School: Sruthar (C.)

Location:
Shrule, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bríd, Bean Uí Éanacháin
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0102, Page 247

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0102, Page 247

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: Sruthar (C.)
  2. XML Page 247
  3. XML “The Races of Belmulet”
  4. XML “The Races of Belmullet”

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. The Races of Belmulet.
    Luarabóg, larabóg, buidhe Ó Néill,
    Néill a pribeán, pribeán sualach, sualac seág, seág mineán.
    Dá cois plúbán, lomán lachaigh, cuir na gallaigh isteach i bhplaitheas.
    Lural, laral, limeral lock,
    Five miles, its ten o'clock, I sat too soon, I nailed spoon.
    I lent the spear to write to the King.
    Hickidy, Hackidy, black put in.
    Lural, laral, limeral lock,
    Five miles, I sat in a block,
    Please give me the lend of your spear to kill a fat deer.
    White cow, black cow, follow to the rock tail, heckler.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    2. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
  2. The Races of Belmullet
    Long ago there was a Jew living in Bellmullet and he did not like cats. He told people that he would give them a half crown for every live cat they would bring to him. They all brought in their cats to him, and so
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Longáin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Shrule, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Paddy Langan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Shrule, Co. Mayo