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Charleville; Ráth Luirc
Location:
Charleville; Ráth Luirc
Co. Cork
Date:
1929
Collector:
Áine Ní Chróinín
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Áine Ní Chróinín (51)
Annie O' Callaghan (3)
James O' Connell (8)
John Mc Auliffe (6)
Liam Ó Cróinín (4)
Matty Dawson (1)
Miss Buckley (1)
Mother Felicita (1)
Mr. Banks (1)
Mr. John Bronin (1)
Mrs. Crotty (1)
Mrs. Kelly (5)
Mrs. Neylon (1)
Mrs. O' Callaghan (1)
Mrs. O'Brien (1)
P. Cronin (1)
Patsy Mac Auliffe (1)
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English (50)
Irish (1)
Titles (51)
The Red-Coated Little Boy
“Once upon a time, and a very good time it was, neither in your time nor in my time...”
“There was an old road from the station and across it there was a path...”
“There was a farmer living near Bruree and there was no train in Ireland in those days and at any rate he had one son and he died and was buried and there was no poor houses only to beg...”
“Once upon a time there was a little workman living in a house near Ardskeagh Moat and he had a son...”
“Danielín Baca na Baintrí ó Luibh Luachra”
“When Seán Blaíach lost his farm he came into Charleville to live and he was staying in a little house...”
Pull the thatch out of the roof, burn it and put the ashes among the cows...
“There is everything on the sea that is on the land, animals, trees and people and any year the sea horses come into a certain part in Kerry that is a bad year.”
Jack and the Spalpeen
“There was a gentleman farmer there long ago and long ago it was and he had a workman named Walsh.”
Boateen of the Rushes
“"Knocksouna" (A long hill about five miles outside Rath-Luirc)...”
“"Carrigcleena" (situated near Mallow) gets its name from the legend that it is supposed to be the fairy palace of queen Cleena the queen of the Munster fairies.”
There are two enormous stones situated a few miles apart one at Barna and the other at Cloghanughane...
“There once lived an old woman who had only one cow yet she was able to supply the town with butter which was a mystery to all the people around.”
“There was once a foxy-haired boy and he used to be a fine strong lad...”
“There is a place called Castle Pook at the foot of the Ballyhoura Mountains and long ago a good-natured giant lived in this castle...”
The Haunted Avenue
Superstitions
Cures
Customs
Local Pilgrimages
“In the Glen of Aherlow near the town of Tipperary was a Holy well, well known to the people on account of the many cures that had taken place there.”
“Sunday's Well is a holy well near Fermoy people go there on Friday Saturday and Sunday to get cured of all kinds of diseases.”
“Ballyvourney Abbey (situated on the Borders of Cork and Kerry) is an ancient abbey...”
“There is a graveyard at Imphrick which was built on a hill and one night it was moved across the road...”
All Hallows' Eve Customs
“There was an old woman and the people used to say she had the power of cursing things.”
“In Falcarragh if a cat passes in front of a corpse they kill it immediately.”
Customs - Death
Customs - Birth
Marriage
May Eve
“On May Morning people used to go out looking for "the dructur" and from the time a person would leave home he should not speak to anybody.”
May Day
“When a cow has calved before milking her people make the sign of the cross...”
Cures
Superstitions
Piseogs
A Story in Connection with a Fort
“"In Liscullane there are a number of moats; and the following are things which have happened on the farm...”
“"There was a man in a certain parish whose wife got sick and died rather suddenly.”
“In Kilbane Churchyard a candle is seen going around the graveyard three Saturday night's in the year...”
“In Thomond Bridge next to the Treaty Stone, there is the print of five fingers on the top of the bridge...”
“Beneath Mushera Mór near Millstreet there is a circle of Gallanes...”
“There is a place outside Doneraile called Labba Vaccan...”
An Glas Gamhnaigh
“At a wake once no snuff was given to the people at it and afterwards there used to be snuff flying around the place...”
“There is a holy well called Moloo well on and on the 3rd of August a great patron day is held there.”
The Worm and the Mouse
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