School: An Bháinseach (C.) (roll number 11965)
- Location:
- Bansha, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Mheiscill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0575, Page 057
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- Éinín cois na mBó - The mountain skylark
- Collector
- Bean Uí Mheiscill
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Jermiah Grogan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 76
- Address
- Montanavoe, Co. Tipperary
- Gabhairín na Bhainne Bheirithe - The Jack SnipeThe sound made by his wings as he descends to the earth is like the cry of a kid.
(no title)
“Bainne a fuair scanradh le bata - buttermilk.”
Bainne a fuair scannradh le bata - Buttermilk (no title)
“Old Het used to to tell of the little woman who was engaged to prepare the priest's breakfast when a mass was being said in a house.”
Old Het used to tell of the little woman who was engaged to prepare the priest's breakfast when a mass was being said in a house. Her payment was "the leavings", often so plentiful that the men-folk "begrudged" it to her.
"And the name they used to call her, says Het, was "Biteamhnach an Bhreicfeasta" (no title)
“The Gleanntach - a bone-setter from the Glen of Aherlow”
The Gleanntach - a bone-setter from the Glen of Aherlow
