traditions - Miscellaneous

   

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   There was a man coming from Limerick to Croom one night and he went astray. he was following a light all night and at dawn he was in Caher-con-liss

   

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4. Local Traditions - Miscellaneous

   

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   In the parish of Crecora there was a certain house and twas on the passage between two forts. It so happened that the couple that lived in that house had a very big family, and it so happened too, that as they grew

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