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At the battle of Sprigburn the Catholics and the Protestants were fighting. The fairies came from Fahykeen in a big cloud of wind.
There were men cutting turf and they were in

There was an old woman in Tullyhullion out herding cows one day, and a little hare came and ran in under a cow and looked up at her udder. The woman happened to say, "God protect the cow." The hare ran away and did the cow no harm.

Long ago the Irish people used wicker-work coops for potatoes. Now they use wicker-work creels for carrying turf on donkeys, one on each side.

of the cradle-bird wanted to catch a bird with it he would leave it down and then he would slip a thin "scallop" under it--this "scallop" would support the "trap" until some foolish bird would come to pick the crumbs that was left to entice him.

is finished but still the legs and arms are to be made. Small rolls of cloth are enough to make these and then they are also sowed on to the body.
At this stage the rag doll--as it used to be called was completed and it used to last much longer than a machinary doll because it could stand rougher handling.
Another occupation was the making of cradle birds. These were made by plaiting some "scallops" into a tri-angular shape. It was necessary to have four of those tri-angular shaped sides. Then these were joined together with a "scallop" and when it was finished it was shaped like a very small hut.
Whenever the owner

is finished but still the legs and arms are to be made. Small rolls of cloth are enough to make these and then they are also sowed on to the body.
At this stage the rag doll--as it used to be called was completed and it used to last much longer than a machinary doll because it could stand rougher handling.
Another occupation was the making of cradle birds. These were made by plaiting some "scallops" into a tri-angular shape. It was necessary to have four of those tri-angular shaped sides. Then these were joined together with a "scallop" and when it was finished it was shaped like a very small hut.
Whenever the ownder

There are many beliefs in Ireland. It is thought that if a stocking or a coat is turned inside out it will bring good luck.
When a person is going astray at night or in a fog if he turns his coat inside out he will find that this practice will get him safely on his way.
In order to bring ill luck to a person it is said to go to the smith and to get him to turn the anvil on that person. It is said that people bleed their knees so that the curse will not fall on them.
It is believed that fairies take certain routes on their nightly excursions. It is unlucky to build a house on one of these routes.
In order to avoid this the man who is building

Stye in the eye: Get nine gooseberry thorns. Make the sign of the cross with each of them on the stye. You will find that before many days the stye will be gone.
Wildfire: Wildfire or the rash which comes round the mouth can be cured by getting someone to write your name round it. The rash cannot go outside the name and it will soon be cured.
Cure for Worms: There was an old woman in Clonnfinish who had a cure for worms. She got a cup of oat meal and with the cup in her hand she said some prayers. Then she covered the cup with a cloth and placed it to the patients stomack. After a time half the meal was eaten and the worms were gone.

If you get a snail rub him to the warts and hang him upon a thorn bush; the warts will be gone as soon as the snail is withered.
There is a cure for warts where the pig scratches herself. All you have to do is to rub the warts ito the stone.
Get a small slice of bacon in a shop and rub it to the warts. You must not go in specially to the shop. You must think of it after going in to shop. Then bury the piece of bacon and as soon as it is rotten all the warts will be gone.
Get nine knots of straw and rub them to the warts. Then put them in a package and throw them on the road. Whosoever picks them up will take the warts from you.

cooling the iron.
The iron then gets cool and tightens on the wheel. in such a way that it could not be removed by a hammer.
Turf would not give enough heat and so the smith has to use coal. instead
Besides shoeing horses and asses the smith fixes ploughs harrows and other farm instruments, he also fixes broken tongs broken pots [?].
Sometimes he makes gates of iron.
In former times the smith did more work than he does now.
The shops now supplies most of the things the smiths made in olden times.
In frosty we^ather the smith sharpens horses--this means to draw two old nails

On St. John's night the bone - fires (na teine cnám) - are lighted at every cross-roads. They are made of turf and brosna. A crowd - boys and girls gather round - but there is no ritual or celebration now - no singing or dancing - though occasionally boys and girls indulge in a bit of horseplay.
In this area matchmaking or anything of that sort never takes place. Some years ago the crowd waited around the bone - fire to a pretty late hour. At anyrate if the night were fine, but these late years they scatter early. The fire smoulders through the night and often till the evening of the following day.
It has no signification of any sort in the minds of the people - then it's simply the continuation of an old custom - nothing more

free from suffering on that night.

In Maddens Garden Doonamoona within a few hundred yards from the ruin of Doonamoona Castle--there are (several) marked stones.

Tobairin Mic Duaig corrupted by the Bearlatoir to Tobairin Cuac.
Inscription--
"I.H.S."
Lord hear the Prayers
and Preserve the Engraver
Mc Mullan."On a stone of one of the walls of an outhouse belonging to Willie Brennan Clogher there is the following marking or inscription

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about 15" x 10" x 2" bearing in beautiful lettering the following Inscription in English.
"I.H.S."
Lord hear the Prayers
and Preserve the Engraver
Mc MullanWith the falling in of the sides of the well the slab became loose and is now placed prone within the "well."
The whole is quite neglected now though the neighbours speak with reverence of it still and do not profane it in any way.

again--and they began firing Cannon at them. One of the Cannon balls hit the wall of the old Castle, and put that big hole in it. Twas a great wall when they didn't knock any more of it. They were great builders in the old times
You may say it.

by the soldiers and transported for life.
You know the big round hole near the top of the standing wall. Well, the races of Castlebar the England were running for their lives along the road; and the French hot foot after them. The French were nearly up to them at but the farthest back of the English turned to keep the Frenchmen back: and they had a little battle--Twas no great things of a battle, for though they shot a few XFrenchmen the English were not long taking to their heels again.
The Frenchmen were buried where they fell and the place is called French-Hill ever since--where the Monument is now.
Well at Dunamona the French could see them

gave the stone a terrible blow of the sledge. He split it through and through.
But no sooner had the sledge hit the stone than the iron leaped from the handle and was never found again, although Kirby searched everywhere for it.
That was a warning to him.

That's a holy Stone, and no one should interfere with it. Mass was celebrated there in the Penal Times.
You see how the big stone is cracked right through from bottom to top. Do you know how that happened.
A man of the Kirbys wanted stones to build a "linne" (lean-to) and he thought that if he broke Cloc na n-Altora into small stones he would not have much trouble dressing them--they would be so flat. The neighbors warned him to have nothing to do with it. It would'nt be lucky. But Kirby was headstrong--he would'nt believe any of the old sayings. So he gets a big sledge and away with him to the field. He

That's a holy Stone, and no one should interfere with it. Mass was celebrated there in the Penal Times.
You see how the big stone is cracked right through from bottom to top. Do you know how that happened.
A man of the Kirbys wanted stones to build a "linne" (lean-to) and he thought that if he broke Cloc na n-Alnora into small stones he would not have much trouble dressing them--they would be so flat. The neighbors warned him to have nothing to do with it. It would'nt be lucky. But Kirby was headstrong--he would'nt believe any of the old sayings. So he gets a big sledge and away with him to the field. He

Tiobod na Long--
one of Graine O'Maile's husbands was buried here in Ballintubber Abbey and others of the Bourkes--(Lords Mayo) family.

And the servant said
"King your wishes have not been fulfilled! It shall be razed to the ground!"--
"Not so" said the King--
"Higher Wishes than mine have been fulfilled--It is well--Come you with me."

east. Mountains named in no known tongue stretch to the south: and to the west can be seen plainer than a Clog Teac in level Ros-Comain the holy mountain of Patrick looking down--they told us--on the land of Umall by the sea's waves."
"Umall!" said the King softly--"my mother's land."
And for a space of time neither spoke--the servant wondering--but soft light filled the King's eyes, and higher thoughts and holier hushed his tongue.
At length he spoke.
"I meant it not for distant Carra's shore--though Ballintubber named, a holy land--but that it may stand here before my Dun--in Ballintubber in this fragrant plain.

"Surely you do but jest now" said the King, but not harshly. "The foam hath not formed on my horses mouth nor flecked his yet dry sides since I left the place you name, and then was no church there nor foundation of church nor any trace thereof."
But the other remained silent abashed
"Speak" said the King
"Ballintubber" said the servant--"The gray haired elder lied not
"In what Cantred of broad Connaught?" asked the King--"In the Cantred of Carra, in Mayo!" said the other.
"What manner of place?" asked the King.
"Beautiful and holy is the place." said the courier--"A charmful lake spreads to the

outer rampart of the Dun, and seeing the King approaching from afar, ran in haste to meet him.
"King Caral of the Wine Red Hand" said the Courier--"your wish will soon be fulfilled--A noble Abbey is springing to heaven even as your kingly orders were--one which will endure for all time: and will be a temple to the worship of God when the monastery wherein your Brother Ruarai sleeps in long will be but an old man's tale or a schoolboy's subject."
"You jest not" said Caral: "the light of truth shines in your face, and its accents ring in your voice but where may this Abbey be?"
To which the courier, briefly
"Ballintubber."

he set out from Croghan: but when he came to Ballintubber he saw no stately church uprising, nor heard the clang of Saor's hammer, nor ring of sculptor's chisel--but a wide swelling plain was all he saw and fruitful flocks and herds.
King Caral was wroth. He looked upon his wine red hand, and swore but presently was silent, holding with himself Communion.
"The spirit wareth strong within me to rebuke my hasty words." 'Twas thus his thoughts took form--and turning his chariot round he gave face to Croghan.
In the meantime a messenger had arrived at Croghan from Ballintubber in Mayo to the West; who, standing on the

these stretching hills that thwart the plain on the Southward mere--These hills men name of Partry--Partry! the oldest name that's said or sung in Eirinn--old even as the hills themselves.And there King Caral's men began to build, and reared a Royal Abbey near the lake--in style, part Roman--and in Gothic part--in beauty all--of noble pitch and strength.
Months passed away and Caral was in peace. Wishing to see if the new Church were worthy of him

built" asked the Chief Artificer
And the King, briefly,
"Ballintubber." For very dear to Caral Crobdearg was the plain of Ballintubber circumadjacent to his own Kingly Dun at Croghan in Ros-Comain, where his family held sway since the beginning of Time.
But the Artificers and craftsmen set out immediately, fearful of the royal wrath of Caral; and, tavelling night and day arrived at the plain at the Western extremity of Lock Carra in Mayo. Which, when they beheld, the Chief craftsman inquired, admiring--"How do men name this Fertile Plain?"
To which a gray haired elder
"This is the Plain of Ballintubber and yonder is the holy well of Patrick--and

Father Reidy now rests within 20 yards of the chapel.
It is his monument.Many stories are told of Ballintubber Abbey.Caral Mor, or Crobdearg O Connor, being--it is said--fighting in Mayo and being straitened by his enemies, vowed to God and Mary that he would raise a great temple in Their honour, if They would bless his arms with victory in the coming fight.
And it came to pass that on the morrow his enemies were scattered: whereupon Caral gave immediate orders to his Artificers that his vow be fulfilled: nor would he brook delay.
"And where shall it be

before he heard him coming up the stairs--singing. He stood outside the door a little.
A good nights work work the other heard him saying, for he thought when he heard no kind of a noise or a stir in the room, that the foul deed was done.
He opened the door. But his foot was not well inside it when he was seized round the waist, and thrown body and bones down the hole and into hell.
Twas many a good man he sent to his death.

When the dog saw that it was no use--that the man would go in, in spite of him, he jumped into the room himself.
He was running about inside till he came to the trap-door.
The trap-door opened under his feet and the dog was swallowed down into the lake before the eyes of his master.
His master swore a destroying revenge. Twas easy. All he had to do was to remain very quiet and silent in that room for he knew that the black murderer would soon come up to see if the work was over: and then that black murderer would follow the dog down that black hole to his black death. Twas a good while

another thing, this man had his doubts on the other villain.
This man had a dog--the dog had more sense than a person: and he never left his master's side. Out in the night the stranger was told to go to bed and they showed him where he was to sleep (mar ead) at the top of the house.
The man went up the winding stone stairs till he came to the room and if he did the dog went before him. When they came to the door of the room the dog stood at the door and didn't want to let his master in.
They say that sometimes dogs of knowledge

bla'guard wanted to rob any of the other gentlemen or anybody at-all who had money or when he wanted to do away with them: he would invite them to a spree in the big house: and sure enough tis he would give them enough to eat and plenty to drink afterwards.
Then towards day he would send them up to this room but it wouldn't be his mistake not to rob them first. They would fall through the trap door and never be heard of again in this world.
Well, one day he invited a man he didn't like to the castle and the man came. They ate and they drank: but, Faith if they did, the man was well able to carry it--and

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It is not right to meddle with a fort as you may suffer.A man who was working at Costello's fort in Darragh got crippled.Mary Sheehan was a kind midwife in Kilmaley 80 years ago.She was working at Keane's in Knockadangan and was taken into a fort there by Mickey Fitzgibbon who was dead to attend to a woman in the fort.( Mrs Keane's father was Fitzgibbon).She got that gift then (midwifery) and was very successful in Kilmaley for years. She was supposed to be a kind of a witch. She could put the sickness of the woman on the man. She used to order

her "what was her fee?" She said "anything you like to give" and then they handed her three pounds.
So the poor old woman was delighted with herself and the two women took her out through the fort. When coming out she saw a brown haired boy sitting beside a fire with his hand under his cheek and he was crying. But why was the brown haired boy crying. He said that the best cow that the farmer had would die that night. The old woman was delighted with her three pounds and put them under the pillow for safety. In two or three days she rose up the pillow to take her three pounds but what she found was three leaves of trees. So that's the payment old Kitty Butler got.

If a person gets sick someone should go out to pick the first blade of grass and to bring it in an then that would cure the sick person

If a woman is pregnant she rubs her foot in a churchyard the child will have a [?]If a child has the falling sickness and if when she gets the first fall the clothes are taken of her and burned the child will be cured for everHarelip
If a woman be pregnant and a hare to cross her on the road the child will have a harelip. If the woman puts a tear in her clothes when she sees the hare the child will have no harelip.I a woman be pregnant and she kills anything a sign of blood will be on the child.If a pregnant woman comes into a house and that their is food on the table it is only right to give her some. If she didnt get that, the child would be putting out his tongue.

Once upon a time, -- when pigs were swine, and birds built their nests in the whiskers of old men; and houses were thatched with pancakes; -- there lived a poor widow woman and her two sons, Shadow and Shad. They were scarce of the world's goods, had hunger in on the window and on the floor; so one morning says Shadow, says he, -- "Bake me a bannock, ad cut me a collop, and with your kind word, mother, for a blessing I'll go seek my fortune to the ends of the earth." And she baked him a bannock that was round as a churn-lid, and thick as a night's snow on the mountain; and she cut him a cullop: and with her kind word for a blessing he set out to seek his fortune.
He travelled on and on, till, the rim of the world was before him, and the red rim of the sun out against him, and at last in the heel of the day, he came to a tiny house, i a tiny wood, that lay on the very lip o' the road. And says Shadow, says he, "There's shelter for the night, and a corner for my tired [?]," so he knocked on the tiny door

hare sprang out from a stream where she was drinking. They set the hounds after her and they could not catch her. The prince went home and left the hounds after her. The son kept after her. The son then saw an old ruin and he went to it on horse back He saw a nice grassy mound. He was so tired that he stuck his spear in the mound and he fell a sleepIn the morning when he awoke he saw a grant girl over him. He asked her why was she standing there. She said this was her home. She said her step mother had changed her into the form of a white hare. Her step mother put her under a spell to drink of a certain stream every day. She said also that she would never regain her right shape until a certain prince should stick a spear in her grave. He brought her to his castle to marry her. He killed a deer for the feast. The wicked step mother could not rest in peace when she saw them so happy. They saw a big light which burned the castle to a large stone.

Once upon a time there lived a Prince in Munster. One day he was hunting with all his hounds. Suddenly a white

One day they told the gentle man But he said he would shoot her no matter what she was. So he put silver coins in the gun and killed her. He skinned her and tried to boil her but if they were trying to boil her until now she wouldn't change one bit. She was the same all the time. She was just as cold as ever. So they took up the hare at last and threw her out. She was left there for a long time and no dog would touch her or she never got bad or rotten. They had to bury her at last. The head of the gentle man that shot here turned as white as snow next morning.

Long ago there was a gentle man in Bloonmore. His house was situated where Bernard Kilkenny lives now. It was surrounded by a big wood. There was a big orchard there also. Some of the trees are growing wild there yet. This big house belonged to a man named Dasey. He also owned all the land of Bloonmore. He is dead a very long time. There was a hare in the garden for a long time and no shot seemed to have any effect on her or wound her. Every body tried to shoot her and to kill her.

Sometimes there are gaps near where they we are hunting him. The hare runs in the gap. If there are sheep in the field he runs through the sheep. The dog can not find him. The hunting season is is from October to March.

The hare is an animal much bigger than a rabbit of a bright yellow colour with a white top a the end of his tail. His two hind feet are longer than his front feet. He can run up a hill without any trouble. He can not run down a hill because he would tumble. He makes his nest on a clump of rushes, or on ferns. He makes his nest in brackens. His nest is round. There are many hares in the bogs. The hares in the bogs are of a darker colour. The hares are the colour of the place they are in. The hares are often asleep. When you would be passing over rushes and long grass you would very near walk over them before they would stir. Then they would spring up and surprise you. The hare is a very fast runner.The hare eats grass, turnips, cabbage and [?]. When they are hunting a hare he twists and turns.

and she dragged him into the room and put him to bed. When the neighbours heard that he had a strange sickness they came to see him and said that he must be in the fairies. They said that he would be always like that and that he would never recover. Four hags then got turf and boards and made a fire outside the door to burn him. They thought that it was a fairie that was in the bed. They brought out the bed and ran around the fire chanting if you are Mike O Greinigh get up or you will be burnt. Suddenly they felt the bed light and on looking around they saw him standing at the jamb of the door.His mother Bessie ran over to him but he took her cooly for he was very vexed with them for taking him away from fairy land. He soon forgot all about the fairies. He lived to be a very old man and often told the story around the hearth at night to visitors. When he turned his pockets inside out he found that there were only pebbles in them instead of the diamonds that he got from Queen Maeve.

The king then gave orders to attack the Ulster fairies. Mike rushed into the middle of them but he got several prods from spears which made him shout. This made him very angry and he began to strike right and left which killed many of them. The battle was raging for about two hours and many were killed when at last Mike came upon the king of the Ulster fairies. He challenged him to a fight which lasted about a minute. Mike gave him a blow on the head which killed him. The Ulster fairies seeing that their king was killed turned and fled. They asked him to come into the hill with them. He was brought before Queen Maeve who was seated on a gold throne. She gave him presents of diamonds and gold. There was great dancing and feasting for the rest of the night. In the morning he asked leave of the king to go home.He stole into the house before his mother was up. She was surprised to see him stretched on the hearth all bandages. She told him to get up but he did not answer her. He seemed to be dead

the shape of a crown. They used to say that the fairies lived under it. He was so tired that he leant against it to rest himself.
It was not long until he heard a bugle call and the sound of marching feet. He looked up but he could not see anything. He had no sooner turned around than he heard the same sounds. He jumped up and was very much frightened to see a large army of men no higher than his knee marching towards him. He hid his face in his hands and began to shake with fear. He felt something touch him and on looking around he saw a little man near him.
He said that he was the king of the Connaught fairies and told him not to be afraid. He asked him would he fight that night with him against the Ulster fairies. Mike was delighted and said that he was longing for the fight. The king then gave him a hazel staff and placed him a the head of the fairies. When midnight drew near they heard the sound of many bugles. Then they saw coming up the hill to them another large army of fairies headed by their king. They stood opposite the Connaught fairies.

Once upon a time there lived a poor widow and her son whose name was Mike O Greinigh. They lived at the foot of Cnoc Mea in a small cabin. One evening after coming home from work she told him to go for the cow. They used to let her up on the hill to graze.
He said that he was time enough and he did not go for her until it was getting dark. He searched the hill but he could not get her. There was a cairn on the top of the hill which had

harm." Fionn gave him a magic cap when he was going.
Fionn said to him, "wear this cap when you come near the candle." Regan climbed slowly up to the rock, cought the candle, and whurled it in to the Shannon.
Then he saw standing above the wicked Grauna. He never before saw anything so ugly. Her grey eyes were far back in her head. Regan knew that she was ready to kill him. By the power of the cap he ran three miles from the spot he was in.
In her great fear she took a piece of the rock and flung it after him and from that day to this it is said that it bears the marks of her fingers on it. That stone is called cloi a Reguan ore Regan's stone in honor of the brave champion. Grauna was never heard of again.
When Regan returned to his comrades they had great feasting and rejoicing when he had thrown the candle into the shannon.

In the west of Ireland there stood a beautiful castle on the banks of the river Shannon. Its walls and towers are now in ruins and covered with clinging ivy. There are many flowers growing plentiful about. Before king Boru built castle there stood a huge rock.
On this rock there lived a wicked witch named Graune. Every evening she lit a large candle and placed it outside on this rock. The people living near her were in great fear of Grauna. Any one that passed by and looked for even one minute at the candle would die. Many were the victims of Grauna's snare.
At that time there lived a great band of heroes under the leadership of Fionn mac Cuill. They were always ready to fight when they were needed. There was one great brave hero in this band called Regan. Fionn called all his companions to him and said to one of them, "go you, Regan, and put out that candle that is doing so much

they were set free and I nedd-not tell you Bill was the happy man.

child gone and he couldnt get any trace of them so he understood from what he saw left that the faries took them. This one that was left was always keening and crying with the hunger and could never get enough and when it would be done eating it would start crying for more.This day Bill thought of a plan to frighten her off. He put down a five stone pot of slittaboul and a boiler of Buttermilk and threatened the child if she iddnt every ounce of the slittaboul he would drive a red poker down her neck. So she eat away to a small bit and said she could eat no more, but Bill said "You'll have to eat all is there because I have the poker!" He was going over towards her with it, so she said real pitifully: "Take me to the gap going into the rath in Aughadreen at 11 o'clock to night and there you will see a lot of horsemen going out through the gap and the first white horse passes out cut its bridle reins and you will get back your own wife and child for they are that horses mount." He did so and

Bill Mooney lived in the cross-roads at Bawnogue Melly with his wife and a child of [?] years and they both had beautiful red hair and you know the faries have a great liking for red-haired people. Anyhow on a fine Spring's day Bill was out working in the garden and when he came in what was sitting on the hearth only a small wisoned little child and his own wife and

Pat Lalor, Esker, Timahoe, remembered the time that they were cutting the [?] for the mill of Timahoe; that they came on a house in the corner of Mr Dunne's field. They accidentally cut a corno(e)r off it. The house, he said, was about eight feet high and was made of bog oak.The piece they cut off was afterwards used as an emery board for a scythe.

About twenty-five years ago at half past eight at night an enchanted funeral came from the top of Cullenagh mountain to Mr McHugh's rath in Garry-glass.It came right across the top of the Moineenard hill and down across Curraduff. There were horses and chariots and people there. It went into a rath and it was never seen after. There are two of the men alive still who saw it: Edward Whelan, Garryglass, Timahoe, Lein and James Scully, Kiradbally, Lein.

Many stories are told about the old rath which is situated half a mile from Timahoe on the road leading to Ballinakill. Some years ago two men heard that a Soldier was buried in one particular place; so one day after their dinner they set out to dig to see if what they heard was true. They went to the place where they were told.After digging for some time they came upon the skeleton of a man and his rusty sword by hs side; the scabbard had rotted awayAn other night two men who were passing by gathering rabbit traps heard music inside the rath. One of them was terrified but the other said: "Pass on it will do you no harm" neither did it.

Many years ago, near the rock of Dunamase a farmer name Whelan lived. He dreamed that money was buried in a certain place in the ditch of an old rath on his own farm. He payed no attention to the dream.Some years after he was levelling the ditch around the rath so as to make his field bigger. When he came to the spot where he dreamt the money was buried he dug out an antique earthen vessel filled with many curious silver coins.These he sold to his landlord Captain Baldwin, Raheenduff House, near Stradbally.

[?]. He heard them squealing and went into the stable and found them all [?] and bitten. The next morning he found seven hens dead. He never killed a weasel after that. Another woman in [?] no more killed one and she could not go outside the door for a month but there would be another watching her. He lives on blood. He often goes into a rabbits burrow after rabbits. The rabbit is very much afraid and does not try to defend himself. The weasel springs on his back and makes a tiny hole in his neck and sucks sucks the blood through it. He kills great numbers of rats and on their account he is liked very much by the farmer. He spits when anyone goes near his nest. They say that the spit is poisonous. They make their nests in the walls and hedges. It is made of hay and is lined with wool. Often they can be seen playing outside the nest with the old weasels.

the very same way again. They put the nest in it also. The weasel went and spilled the can because she did not want the men to get poisoned when the made up the nest again. She went into the nest and layed down comfortable. That is a lesson for everybody not to do anything in the weasel. There was once a man named Michael Hannery Musicfield near Milltown. He had potatoes in the end of the house and something was eating them. He set a trap near the potatoes. When he got up in the morning there was a weasel caught in the trap.He went out in the street and let him go. She went away looking behind her. He had fifteen young ducks in the end of the house. When he got up next morning the fifteen ducks were left in a row and their blood sucked. It was the weasel that killed them. If you do not do anything on the weasel she will not to anything on you but if you do anything on her she will pay you back. If she is getting beaten she shouts help to defend herself. They live in an old ditch or in meadows. The weasel bests almost every she tried to kill because she sucks their

The weasel is a very cute little animals. If a weasel spit on you he would poison you. Once upon a time two men were scattering a heap of stones. They found a nest of weasels in the middle of the heap. They threw out the nest but the weasles were not in it. After a while the old weasel came along. She found that her nest was gone. There was a can of milk near the men. The weasel went and spat in the can. The men saw her spitting into it. They made up the heap of stones

There are three (four) graveyards in this parish -- two in Belcarra and [?] in Balla. One of the graveyards in Balla is so overcrowded that very few people take the Remains of their Dead there now.In the old graveyard in Balla there is a round tower and the ruins of an old church said to be build in the seventh century. Besides this church there is also another old church which up to 20 years ago was used as a place of Worship. It is separated from the graveyard by a high wall. Unbaptized children are buried at a place called "Teampallise" near Manulla. People who were not born in the parish are often taken to their native places for burial

Cows and Calves used to be given as part of the dowry.Presents of fowl used to be given to a pair starting a home.

to his wife. The bride should keep that money safely or buy something lasting with it.It is very unlucky for a bride or groom to meet a funeral or to see a coffin either in the Church or elsewhere.There were great celebrations after the marriage, often lasted two days and was attended by a large circle of friends and neighbours. The bride and groom stepped into the house together. They were usually met at the door by the groom's mother with an oatmeal cake to break on the bride's head. The cake was then divided by the bride among the guests.A Plate of bread-crumbs is thrown from an upstairs window as the bride steps out of the car, if the plate breaks the couple will have luck, if not, they will be unlucky.

26. When a man used go asking a wife a tongs used be thrown after him
27. When a man is on such a message, if he meets a red-haired woman, he should return home as he wouldn't be lucky
28. Presents of fowl used to be given to a pair starting a home.
29. Holy water used to be sprinkled on the married pair, in the church.
30. When a man wants to get married he sends two men to ask a wife for him. They carry a bottle of "Poitin" with them. The match is made and the "Poitin" is drank.
31. The parish priest used to get five per cent of the girl's fortune.
32. The bride groom used to give gold and silver to

they came from a far-away country and to help them on their journey.
22. "Dragging home:" used to take place, sometimes a week or a fort-night (or a man in the neighborhood had to wait three weeks) after the marriage, generally a number of friends of bride and groom escorted the bride to the new home. This was another occasion of feasting and enjoyment.
23. If you could get the cat to sneeze before the bride enters the kitchen (after the marriage) it would be lucky.
24. A woman should not throw the tongs after the couple, she should give it to a man.
25. It is unlucky for a woman to mention a match or proposal first.

16. On the way to the Church, it is unlucky to meet:- a pig, a weasel, a hare, a magpie, a funeral, a red-haired woman, or to see a donkey cart.
17. It is during shrove most people get married--from 12th of January to Ash Wednesday is shrove
18. It was customary for every man invited by the bride to take a bottle of whiskey with him to the Wedding
19. It is lucky for a married woman to be present at the Wedding ceremony.
20. During the night of the Wedding a number of "staw boys" or "[?]" arrived at the house. The captain asked the bride to dance. Then they demanded money and drink which they got.
21. The "[?]" used send a note to the bride groom to say that they were shipwrecked and that

12. Choose, if possible, a time when the moon is in full, to be married and remember the old rhyme:
"Monday for health,
Tuesday for wealth,
Wednesday the best day of all,
Thursday for crosses,
Friday for losses,
And Saturday no day at all."
13. A thunder-storm during the ceremony means quarrels, but if the sun breaks out on the way home the quarrels will not be serious ones.
14. On they way to the Church it is a very good omen to see- a lamb, or a dove.
15. If the couple are going to set up housekeeping in a new house, a piece of silver should be put on the door sill, and if a friend can induce a hen to cackle in the house before they enter, it is so much the better for them.

6. The bride should wear:-
"Something old, Something new.
Something borrowed and something blue."
7. It is not lucky for the couple getting married to go to the church in the same car.
8. It is not lucky for a female relative of the groom to be present at the Wedding ceremony
9. The fortune was arranged, the girl's father paying half the amount of the fortune on the morning of the marriage.
The balance was paid in twelve months after.
10. The bride should not see her marriage ring until she goes to the Church.
11. If a girls marries before her elder sisters they must wear green garters at her wedding.

1. "Marry in brown, you will out of town, Marry in blue, you are sure to be true, Marry in red, you will wish yourself dead, Marry in black, you will wish yourself back, Marry in yellow, ashamed of the fellow, Marry in green, ashamed to be seen, Marry in pink, your spirits will sink, Marry in white, you have chosen aright, Marry in pearl, you will in a whirl."
2. A tongs is thrown after the couple when leaving the house, to be married, to put luck on them.
3. An old shoe is thrown after the couple for luck.
4. It is lucky to break something at the wedding.
5. Happy is the bride that the sun shines on.

Diarrhoea:-
1. Put the tongs in the fire until it is red, then put it in port wine and drink.
(an infallible cure)
2. Put the reddened tongs in new milk and drink. (There is supposed to be a cure in the iron)
Swelling in cattle:-
(caused by swallowing a snail) This is cured by giving a dose of salt and water or garlic mixed with butter.
Whitlow:-
Whitlow is relieved by a poultice.
1. Bread and milk poultice applied very hot. (the bread should be first soaked in water to remove alum)
2. A linseed poultice is also applied.
3. Glas na Coile boiled with unsalted butter and applied to sore.
4. A Poultice of sat-meal and butter-milk reduces inflamation and eases the pain.

for it and bathe the warts with the water, the warts would disappear.
3. Steal a piece of bacon and rub it on the warts, then bury it. As the bacon rots, the warts will disappear.
4. Rub raw potatoes on the warts and they will disappear.
5. Rub washing soda on the warts several times a day.
Measles:-
1. Keep the patient very warm. Give warm drinks--punch--whiskey, warm water and sugar or whiskey, warm milk and sugar rum and brandy also given. See that the patient gets no cold, sore eyes, or ears etc.. Any disease left after measles. remains.
2. Nettle Juice is given at the beginning of measels--as the saying is to get them out.

Dust in eye:-
1. Go out on a windy day, look up towards the wind and dust will come out.
2. Hold a cup of boiling water under your eye and the steam will take out the dust.
Sty in eye:-
1. Get nine gooseberry thorns growing on the same stem and point them to the eye nine times, saying each time, "Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost."
2. Wash with cold tea.
Warts:-
1. A Snail was rubbed on warts, then fastened to a thorn. As the snail withered as did the warts.
2. Limestone water:- If you get a drop of water in the hollow of a stone without looking

present Imperial Hotel, owned by Mr. Mark Henry, grandson of the man who erected it.At first the town was called Newtown Dillon, and the people erected weights and scales, and began to hold markets and fairs. But the Sligo landlord objected to the weights and brought them to law, after which they had to remove them. Fairs still continued to be held in Bellaghy. Later on, the people of Dillontown decided to change the name to Charlestown, after Charles Strickland, who was really responsible for its foundation. Then they erected a triangle for weighing, and as Knox was by this time too poor to dispute the matter again, it was allowed to remain. During the late Canan Loftus' time he succeeded in bringing the Railway Line from Collooney to Claremorris. He made three special journeys to London in connection with the Railway.Afterwards when the late

A hundred years ago there was no town except Bellaghy, where all fairs and markets were held, and which was in Sligo. The landlord was Knox. The people on the Mayo side were tenants of Lord Dillon of Loughlynn, Co. Roscommon. The Mayo people were always disputing with the Sligo people at the markets and fairs and maintained that they were not getting fair play. The landlord decided to build a town for themselves and left the arrangements and plans in the hands of his agent, Charles Strickland. Several people were given sites and the landlord promised that the house in which smoke appeared first (i.e. was first built) would be rent free for ever. Two men, Henry and Casey, were building their houses, each trying to have his completed first, but Henry put a fire in his before it was finished, and so had his house rent free. This house is the

A district on a high plateau about three miles from Charlestown, contains a dun with the remains of a castle and a number of underground passages supposed to be built in the time of the De Dannans who went in hiding when the Milesians came. They used these secret passages to come out at night. Close by in the wood roams a "Beacadaun" who is supposed to be the ghost of the owner of the Castle, and whose unearthly scream portends death to somebody. Sometimes identified as the "Bean Side." In recent excavations in the Castle some bones were found and parchment which could not be deciphered.

There are many curious beliefs about Hallowe'en. Some of them are as follows: --If you wash your shirt on Hallowe'en night in a south-flowing stream and dry it before the fire and stand and watch it, whoever you are going to marry is supposed to come and turn it for you.Another belief is, that if the water rises in the rivers and lakes on Hallowe'en night, so will all the food-stuff rise in price in the coming year.There is another unusual belief about the wind. The direction of the wind on Hallowe'en indicates that it will blow from that direction most of the following year.

The Fighting Fair of Shercock arose through quarrels over stallion horses. In those days if the horse of one party was kicked off the street by the horse of the other party, those owning the beaten horse had revenge on the other crowd. Previous to the Fighting Fair there had been several of these quarrels. Later a law was made ordering every stallion to be led by two men to prevent him doing harm. The Fighting Fair lasted a day and a while of the night. It is said that the fair-day of Shercock is very often a rainy day on account of the bloodshed there in 1814

died of diarrhoea if they were not well cared.

The townlands of Cullies and Annagh farney were very thickly populated at the time of the Famine. The people there for some reason were called "the blue swarm." An old song had- "Here comes 'Shurdan' the sledger and big Hand, with all the blue swarm around Kilmaceran." There were nine funerals in one week from amongst the crowd working on the new road from Cullies through Annaghfarney. Even strong men

Tom Sullivan (71) of Rooskey says that the old road by Cappy Fort went along by H. Parr's of Drumbar, past Carroll's of Blackstep and out to the Broad Road at Clark's of In a northward direction it went along Rooskey Hill, along part of the present Barrack Lane, over towards the Manse, down to Moggy's Leap, past Swan's, to Drumgoon Graveyard and by the Drumbarky Brae to Cootehill. Parts of it remain as lanes in places.

could do things ordinary people could not do. He says the fairies were also called "witches."

Tom Sullivan (71) of Rooskey says that a Fairy Road led from Cappy Fort to Rooskey Fort. Tom Sullivan's own house and Victor Gamble's, and Jenny Montgomery's houses are on or near the Fairy Road. A Phill Smith who once lived where Victor Gamble's house is now situated, did something to the road. The next day a cow of his had a calf which in broad daylight went out of the byre through the "groo(u)p hole" and going in the direction of Cappy Fort was never seen again. The "witches" did this to punish Phill. Asked why he called the "fairies" "witches," Tom said, "Sure they

Tom Sullivan (71) of Rooskey says that Cappy Fort was resorted to by Catholics from all over the parish of Knockbride on Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday for Mass. This was before Tom's time. At one time there was Mass every Sunday in the Fort.James McBrien ( ) of Knockbride says that the "baw hog" which was used as an altar in Cappy Fort in former times is still there.

tipped the water lapped his legs as a tailor sits and went floating down the river playing music on the straw that he took from the cradle. When she reached home her own baby was in the cradle.

Once upon a time in Glenmalure in County Wicklow a woman had a little baby somehow the fairies took the child and left a child of their own. This child always was crying day and night they could never peacify it.One day the woman had to go to town to do her shopping, leaving only a journeyman tailor, to mind the child. When the woman went away, the child took a straw from the cradle, and started to play music on the straw. When the woman came from town, the tailor told her what happened and advised her to put the child on a shovel and throw it into the river, the woman did so and the child when he

now.

There were no schools in Ireland long ago only hedge schools. Some teachers went to the houses to teach the peopl eat night. They taught in barns and any old houses they could get. A big number of people attended the hedge schools, my grandfather attended one. Trooperstown school was one of the first schools built in Ireland, it was built in the year 1837.There was a hedge school under a big tree near where the school is built

would have been dead of cold and hunger if he was out any longer. The snow lasted about three weeks.

There was a severe snowstorm in February 1933. There were a big number of sheep lost in the drifts and all the men used to be out looking for them.Some sheep were found and others were not, some were found dead and others were found alive.Some cattle were killed in the drifts, there was not as big a number of cattle as sheep.There was a little poney out the first night in it and he was dug out of the drifts the next morning but he

Once upon a time an Englishman left the Hotel at Glendalough to go the hills for a walk and he was to come back in a few hours. There was no sign of him coming back, and a search party went out the hills to look for him. They found him up in the rocks and he was dead, where he fell down the rocks

there was a big pig in it, he went in and lay down behind the pig, and the yeos came and searched everywhere, and they came to the pig house and looked in and he prodded the pig and it jumped up and grunted, and the yeos were afraid of it and they said he wouldnt be in with that bold pig and they went away.

Michal Dwyer was born in Glen Imaal, he was a noted hero of 98, he had many narrow escapes and he fought for four or five years and hid about the hills and sheltered in the houses about the place.One night he went into a house and asked the people to let him stay for the night and they said they wouldnt because they were afraid the house would be burned. They knew the yeos were about, he went out and they didnt know where he was gone. He went to a pig house and

weather.The pigs are always sleeping when it is going to rain, and the dogs eat grass. When we hear the rivers roaring it is the sign of rain.

The wind from the south and west are mild coming off the atlantic ocean, and the wind from the north and east coming off the arctic regions bring snow and frost. The birds fly in around the houses when it is going to snow and the clouds roll across the sky like fleeces of woll when it is also going to snow.The cat sits with her back to the fire when it is going to rain. When we see a rainbow in the morning it is the sign of a storm, when we see a rainbow in the evening it is the sign of fine

A. Because it is about to strike 1.0
6 Q. Why is a chicken crossing a road like a smash-and-grab raid?
A. Because it is a fowl proceeding

1 Q. As black as ink as white as milk and hops on the ground like hail stones?
A. A magpie
2 Q. Why is the letter F like a banana skin.
A. Because both make all fall.
3 Q. Why is a ladies jumper like a piece of orange peel?
A. Because it is easy to slip on.
4 Q. What is it that occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a year?
A. The letter m
5 Q. Why was the man about to hit somebody like a clock with the hands at 12:59?

well Father you didn't tell me what way you were going.

There was a man named Paddy Stephens a native of Wicklow, and he worked for a priest, long ago when priests were going on Sick Calls they went on horseback. This evening the priest was going out on a Sick Call and he told Paddy to get the horse ready. Paddy went to the stable and he put the saddle on, but he put it on the wrong way, then he brought the horse around to the hall door. When the priest came out and saw the saddle on the wrong way he asked Paddy why he put it on back-to-the-front, Paddy said

the iron gates of the castle in on top of it, so that no person could get near it -- even if they did they could not lift the gates. It is said that people attempted to get the gold but they were beaten because the hole is about 80 feet deep and it is all swampy. People say there were fairies minding and guarding the treasure from all the invaders.

During the time when Ireland was being invaded by the Danes there was a castle near Knockrath which is about four miles from Rathdrum, and three miles from the village of Laragh near Glendalough. In this castle there was a lot of gold. The people of the castle did not want to let the invaders get the gold and in order to do this they had to bury it I do not know who the castle people were. There is a river running near where the castle was, and beside the river there was a hole called Moll's Hole and they buried the gold in this hole, and they threw

There is an old story told which happened when St Kevin lived in Glendalough. One day he met a woman on "the Green Road" in Glendalough, and she was carring some loaves of bread in her apron she said if he asked for bread I will say they are stones, and he reading her mind stopped her and asked her for bread. She said they were stones Saint Kevin said if they are stones that they may turn into bread. If they are bread that they may turn into stones. When she reached home her apron was full of stones.

During the famine of 1847 a very holdy and charitable priest lived in Annamoe: At that time the Church was there, and the Doctor's residence is built in the place where the Church was. He was very good to the poor during the famine time. He made a boat which could fold and carried it with him. He would sail across Lough Dan lake with food to the people at Luggelaw. This priests name was Rev. John Gowan. C. M. who in later years entered Vincentian Order Phibsboro Dublin. He was also one of the founders of the Sisters of the Holy Faith. He died on the 16th of January 1897 at the Convent of the Holy Faith, Glasnevin, in the 80th year of his age.

In Ireland long ago the Catholics were persecuted for their religion. They were not allowed go to Mass, the Churches were burned down, and the priests were hunted and killed. There are numerous Raths around here which we are told were used to signal from with lights to warn the people of danger. In Glendalough graveyard there is a round tower, that was used in the penal times to hide sacred vessels and vestments. The monks when they would have all their precious articles in safety they would bring in the ladders they were using also so that the plunderers could not follow them.

eaves of houses. The magpie builds her nest of sticks in tops of trees. The cuckoo builds no nest at all she lays her egg in another birds nest. The ren builds her nest in an old thatched house or in a mossy-bank she builds her nest of moss.The crow builds her nest in the tops of trees she makes her nest of sticks. The sparrow builds her nest of moss, in the hedges. The pidgen builds her nest of sticks in the tops of trees. The finch builds her nest of moss in bushes. It is said that if boys rob birds nests the bird will get out and curse them.

The birds commonly found in my district are, robins, shrushes, blackbirds, swallows, magpies cuckoos, rens, crows, sparrows, pidgens, and finches. They stay with us the year around, but the swallows come to us in the month of June they do not stay with us the year around and they go away in the month of October. The cuckoo does not stay with us in the winter she comes to us in April.The cuckoo comes in April
She sings her song in May
In the middle of June she whistles her tune
And in July she flies away. The robin builds her nest of moss in holes in the walls. The thrush builds her nest of mud and moss in bushes. The blackbird builds her nest of mud, sticks, and moss in bushes. The swallow builds her nest of mud under the

When the hills seem near it is the surest sign of bad weather. When there is a halo round the moon it is a sign of bad weather. When the dust is blowing about it is a sign of bad weather. When the swallows fly low it is a sign of rain. When the smoke blows back down the chimney it is also the sign of rain. When the hens pick their feathers it is the sign of bad weather. When the stars are dim in the sky it is a sign of bad weather. When the goats come in off the mountain it is a sign of a storm. When the cat puts her back to the fire, it is a sign of a storm also. When the hills seem far away it is a sign of good weather. When the dust lies on the ground it is the sign of good weather. When the goats are high on the mountains it is a sign of good weather.

this way or that way it will come out just the same
A. Navan
Q. As round as an apple as plump as a ball, can climb over church, over steeple and all?
A. The sun.

Q. Two N N two O O an L and a O put them together and spell them for me.
A. London
Q. Why is a dog with a broken leg so much like a boy doing sums.
A. Because he puts down three and carries one.
Q. As black as ink as white as milk and hops on the ground like hail-stones.
A. A Mag-pie.
Q. As green as grass and it is not grass, as red as blood and it is not blood, as black as ink and it is not ink what is it
A. A Blackberrie.
Q. How many feet has forty sheep a shepard and his dog
A. Two.
Q. Theres a county in Ireland it always in fame spell it

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Once upon a time there was a man, and he used to get his milk in a farm house. One night he went to the house and there was no one in, and he said I will return about eight oclock for the milk for the morning. There were two boys living in this house and they said that they would go to the cross-roads beside a grave to frighten the man when he would be going home. So they put white petticoats on them, and went to the cross-roads, they got in behind the ditch and when they heard a person coming along the road they got out on the middle of the road. When they went out on the road there was a ghost standing on the middle of the road and instead of they frightening the man the ghost frightened them.

There is gold hidden in Castle Kevin. O'Toole lived there long ago and it was blown up by Wingfield, and all the treasures and gold vessels of the castle were buried under the ground. Where the castle stood there is a mound and people say that that is the castle under the mound.People have often tried to get the gold but they were hunted by a black dog.

There is supposed to be a crock of gold hidden under the Round Tower in the grave-yard. The monks and priests are supposed to have hidden it there from the robbers.It is said that no one ever tried to get these valuable things. The fairies are supposed to guard these valuable things.

There was a tanyard in Croneybyrne some years ago, Mr Byrne was the name of the man who owned it.There were several big holes in the yard with some water in them. There was a bark mill near where it was and the bark was got out of it, the bark and ox hides had to be steeped in the water for six months before it was made into leather. There were about thirty men employed in it. Long ago all the women had spinning wheels, they used to card the wool and then spin it into thread and then they used to knit socks and other things.

In olden times some houses were built of earthen sods. They were called mud houses. These houses had no chimney. They were very rare. Others were built of stone and mortar. The mortar was a mixture of white sand and lime. The thatch used in these houses was rushes or wheaten straw, in some places called reeds. They grew in bogs. The old houses were small, with the result a bed was placed in the kitchen. This was called a settlebed. It was placed by the sidewall. Half-doors were very common about this time. Turf and timber were used for fuel. Rushes dipped in tallow were used for light at night: and candles made of tallow also. These were called "[?]." The wick used was a piece of waste cloth, placed in the centre of the tallow. Bog deal was also used. The candles were made locally.

personal injuries. The building was reconstructed and is in perfect repair at the present time.

About twenty-six years ago a terrible burning took place in this native town of mine. I being but a young girl of eleven years do not remember it, but last (l) night my father related the whole story to me. I will now describe it as fully as I can.One night a work-man was repairing a car in the garage now owned by Mr. O'Shaughnessy. Electricity was not in Gort at that time, so a candle was one of the chief ways of showing light. This man had a candle light in and some way or other the candle fell, where petrol had been spilt. The place went up in a blaze, and the man rushed to give the alarm. There was no fire brigade in the town, so the police arranged a line of men from the garage down to the river which flows near by. Buckets were procured, filled at the river, and passed along from man to man and then the water was thrown on the blaze. This was the only means of extinguishing the flames. After a long time the blaze was got under control. There was damage done to the building, but there were no

Long ago they made bread named Boxty and this is how it was made. They grated potatoes with graters they made themselves, with a piece of [?] which they bored with nails. They mixed flour with the potatoes and they baked it on a griddle or on a lid of a pot on the hearth with red [?] all around.I often heard that they made soap this way they mixed ashes of wood and lard together and then boiled them well together.

On the slope of a hill near the Beagh River there is a clump of old hawthorn bushes and in the centre of these there is a pile of stones surmounted by a large flat stone and a broken stone cross. Near this there is another stone resembling a basin. It was probably used for holy water or Baptism. This pile of stones is locally known as the "Mass Rock" and it is supposed that Mass was said there in penal times.

always held in Gort in the Square, and are still held there. Accounts of Hucksters, Pedlars and Dealers are becoming very rare. In former days this class of person travelled to the country with pins, needles, thread, lace and he got feathers rags and potatoes in exchange.

There were very few shops in olden times. They were were situated in the main streets, and trade was mostly confined to the one business. In the lanes were numerous industries, such as shoemakers, tailors, blacksmiths, chairmakers, weavers, and carpenters.People had to go to the nearest towns to make purchases, and they carried butter and eggs in baskets a long distance.The bartering of goods was practised for a certain period. Labour was given in exchange for goods. Some words were connected with the above as. "Swop" "change" "Tick" "credit" "Boot."It was considered unlucky to work or transact business on new Year's Day, Easter Monday, and in the Parish of Gort St Colman's Day, as he is the Patron Saint. The markets were

"take everything, my daughter and my kingdom and depart." "Let me hear no more of these cursed locusts."That was the story that was never to end because all the locusts on earth could go in and the well-packed granary would not grow slack.

were ever built. There was not to be a hole in it in case the grain would drop out. The granary was to be filled to the doors. The men that built it spent two hundred and fifty days building it. There was only one door to be left in it.It happened that there was a small hole in the galvanised iron. One day the famine did really come" he said. Locusts in thousands came as far as the granary. The hole was so small that only one locust could go in at a time. Every locust that went in brought (brought) only one grain of wheat each. The King grew pale and angry and he said "Take all"

after three months the story was still in continuation. The King used to say: "Is your story near an end," and the man used to say "Can't you have patience, wait until it starts first."The King was angry ad he said "let it be begun," then the brave fellow started away. he said:"There was once a King" he said "who had great riches and he had half his lands cultivated. He had wheat sown in that half. He thought there was a famine to come and he built a granary and in it was stored the grain for the years of famine that were to come.The granary was one of the biggest and strongest that

There was once a King who had a big dominion and a daughter. He was a man that was very fond of news. At last everybody was growing tired of telling him news. At last he said that he would give his daughter and half his kingdom to the person that would tell him a story that would never end. He also said that the person who would attempt to do this and fail would be beheaded. Hundreds tried it but failed and were beheaded.
So at last a man tried it and failed and was beheaded. A brave man at last tried it and the King kept him in his palace, and

long at the gate."

They reckon the last into graveyard is supposed to mind the gate till next is buried. A person dies today, another tomorrow they'll say well so + so wasn't

This was long ago + was worked by water power. There was a man living back near the mountain + no man was able to draw the sluice but this man. He was very strong + able to do it himself. When he used to go to Creggs + get drunk, he'd go to draw the sluice + then he could hear the sledge hammers going until he'd get home. This was the company he had on his road home.

A lady that got three lives in this world. "Tug si cri [?] ar an [?] seo." She always said it was harvest till Xmas each year + I found she was correct. (as the day lengthens, the cold strengthens)-- as the English man said.)

lakes will meet some day. They say Lough Lorgeen will burst asunder sooner or later + make for Glen Lorgeen is in a bog + the water appears to be black. No one goes near it as it is most dangerous. Water has eaten away under bog so that people wldn't go within a certain distance.

Potatoes are set every year in this district. We set about an acre and a half every year.
The land is top-dressed with manure. There are two horses joined in ploughing. The team of horses plough the field with an iron plough. When there are five sods turned there is a furrow made. Then another ridge is made until the field is made into ridges with a furrow between each ridge There are holes made with a "[?]." Three holes are made across every ridge. Then the children come along with cans and buckets of splits. They put a split in every hole. This is called "Dibbling." The woman cut the splits. There are a few eyes left in every split. The split is useless if there

Eat no meat on St Stephen's Day because if you get janduice you can not be cured. The herb for jaundice is supposed to grow on Mullaghanoe Hill

If a child sees the Baptismal towel before it is washed, he gets the power of overlooking things-- this is called the evil eye.
Anyone born in September will be loving, kindhearted and fond of money, but they take good care of it. They travel very far.

It is supposed to be lucky for a child especially a boy to wear a red tie or bow--(supposed to keep off the evil eye.)
I often saw an only son wearing red garters
No one should ever say, "That is a fine child" etc. without saying, God bless him or "Dail o Eis sin" or Dia [?].
If a child falls he should be given a pinch of salt on the tongue and the remainder is thrown in the fire--saying--[?] is corsgairgead tu.
The tongs was left across the cradle while the child was asleep--lest the fairies would bring it.
The [?] should not be washed off a baby's head.

1) His first resting place was Glengarriff, here he spent the Xmas holidays. First day's march Ballyvourney. (Cork)
2) Second day he reached the O'Keefe country [?] Cork.
3) He reached Ardpatrick, Limerick (fight [?])
4) He reached Sulchoid (lordes of Limerick and Tipperary)
5 + 6 he remained at Baile na Coille - in Tipperary
7) he remained at Latteragh (Tipperary) South of Kenagh.
8) At Loughkeen.
9) Arrived at a wood called Coill Fhinne.
10) They crossed the shannon at Athenry baille ruaidhne and landed on the side of Sil-Aninchadha N.B. Athenry-coille. (ford of Redwood) opposite the MacEgon Castle in the Parish of Lorcha.
11) They arrived at Aughrim. The inhabitants cheered and shouted them. Among the gentlemen who welcomed them were Thomas son of Ulick (Earl of Clonard.) Mac Coghlan O'Maddens and O'Kelly. They were [?] by the English and forced to fight; so the little band about (300) in all O Sullivan with rage, heroism and fury rushed to the battle field against the English, beheaded the leader of the