1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. An Gleanntán, Lombardstown

School: An Gleanntán, Lombardstown

Location:
Glantane, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Colmáin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0363, Page 052

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0363, Page 052

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: An Gleanntán, Lombardstown
  2. XML Page 052
  3. XML “A Surly Husband”

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. A Surly Husband

    Share Share Post
    In the townland of Shanavoher in the southern part of this parish Kilshannig, Barony of Duhallow Co. Cork, there lived a farm labourer who, when going to work on a winter morning asked his wife to go to Dromahane, (which is about four miles distant) during the day for two ounces of tobacco for him.
    For some reason the poor woman had not procured the tobacco when her husband returned that night. He was so angry on hearing this that he ordered her to go for it then though it was late in the night and snowing heavily.
    No excuse would be taken and the poor woman set out on her journey. When she came to a cross-road, about half-way between Shanavoher and Dromahane, she saw on the snow
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Daniel O' Leary
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lombardstown, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr Coleman
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gortmolire, Co. Cork