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There was once a little boy and his sister and they used to go for a walk every day. One fine day they were crossing a field. They heard something tapping like a Leprachaun working on a shoe. They both came near him. Mary was the name of the girl and Tom was the name of the boy. When they came near the little man Mary put out her hands and she caught him. Mary and Tom knew that if they took their eyes of the little man that he would go away. He asked Mary what she wanted, "Your treasure said Mary." He told Tom to dig down in the ground. Tom found a pipe that you could play on. He asked them if they wanted anything else. They said that they wanted the road

At last he began to cure everyoneOne day he was on the road with himself and he met the death. He said to him. "Now I have you for disobeying my orders." The doctor [said] asked time to say a few prayers but he took great care not to say the Lord's Prayer.One day he was passing over a bridge and he saw a lot of people standing on [a] it When he looked down under the bridge he saw a (lot) [of] [people] [standing] [on] [the] a man drowning. He knelt down to say a prayer and the man that was in the river came out and choked him.

went out for it there were a lot of flies on the stirabout. He hit them with his hand and killed them all. When he had eaten his dinner he said to her mother - "I wont stay here any longer, I will go away and seek my fortune."He thought it would be a good thing to have a sword so he collected some old irons and took them to a smith. He told the smith to inscribe "Jack, that killed a hundred at a blow," on the sword. And he warned him that he would take his life if the sword wasn't to his liking. The smith was terrified. He broke the first one he made, bent the second but at the third attempt he made one that pleased Jack.Off Jack went on his way to seek his fortune. After some time he came to a king's palace. He knocked at the gate and the king's servant came out. Jack asked if he could see the king.

Supplementary Notes concerning objects of historic interest in the Neale Park and kindly supplied by Lord Kilmaine.1. The Pyramid - Page 47Model of the "Step Pyramid" in Egypt, was no doubt, made out of a Cairn that was there formerly.B Page 47.This, according to Professor Mac Allister, is the remains of an old Beehive residence ; very ancient indeed, but at a later date an effort was made to convert it into a lime-kiln.C. Page 48The lettering on the top stones are Black Letter English and the inscription is in Latin. "A" was formerly the base stone of a Cross, and the inscription is "Pray for the souls of the Lord David O'Minahan and (his wife) the Lady Noreen, who caused me (i.e. the Cross) to be made in the year 1526." The smaller letters on the top of this stone refer to their daughter, Selia. The images came from some church or abbey and are certainly Christian. The lettering on stone B which can be deciphered by rubbing is simply a legend and quite untrue.

4. A little red cow is standing by the wall, she eats plenty,
But drinks none at all.
Answer : a fire.5. How many feet have forty sheep,
A shepherd and his dog. Answer : two feet.6. Two ducks before a duck and a duck behind a duck, how many ducks are there
Answer : three ducks.10. Kitty white gown,
And Kitty red nose,
The longer she lives
The shorter she grows.
Answer : a candle.11. Twenty four white horses tied to a stall.
The red one comes and licks them all
Answer : teeth and tongue.12. A man without an eye saw apples how did he see them. Answer : with the other eye.13. As round as an apple,
As flat as a pan,
One side a head
The other side a man.
Answer : a penny.15. Twenty sick sheep went out a gap, One died how many came back.
Answer : nineteen.

used to have then were not like what we have now. They used to get a piece of thin wire and rub it on stones until they would get it to a sharp point and the kind of thread was some kind of a rush they used to get in the lake. Out of these rags he used to get the clothes he used to wear. The kind of a light he used to have was a bundle of rushes. He used to put some stuff on it and that would keep blazing for a while. Sometime, if he could get a bit of wood, he would put stuff on it called tan which he would have for a light. He used to give a penny a week to an old woman who lived not far off to make an oatmeal cake for him every day. That cake and a cup of water which he found in an old stream was his food for the day. The kind of a bed he used to have was a pile of rushes. He wore no clothes over him but he used to leave on the clothes which he used to wear all the day. The trace of his bed is still to be found.Peter Harrison
There was once a man in Byhalla called

Rising
1) My Lord and my Saviour, My King and my Crown, Raise me to glory and free me from sin and give me the benefit of the prayers. I am going to begin.Retiring
(2) As I lie down to sleep. I give my soul to God to keep. If any process trouble me O Lady Mary protect me, Lord by the branch, Lady by the flower. Jesus be with me at my dying hour.Rising and Retiring
3) Lord have mercy on me. My soul and body I resign to Thee. Thy five bleeding wounds were nailed to a tree. "O Crucified Jesus have mercy on me."Cure for toothache
5) As Jesus was walking alone. He met with Peter he was sitting on a marble stone "Rise up Peter. What ails you?" "I am bad with the toothache". Anybody who repeats these words 5 times a day or 3 times a night shall never be troubled from head-ache, tooth-ache or fever. (P Newton)

In bed
1) I fold my arms in the shape of a cross I know I must die. I do not know when or where or how. But if I die in mortal sin I am lost for ever. (Eileen McKeon)

Rising
1) My Lord and my Saviour, My King and my Crown, Raise me to glory and free me from sin and give me the benefit of the prayers. I am going to begin.Retiring
(2) As I lie down to sleep. I give my soul to God to keep. If any process trouble me O Lady Mary protect me, Lord by the branch, Lady by the flower. Jesus be with me at my dying hour.Rising and Retiring
3) Lord have mercy on me. My soul and body I resign to Thee. Thy five bleeding wounds were nailed to a tree. "O Crucified Jesus have mercy on me."Cure for toothache
5) As Jesus was walking alone. He met with Peter he was sitting on a marble stone "Rise up Peter. What ails you?" "I am bad with the toothache". Anybody who repeats these words 5 times a day or 3 times a night shall never be troubled from head-ache, tooth-ache or fever. (P Newton)
In bed

ground.Ribbon grass is found growing along ditches. It has a strong stem about a foot long with a black head on the top. It leaves are long and narrow with faint lines down them.Fairy thimbles brighten along ditches. On their long stem hangs pink or purple thimbles one below another. They are poisonous. Often you can see the bees in the thimble getting honey.Along ditches ferns are very common in this district. They are a large oval shaped leaf some darker than others. They are not a harmful plant and some birds like them to hide their nest and keep them warm.Dockens are very bad for land. A coarce strong stem often grows up among the corn with a lot of seed on the top of it. When the seed ripens it falls off, and in this way the bad weed spreads. The leaves of the docken are soft and when the young leaf is comming out you can get sap which is good for the sting of a nettle.Nettles mostly grow among hedges and round ditches. If you touch them softly they will sting you but if you grasp them tightly they will do you no harm. They are not poisonous and some people give them to fowls and turkeys through their meat,

You can eat a few of them and they will do you no harm. They are called sooroges locally.Pyril is like long grass but its roots are a little bunch of white knots. They are not poisonous.Red shanks grow on marshy ground. It grows about two feet long with a red shank. When you are tying corn with red shanks in it if you happen to put your finger to your mouth your finger will burn your tongue.Yar is a very common herb in this district. It can be seen growing on the top of potato drills. It has very fine stems, in the spring a very small white blossom can be seen on it.Often thristles grow among corn. It makes the corn very difficult to tie. Because the thristles are covered over with tiny thorns. There is another kind of thristles called milk thristles which are also found among corn. But they will not jag us. There stem is high and green with a hole up the centre. In the hole there is white milk just like the dandy lion.The coltsfoot got its name because it is like the track of a colt's foot on the ground. It has a yellow blossom and its green leaves have white fleece. It covers the ground and prevents any crop from growing where it is. But it is not found often in fields only in waste

There are eight forges in the parish : - Mr. M. Mac Govern's, Cloverhill, Mr. T. Cosgrave's, Mr T. Roddy's, Mr. Pat Gormely's, Mr. T. Gormley's ; Mr. S. Gormley's, Mr. Paddy Gormely's and Mr. J. Gormley's. All these Gormleys are related. The smith-trade followed them down for four generations. Michael McGovern's, P. Gormley's and S. Gormley's forges are beside crossroads. T. Cosgrave's forge, T. Roddy's and Pat Gormley's forges are in the town. Tom Gormley's forge is beside the road and also beside the "Yellow River." John Gormley's is beside a road.The local forge has a slated roof. It has two windows and a chimney on it. The forge door is of an ordinary shape. There is one fireplace in the forge. The bellows is made of leather. They weren't made locally. The implements the smith uses are : - the bellows and the anvil, the sledge, the striking hammer, the punch, the pinchers and the rasp.The smith shoes horses and asses.
He makes gates, loys and crooks - which are used in farm houses.He strips the horse's hooves and cleans them in the open air on the small margin of grass that is outside the gorge. He also clips horses in the open air. He makes shoeings for carts on the flag of cement behind the forge. He cools the red iorns in a big well that is at the side of the forge.

It is said in this district that if you rubbed your tongue to a Lizard's body a burn in any part of you would get cured. That if you rubbed a gold ring or the water found in a hole in a rock to a sty in your eye that it would cure it. You should not be looking for this hole of water. A dockleaf would cure the burn from a nettle. A cobweb would stop running blood from a cut. If a frog's leg was chewed under a tooth, it would cure a toothache. If a child was suffering from thrush and if a gander could be got to screech three times into the child's mouth it would be cured of the disease. The food left behind after a ferret would cure the whooping-cough or measles.There is a well in James Mc.Carthy's field, Clydane, Castleisland and if you rubbed the water of it to sore eyes they would get cured. This well is now covered and the water of

which was standing up against the wall in his sleeping-room. When the priest saw him running into the press he turned to the man and said. "Ha, I know how it is now." "Who is it" said the man. "It is the devil" said the priest and I will soon banish him out of here. Then he put on his vestments and started reading. After the priest brought the devil out in the shape of a dog. He went out through the roof and as he was going out he said to the man, "Only for you blessed yourself last night I would have you down with me to eternal torments now." The priest told him to be careful and to say his prayers every morning and night.

There was once a man who had a lot of servants who was very thick and daft. They didn't know how to do anything. The man who had the servants employed heard that there was a great servant, someplace so he sent for him. The servant came and the man employed him. He found out that he was a very good worker. One night night the man was very tired and he only blessed himself when he was going to bed. The servant was watching him all the time until he went to bed and then he went to bed. The man noticed that the servant wasn't praying any night. Now the parish priest heard about the good servant and he came to see him. When the servant saw the priest coming up the stairs he ran into a big press

4. Hurly Burly.
The players all sit around the fire. One person's back is thumped while these words are being said : -Hurley Burley trump a tray.
The cow was sold on a market day
Simon Nally hunt the buck.
How many horns stand up.
At the last word the person who does the thumping holds up some of his fingers. The other person has to guess how many he holds up. He gets punished every time his guess is incorrect.The same game is also played while these words are being spoken : -
As I went up an apple tree
All the apples fell on me
Guess how many.Jack o' the Land.
All the players sit round the fire. The one nearest the fire lights a paper and holds it in his hand while he says these words : -
"Jack o' the Land.
If you die in my hand

A boy lived in Caherdaniel long ago. He used to go walking every night and came home whistling. His mother used be fighting with him and she used tell him not to be out late at night. One night he was coming a near way home. He used to pass near his neighbour's house.There was a window in the gable. One night the window was open. As he came around the corner he saw a fairy woman looking in the window. She went around the other corner when he came on. The boy looked in the window and he saw another fairy woman inside taking a baby from its mother.The people of the house were asleep. The fairy inside asked the fairy that was outside "Are you there." The boy answered, "I am." She thought it was the other fairy woman that answered her. She

A Prayer Book. - A prayer Book you dog you. Surely to God if you make An Almanac of them you couldn't make a Prayer Book of them. or what sense could any one take out of them. Well my Lord as I told you before Im no scholar I can neither read nor write and for that cause those cards serve my purpose as good as the Best Prayer Book in Dublin. Well Jack Let us hear it. I like the beginning very well. and I want to hear it out. Well my Lord when I look upon the King it reminds me of the Allegiance due to his Majesty when I look upon the Queen it reminds me of the Allegiance due to her Majesty when I look upon the I0 ten It reminds me of the Ten plagues of Egypt, when God afflicted the Egyptians, when Moses brought the children of Israel out of that Land When I look upon the Nine (9) It puts me in mind of the Nine

Some people can see a mote in their neighbour's eye but can't see a beam in their own.
Talk is cheap.
Empty vessels make the most sound.
He who slights my horse would buy him.
Self praise is no praise.
Love me, love my dog.
The darkest hour is that before the dawn.
Everything to help the lame-dog over the stile.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
Trusting too much in others is often the ruin of many.
Blessings are won by good deeds done.
Charity begins at home.
They who have glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Hills are green far away.
Plough deep while others sleep and you'll have corn to sell and to keep.
The cure is as bad as the disease.
Out of debt, out of danger.

Eaten bread is soon forgotten.
A burned child dreads the fire.
Silks and satins often put out the kitchen fire.
Many feathers made a bed.
Many hands make light work.
Vessels large may venture more but little boats should keep near shore.
Tell the truth and shame the devil.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Pretty feathers make pretty birds.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do to-day.
Nature breaks through the eyes of the cat.
Wilful waste makes woeful want.
Taking out of a meal-bag and never putting in soon comes to the bottom.
Courage is half the battle.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
Stone walls do not a prison make nor iorn bars a cage.
A watched kettle never boils.
Never judge a man by his clothes.
Look before you leap.
The lazy man always blames his tools.
Smooth water runs deep.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Where the tinker is the porringer comes through him.

The chief games I play are "Tig" "Follow Granny to market" Hide and Seek" Pucaí Dallog" Ghost in the garden" See Saw" High Windows. Round the green gravel" Marry the Queen, Skipping and others.Tig is played in this way a crowd of children gather together in a circle, and one stands in the middle and says the tig, pointing to one child he says P next one I next G next pig and giving all the children one each until he has the rhyme P-I-G pig you have the tig said.Then the child tig falls on has to run after the rest of the children until he catches one of them then he puts the tig on him by saying 1,2,3 and 1 for the race and this is continued until they get tired.Follow Granny to market is played by a crowd of children gathering together and one of them dresses like an old

all our money, anything didn't matter as long as we had money. We paid no bills and now we are suffering for them" "Will you tell my father that I have the money said one of them and come and I'll show it to you under this tree and go and tell him immediately to come and take it and tell him not to let the grass grow under his feet until he has cleared all the debts for we will be suffering agonies until then. Morning had arrived and the father and the daughter went to the house thinking Thadie would be dead before them but they were surprised to see him alive. He told the father all what happened during the night and they both went and found the gold under the tree and hastened here and there to pay the debts, and the three men were never seen kicking football there ever since. Thadie got married to the Mc.Carthy girl and they lived happily in that same house ever after, so we see that the paying of the debts put an

all our money, anything didn't matter as long as we had money. We paid no bills and now we are suffering for them" "Will you tell my father that I have the money said one of them and come and I'll show it to you under this tree and go and tell him immediately to come and take it and tell him not to let the grass grow under his feet until he has cleared all the debts for we will be suffering agonies until then. Morning had arrived and the father and the daughter went to the house thinking Thadie would be dead before them but they ere surprised to see him alive. He told the father all what happened during the night and they both went and found the gold under the tree and hastened here and there to pay the debts, and the three men were never seen kicking football there ever since. Thadie got married to the Mc.Carthy girl and they lived happily in that same house ever after, so we see that the paying of the debts put an

really a Gamesterer or not.
Well Im so far from been a Gamesterer my Lord that I never played a card in my life nor doesnt know what a card means. Well Jack Im very pleased to hear it, and on your account we will call the Informer to appear to see whether those reports are true or not. With all my heart says Jack & I'm well content. So the Informer was called in and the Nobleman says to him. Didnt you tell me that Jack. I did my Lord. And you villian you what cause have you for belieng anyone behind their back. I did not my Lord "Well Jack Utterly denies it." I dont care my Lord and to prove to your Lordship the truth of what I say. Search him and you'll find the Pack o' Cards in his pocket. So Jack was searched and the Cards

On Stanleys on If I were on Stanleys place I'd draw tears from every eye.
Onion.As I look out my ge-go window I Saw a Ship full of people and still there was'nt a single person in it.
they were all married.As round as a marble as deep as a cup and all the Kings army could not take it up
the moon shinning in the bottom of a wellHow many sticks goes to make a crows nest
None because the crows carry them.A duck behind two ducks, a duck before two ducks and a duck in the middle between two ducks. How many ducks was there.
There was three ducks there.How many feet in forthy sheep a shepherd and his dog.
Two feetWhy do you go to bed
because the bed wont come to youWhat goes up in the air wears boots and has none
A football

lump of coal.54. What is the difference between a hungry man and a glutton? - one longs to eat and the other eats too long.55. Humpty dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty dumpty got a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't put humpty dumpty together again - an egg.56. How do you know was Adam a good runner - because he came first in the human race.57. Under fire, over fire and never touches fire - a cake in an oven.58. What is always at the back of the hand? - the wrist.59. The more you take from it the bigger 'tis getting. - a grave.60. What is always a foot? - twelve inches.61. Headed like a thimble, tailed like a rat, you may guess for ever but you couldn't guess that - a pipe.62. The man that made it never wore it and the man that wore it never saw

15 Some salt in a stocking wrapped around the neck cures a sore throat.16 Soap and sugar, or soap and lime, or fresh pig's lard reduce swellings.17 If you have a toothache get a crust of bread and shake pepper on it, then place it between your gum and cheek 18 An old form of dentist was the smith. The sufferer went to the forge where the affected tooth was firmly connected to the anvil with a piece of waxed hemp. A piece of iron was put in the fire and reddened. At the same time an interesting story was started, and in the height of it the white-hot iron was placed on the anvil the story in the meantime becoming most interesting, All of a sudden the smith struck the hot iron with a sledge causing millions of sparks to fly around. Naturally the patient made a violent dash back - at the cost of his tooth.19 Yarrow cures toothache, headache and the juice makes a valuable healing ointment.

Noble orders Among Men, the Nine
parts of speech and the Nine Muses.When I look upon the 8. eight
It puts me in mind of the " Beatitudes, the Eight Persons Saved in Noahs Ark, and the Eight Persons brought from Death to Life.When I look upon the 7 Seven.
I puts me in mind of the Seven administring Spirits Standing before the Throne of God.
The Seven Angels with the Seven bials in their hands, filled with Indignation of the Lord which was to plague the Earth.
When I look upon the Six (6)
It puts me in mind of the six
petitions contained in the Lords Prayer.
The Six Days I am to work for my Bread.
And Im appointed to keep the 7th Day Holy.

car in town but no more, How did the jennet & car get into the kitchen and the door locked and the key in his pocket?
"Oh, my God" said he, "What will I do"? "How can I get the jennet & car out of the house"?He went to his neighbours, who came with him, and pretended to be amazed at what happened.They told him that it was probably a final warning to him.
From that day till the day he died he never tasted drink and was never tired of telling about to warning he got - Nor did he even find out how it happenedEnd.

These are the proverbs which are used locally in my district ;
"A stitch in time saves nine."
"A burned child dreads the fire."
"Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day."
"A half burned coal is easy kindled."
"Contentment is better than riches."
"Neither a borrower nor a lender be."
"A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush."
"Many hands make light work."
"It's better to have nae child than ae child."
"Prevention is better than cure."
"It is never too late to learn."
"Beauty is only skin deep."
"One swallow never made a summer."The old people in this district always quote these proverbs whenever the opportunity arises. For instance when the people say, "The swallows are landed," they'll say "One swallow never made a summer." If anything particularly good happens to a person, they'll say, "It's better to be born lucky than rich." Another local proverb is, "Empty vessels make most sound."

In many districts certain objects are looked upon as being very valuable. It may be some object belonging to a departed friend or perhaps something that was given to us in our childhood but however insignificant the gift it is greatly treasured as a memento of departed days.On Christmas Eve branches of holly are put up in every available place in the house and these serve to help everyone to enjoy and to feel the cheery atmosphere of Christmas. May flowers are put over every door on May Eve and according to an old superstition these flowers are said to keep the fairies away. On Palm Sunday a little piece of palm is worn in memory of the time when the people strewed the palm before our Lord

Long ago there was a woman and she had a child and she was plagued by him. There was a tailor working in the house. Every day he used to be crying. One day the woman of the house went on a message. She put milk near the fire and she told the tailor to give him the milk when he would start crying. She was not outside the door when the baby started crying. The tailor gave him the milk. He was not to the table when the baby started crying. The tailor told him he had better stop. He put the shovel in the fire and left it there until it was red. Then he told him play a tune and himself would dance a few steps or if he wouldn't he would put him standing on the shovel. The baby took out a pipe and began playing and

Q. Why is a gaoler like a musician
A. Because he fingers the keys?Q What is that which lives in winter, dies in summer and grows with its root upwards.
A. An icicleQ. In what place did the cock crow when all the world could hear him.
A. In Noah's arkQ. When is a boy in the [like] pantry like a poacher?
A. When he walks into the preserves
Q. What word of eight letters is there from which you can subtract five and leave ten ?
A. Tendency?What word of fifteen letters is there from which you can subtract twelve and leave ten
A. Pretentiousness?

thrown unfairly by the bowler, such as too high, too low or too much to right or left the person in the ring made no attempt to strike it and so no penalty was involved, but none of his followers must touch the ball by the hand in passing it back to the bowler. He could pass it back with his feet or let the bowler follow it and get it himself. This and similar little rules of the game tended to make the boys alert and they had to be continually wide awake so as not to do anything which would mean evacuation of the town by their side. (P. McGuire N.T.)

said that his mother had a garden of cabbage. If a person put a hound into the garden and to have he go chasing a hare he would not have travelled a leave of cabbage during the week." The thing did not say anything, but he asked him "to come and see the fine corn he had". The boy went we to see it, but it is only like grass besides the corn we have at home.One day he said that he went into the corn field and that he stood up on a blade of corn. When he was so high up he did not know how to come down, So he saw a house on the air and he went into it. He saw a fox inside and the fox asked him what he wanted. He told him how he

Why is a watch like a river?
Because it cannot go far without windingWhy is a grasshopper like a watch?
Because it works on springs.Whats full and holds more?
A pot of potatoes when you put water inA clipper of corn a jumper of ditches a tight little body with two leather horns?
A hare.Twenty four white cows tied to a stall up comes the red one and licks them all?
Your tongue and teethWhat part of the cow goes over the ditch first?
Her breath.Round the house and round the house and lies at the back door?
A twig.A room full a kitchen full and cannot take a spoonfull?
Smoke.Twenty sick sheep went out a gap one of them fell dead how many came back?
Nineteen.What did Adam place first in the garden?
His foot.As I went up the garden I saw the greatest wonder twenty four black birds tearing the ground a sunder?
A man harrowing.If its too short cut a bit off and it will get long?
A grave.

By "landing" "potatoes" is meant putting the fresh earth to the stalks with a timber plough.Potatoes are sprayed twice in the year. They are sprayed secondly at the end of July. They are sprayed first at the end of June. The spraying stuff is made up of blue-stone and washing-soda mixed with a barrel of water and then stirred thoroughlyWhen the potatoes are dug they are put in a heap shaped like the roof of a house. There are ferns or dry hay put in the sides and ends of the heap in order to keep the earth from getting mixed with the potatoes. Then they are covered with earth and bags of them are brought in for household purposes according as they are wanted. In Spring they are turned to prevent them from shooting out.The varities of potatoes grown in this district are Champions Kerr's Pink ; Leaguers ; Arran Banners ; Arran Victory Leather Coats ; Irish Queens ; Epicures ; Flouders ; and Bloomers. Irish Queens and Epicures are the best varities grown in this district.Longago starch used to be made from potatoes. This is how starch was made.The potatoes were first peeled and they were grated with a grater to make stampy. Then the

but he was mistaken. They spent and spent until they were as poor as ever and they had but one cow left Mick drove the cow to the fair of Cork hoping to meet the same little man and get another bottle He walked on and it was not long till he met the same little man [?] "Well Mick I said you would be rich man" "Indeed then sue I was." "Good morning to you" said Mick. I[?] am not rich now but have you another bottle for I want in now as much as I did before "Here is the cow sir for it and here is the bottle" said the little man smiling "take it you know what to do with it." "Well good bye for ever" said the little man. "Good bye to your sir" Mick walked home as fast as he could. When he arrived home he told Molly he got another bottle Molly put everything right and Mick put the bottle on the floor "Bottle do your duty. In a twinkling of an eye two great stout men jumbed out of the bottle and beat Mick and his wife. When Mick recovered he put the bottle under his coat and went to the

That Mary would'nt know him. Mary agreed in getting married to him but she did not know that he was the robber that got saved. The he invited Mary to go and see his mother. When they reached. his house he said to his mother "Here now heres the one that killed your eight sons here she is do what you like with her". "Tie her to that tree out side there that wrotten little Villen" said the old woman. Then they took her out and tied her to a tree outside the door. Then they went in and went to bed and Mary ripped herself someway and got off. She kept running away like anything and the old robber after her. Anyway she got up to a man in the road with a donkey and car. In the car he had two lyers of fish one overhead and another in the botom. Mary asked him to let her under the fish and she warned him not to leave the robber see her. She was only just under the fish when on came the robber running for his life after Mary. The old man kept trotting away pretending to know nothing about Mary. When the robber got up to him he said to the old man you have that girl there in the car but the old man persuaded him that he had not. So the robber kept running away and the old man drove Mary to [?] her own door. After a while Mary got married and lived

Mary whipped the knife out of his pocket and cut of his head. She then took the whistler out of his pocket and blew it and bored a hole in the wall for when the robbers were planning what to do she heard them.
When she blew the whistler they came in one by one and according as they were coming in she cut off their heads except the last fellow for with all the excitement she only cut a bit off his ear and [?] with the fright that he got he flew for his life home to his mother. Mary was delighted with herself then and went to bed and fell fast asleep. Next morning at about five o clock a knock came to the door. She got up and opened the door and who was there but her Master and Mistress. When they see the pack of robbers lying at the door they wondered much and thanked Mary for saving their house from the robbers. They were so delighted with her that they gave her all their land and money and they went away to England. Then Mary was looking for someone to get married to, and the old robber that got saved heard this news came there matchmaking and he had a different appearance the way

harm to him was burning and they could not defend themselves until he took out the iron off the fire again.________________________
Captain GallagherOnce upon a time there lived a man named Captain Gallagher. He was very strong and brave and everyone was afraid of him. He could take what he liked out of the peoples' houses and they dare not say a word or he would kill, them. He would not do anything to the people in his own village or around it but in Foxford and Swinford and in places where the people did not know him he was very cruel.One day he was coming home from a fair and when he was coming through the wood a wild cat attacked him. It was as big as a dog and it had great big long claws. Captain and the cat fought hard for two hours and at last he hit him a deadly blow with a little piece of wood in the shape of a little cross and this

Once upon a time there lived in Graffey in this parish a man named Pat Devaney. He was a school teacher and he used to teach in the chapel. The parents' that wanted their children to be taught sent them to him. He never wore a shoe. but every child that came to school brought a sod or two of turf every morning. As the coals were turning into ashes he would take it and throw it under the children's feet to keep them warm. He had no books for his pupils but he had the figures written on a blackboard and from that he taught them.He had no house of his own but the people built a little hut for him in Graffey where the grown up people used be taught every night. Every one he taught would give him a penny every week. He could also work magic. Any person that would do anything to him he would put an iron in the fire and according as it was getting red the person who did the

eat two white men, what was the number of the car?
(two eat two) (282)You see it I dont see it and its nearer to me than to you?
(The back of your head)What is it that is on the table, cut, and served out and not eaten?
(A Jack of cards)What bow cannot be tied?
(The rainbow)Where was Moses when the light went out?
(In the dark)Ding dang into the can ten drawing four?
(Milking a cow)Why does an ass turn twice before he lies down?
(Because one good turn deserves another)A cart has a thing it cannot go without it and it does not need it?
(Noise)Four sisters thin and tall one could not do without them all?
(four knitting needles)
Why is a plum-pudding like a swifly flowing river?
(Because a plum-pudding is full of currants and a swiftly running river is also full of currants)A man was born in England lived in Scotland and died in Ireland what kind of a man is he now?
(a dead man)

I knew a man and he had a nice little mare and he was very fond entirely of her He used be [?] in the kitchen every night - every one used keep the horses in the kitchen that time.One morning when to got up, he noticed the mare all sweat and foam, as if she was out being ridden all night. He wiped her and brought her to. He did not tell anyone about it.There was a woman - a neighbour and she called to the house - she had the name of going to the [?]. You have a great mare say's she for she hear um all racing west in [Eyloich?] Strand last night.
I was looking at her myself says she and anyone of them could'nt come near her. Your brother was riding her & a good hand he was at it.(The brother who was supposed to be riding her was dead for years before that).

But Jack said no he would rather die than to part with the horn. So the long and the short of it was the Lord Mayor bought the horn for £100, and Jack got free once more. (Determinded) So the Lord Mayor started for Dublin once more. Determinded to show the wonderful prize he got this time. So when he arrived home his wife and mother-and-law began to laugh at him saying that Jack fooled him again. and they were making great fun of him, that Jack was far to smart for him. So the Lord Mayor thought he would teach them a lesson, and try the power of the magic horn. So pulling out a dagger he struck it in his wifes throat and then his mother-in-law. So the servant's hearing the noise ran into the room and seeing what happened they thought the Lord Mayor lost his wits.
They ran out calling the police. So when the police arrived they began to bind the Lord Mayor but he told them to stand back that it was not so bad as they thought it was. He said he would soon make all right again. So taking out the magic horn he told the crowd that gathered to stand back and let in the air that he would soon take her to life again. So putting the horn to his mouth he blew a mighty blast but the people that was dead

never moved he though he did not blow loud enough and he put the horn to his mouth again and gave a mighty blast but they never(ed) maved. So he thought that he did not blow hard enough this time and he gave another blast but they remained still and he said that Jack fooled him again. So he told his soldiers to get ready their horses and off they went to Jacks house and (o) came on Jack unawares and they put Jack into a bag and tied him in and put him on a horses back and marched off with him. It was a very warm day and the Lord Mayor and his soldiers got thirsty on the way and they went into a wayside inn for a drink. They left Jack on a horse's back, and Jack saw another great swank coming towards him and he began to "I will not take her". When he came up to him and asked him what would he not take and Jack said I will not take the Lord Mayor's daughter. So this boy said "Would you let me in there in your place." Jack said he would. The Lord Mayor and s(c)oldiers came out and rode off again when they landed in Dublin there was a great fire ready and they threw the bag into the middle of it. Then they saw that it was not Jack they had atall. So the Lord Mayor said he'd better let that rascal Jack alone. Jack and his mother lived happly ever after.

Long ago it appears that Sir John Jephson Norreys of Mallow Co Cork had money debts. One night he sat musing in his room on the dark prospect when his servant appeared and asked him to see a gentleman who wished for an audience. Fearing a creditor Sir John refused ; but the stranger entered of his own accord and claimed an interview. Laying down a bag heavy with gold on the table he asked Sir John if he wished to be free from debt. The latter naturally replied that nothing would be more agreeable. "Then" said the stranger "here is the gold to pay all your debts and give, comfort for the rest of your life but there will be one obligation enforced." To be free from debt, Sir John promised anything required of him. Then the stranger placed a white rat on the table "It is required" said the stranger "that you should never eat without this little animal placed on the chair on your right hand side" "As long as you keep

of a boot and attach it to one end of the wire. Then slip the other end of the wire through it, and put a strong cord into the wire. Then tie the cord to a stick and the snare is made.Pop-guns : - The way that pop-guns are made is by getting an elder stick and burning out the centre of it with a hot iron. Then get a stick that would go through the hole and put it into the hole. Then put a cork into the hole at the other end and push the stick through very fast and when it pushes out the cork it makes a loud noise.Whistlers : - The way that whistlers are made is by getting a short piece of elder and burning the centre out of it, leaving the bottom stopped. Then cut a gruve in it and put in a piece of timber as a tongue and the whistler is made

A top can be made from a narrow branch of a tree, a piece of timber about 3 inches long must be got and shaped like a top. Then a nail must be got and driven in through the back of the top, so that the pointed part of the nail comes out through the pointed part of the top.To make a tossy-bob the first thing to do, is to get a lot of cow-slips, which are flowers that grow in the early Spring. The stem must be taken from each flower and then the rest of the flower must be hung on to a piece of cord. Then both ends of the cord must be brought together and tied and then it will appear like a ball.

20. What is the weight of the moon?
(Four quarters - 1 cwt)21. I go into the wall, and I come out of the wall, and I carry my house on my back. (A snail)22. How many sods will fill a cart?
(One and all the rest)23. I have a little house, and a mouse would not fit in it
And all the men in town would not count all the windows in it.
(A thimble)24. As I went up the mountains with a bundle of rods
Nobody could count them but the hands of God.
(The hair on your head)25. Why do the birds fly over the mountains?
(Because they cannot fly under them)26. What is deeper than the sea?
(A tailor's thimble)27. Black and white and it's red all over.
(A newspaper)28. Twenty sick sheep went out a gap
Two died, how many was left?
(Eighteen)29. Spell black wool in three letters
(Hat)30. Why is a baby like a sailor?
(Because a baby makes his ocean in the bed, and a sailor makes his bed in the ocean).

the bird's side ; another came with the wing and another came with the head. They all said the man that had the head of the bird killed her, Jack was polishing the ladys shoes on the morning of the wedding. He walked up and rubbed the brush to the man's clothes. The man told the king that he would not marry his daughter unless he would kill Jack, The king said, "Its a hard thing to do. He is the best boy I ever had. So he forced the king until he changed his mind. The butcher came and Jack was to be killed. The soldiers carried him out where the butcher was. The lady asked her father for permission to see Jack before he would be killed. Jack took off his hat and turned his poll towards the lady. He knew she would see where she cut the locks of hair. She told the butcher not to kill Jack until she returned. She took him into the palace by the hand and showed her father the locks of hair. She said , "You shall be my husband! It was you that killed the bird. When they were married Jack told the king how he killed the giants and where he put them. He had their riches along with the kings property. He was never again poor.

the birds are going for the crumbs, they jump on this rod, and the cage falls down on them. The game we play now mostly is handball. We find a good level wall for an alley. One boy throws the ball against the walls, and when it bounces on the ground, the other boy will hit it back again, and they take every second turn like that until one boy fails to strike it ; and then it scores one for his opponent. If a boy strikes the wall outside the mark this also counts for his opponent. It is a very interesting game. Big boys and old men play it as well as little boys.

high and low and then he rubbed his eyes for he thought perhaps he had fallen asleep and dreamed that he had seen the fairy, But he saw he had the little stick so then he knew it was no dream and he ran home to tell his father, His father was much pleased to hear this, "And my dear son, said he I was in despair at the idea of losing you and all through my own want of thought. "But as the fairy has told you a secret by which we can get the better of the dwarf then all will be right.The next week the twelve were then up and Peter and his father set out to meet the dwarf on the very spot where the fatal promise had been made the promise that twelve years from then. So when they arrived at the meeting place. Peter did what the fairy had whispered him to do. He drew a circle with the tiny wand she had given him, Then he told his father to step into the middle of the circle.

In the town-land of Bally-duff about four miles from Ballinamore Co Leitrim, on a large demense called Creevy there is supposed to be concealed deep in the group a valuable treasure.Long ago in troubled times in Ireland, it is said that a man named Conn ORourke hid it there. It is said, that one day his wife's niece was visiting in their house, while Conn was at a fair. The wife was very good and she got a large hank of yarn, and in it, rolled up some gold sovereigns. She told the girl not to tell her husband - Conn - what she had in the yarn, or he would take it from her.On the girl's way home, she met Conn, she had the parcel under her arm on which she thought he would leave no remarks, but he was very cute, and suspected what she had. He welcomed her,and then told her open the parcel that she had not it rolled up right. When he opened it, he got the sovereigns. He took them out, folded it up again and handed it back to her again.Some people say that when this old man was about to make his will, he was asked about a friend's" share? His answer was "there is enough for him, and he knows where it is lying" It is supposed that it is in an iron

On the North-West side of Emly chapel, on Mr. Creagh's land, a well sprung up, which was known as St. Peter and Paul's Well. The owner of the land thought to surpress the well, so as to have no-one trespassing on his lands. He covered it with stones and earth, but it sprung up through the stones. It is to be seen at the present day but no - people make "rounds" round it, or no people take its water. There is not a fixed amount of rounds. Some make nine rounds and others twelve rounds. We must go round the well a few times until the round of the rosary beads is finished. Then you enter the chapel and say an Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory be to the Father. Then you must go to well again and kneel and do the full round of the beads. Then you go round the well and after every fifth round of the beads you kneel and say five Our Fathers,

Some days of the week are said to be lucky and more unlucky. For instance Saturday is said to be one of the unluckiest day of the week. If any person begins work on a Saturday it will never be finished correctly.Monday is a very lucky day. There is a rhyme of the days of the week such as : -
"Monday for health,
Tuesday for wealth,
Wednesday the best of all,
Thursday for crosses,
Friday for losses,
Saturday no luck at all."If we do work on Monday it will take no energy from us.If it is done on a Wednesday it will be finished neatly and correctly. All farmers do the best of their work on Wednesdays.

blast and cows were housed once more. He fed them night and morning from the hay rick's ample store.
To Kerry he gave extra hay she being the best to fight.
And wondered if she'd miss him
when he went home Christmas night(8)
When Christmas eve arrived at last
his heart was filled with cheer.
He promised his employers that he'd
come again next year.
'Mong others gifts, they gave to him
his goodness to requite.
A fine fat goose and turkey for his mother Christmas night.

was sometimes followed by a dance. After that they would go to the chaple to be married. After the marriage the marriage the whole company would go to the boys home where they had dinner and supper. No matter how long or short the distance to the boys home was the journey was always done with side cars common carts and in saddle horse. If it was a long journey they would take some musical instruments with them and they would play them on the way. When supper was over they started to dance. Everybody seemed to be merry at the wedding. The old people sang and danced there as much as the young people.The neighbouring boys dressed up in disguise and they put a big sheave of straw on their heads which made them look very comical then they came to the where they were always welcome. They used to dance and sing for an hour. These were called "straw boys". At every wedding there was porter and whiskey "go leór" and to this the straw boys were very [?] treated. The whole party broke up at about six o clock in the morning and the bride was left in her new home.

One day two travellers were on their way looking for alms. On their way they met a priest whom they asked for alms. He was about to give them some money when he asked them, "Who were our first parents?" They made no reply, for they didnt know. The priest then told them that it was Adam and Eve. He then asked them. "Who made them"? This they did not know, and he told them it was God.He said if they knew it to-morrow he would give them the money. That night, they slept in a house near by and kept saying, "Adam, Eve and God." The following day they went to the priests house and one of them could not think of God.When they arrived at the priest's house the stupid one went first, the priest asked him. "Who were our first parents,?" he replied "Adam and Eve," He then asked him "who made him?" and could not think. But the smart boy stood behind, and picked him with a pin, he them exclaimed "Oh God", the priest gave him the money and they were satisfied.

dow and a couple of ducks swimming in it. The father and mother were eating spuds out of a sciathóg.Back they went to London, and when the steward told his mistress that when they were approaching the domain their was the grandest one they ever saw, with big high trees and yellow and purple blossoms on them.When they were entering the domain they met a regiment of soldiers with a general in change of them. He had the grandest head-gear, that was ever seen on a general, and their there was a lake outside the door with birds swimming on it with every kind of colour on them, and that they were eating from a table with golden enter laced rods.She married Lord Mt. Eagle.

dow and a couple of ducks swimming in it. The father and mother were eating spuds out of a sciathóg.Back they went to London, and when the steward told his mistress that when they were approaching the domain their was the grandest one they ever saw, with big high trees and yellow and purple blossoms on them.When they were entering the domain they met a regiment of soldiers with a general in change of them. He had the grandest head-gear, that was ever seen on a general, and their there was a lake outside the door with birds swimming on it with every kind of colour on them, and that they were eating from a table with golden enter laced rods.She married Lord Mt. Eagle.

dow and a couple of ducks swimming in it. The father and mother were eating spuds out of a sciathóg.Back they went to London, and when the steward told his mistress that when they were approaching the domain their was the grandest one they ever saw, with big high trees and yellow and purple blossoms on them.When they were entering the domain they met a regiment of soldiers with a general in change of them. He had the grandest head-gear, that was ever seen on a general, and their there was a lake outside the door with birds swimming on it with every kind of colour on them, and that they were eating from a table with golden enter laced rods.She married Lord Mt. Eagle.

and they can set more potatoes. They set the potatoes in ridges or in drills, but they do not set them in drills round about hear except they are setting them in good land. The potatoes that are mostly set round about hear are the champions.(7) The farmers about this locality plough half acres. and others acres. The farmers spread manure on the green land, and then they plough it. They plough it into ridges, others into drills. Some farmers help each other to plough. Then they set the potatoes, and shake gewaney and mould them. Then when the stalks come up they spray them. When they are good potatoes the people dig them with a spade, and the children pick them.(8) In Spring the farmers prepare the ground for the potatoes. They put out manure and spread it out on the green land, and ploughs the land into ridges or drills. Then he plants the potatoes about a foot a part from each other. Then after some time when the stalks are well over the clay he sprays them a couple of times.(9) Every person plants about an acre of potatoes. The potatoes are planted in ridges.

feathers. She lays from six or seven eggs which are white with brown spots The black-bird builds her nest in a bush, or low down in a clump of briars, the nest consists of grass lined with mud. She lays from three to five eggs of a blue colour. The chaff-finch builds her nest in a stone wall, it is made of old straw and horse-hair. She lays between five and seven eggs. The linnet builds her nest in a black-thorn, the nest is made of feathers and moss. She lays five eggs of blue colour. The swallow builds her nest in an old house, it is built of clay and lined with hay, a swallow lays from four to six eggs.It is said that if one robbed a swallow's nest something would happen, one of the cows if the

feathers. She lays from six or seven eggs which are white with brown spots The black-bird builds her nest in a bush, or low down in a clump of briars, the nest consists of grass lined with mud. She lays from three to five eggs of a blue colour. The chaff-finch builds her nest in a stone wall, it is made of old straw and horse-hair. She lays between five and seven eggs. The linnet builds her nest in a black-thorn, the nest is made of feathers and moss. She lays five eggs of blue colour. The swallow builds her nest in an old house, it is built of clay and lined with hay, a swallow lays from four to six eggs.It is said that if one robbed a swallow's nest something would happen, one of the cows if the

feathers. She lays from six or seven eggs which are white with brown spots The black-bird builds her nest in a bush, or low down in a clump of briars, the nest consists of grass lined with mud. She lays from three to five eggs of a blue colour. The chaff-finch builds her nest in a stone wall, it is made of old straw and horse-hair. She lays between five and seven eggs. The linnet builds her nest in a black-thorn, the nest is made of feathers and moss. She lays five eggs of blue colour. The swallow builds her nest in an old house, it is built of clay and lined with hay, a swallow lays from four to six eggs.It is said that if one robbed a swallow's nest something would happen, one of the cows if the

Long ago there was a wicked woman in this locality. All the people were afraid of her She burned her husband and her children and burned a lot more people also. After she died it was said that her ghost was seen. Her roads for travelling were from Carhuvouler to the Pound Hill about a mile to the west of Ahiohill. It happened at that time there was a courageous tinker who used visit Ahiohill public house Having heard of this wicked woman and having some porter drank and being in good humour he said that he would not be the least afraid to meet and attack her. The night being fixed he went to meet her to the Pound Cross where she used finish her journey every night. The tinker arrived at the cross and called out for Máire Ghaedhealach. He had the words no sooner said than she appeared and balls of fire were blazing out of her eyes. She faced the tinker and he had to back up the hill keeping her back with his steel bar which the old

the horse that I have tired. Tire a horse and worry a man tell me this riddle if you can
Answer - Saddle.VIII Black I am and much admired men and horses I have tired Gold and Silver I have made. Now in ashes I am laid.
Answer - CoalIX What is it you wouldnt wish to have it and if you had it you wouldnt give it away for the world.
Answer - A bald headX As round as a marble as deep as a cup and all the men in Kerry wouldnt dig it up.
Answer - A spring wellXI Four legs up and Four legs down Soft in the middle and and hard all round
Answer - A bedXII Why does a hen pick the pan.
Answer - Because she cand lick itXIII Deep it is and damp it is and fit for any lord
Answer - A grave.XIV The man that made it never wore it and wore it never saw it. - Ans - a coffin

found the treasure at last" "Have" said his wife in great surprise. Yes he replied at any rate it is as good as found Last night it was told to me in dream that the treasure was hidden under one of the trees in the orchard "Wait until after my breakfast I shall shall go and fetch it in"The woman waited very impatiently until her husband had finished his meal. and then taking a pick and a spade they both went into the orchard "Now Martin which tree is it under cried his wife" But the farmer only looked round helplessly and began to scrath his head 'I don't know' he said You dont know? Why man did you not take the trouble to notice. I saw plainly enough which tree it was under but out here there are so many

There was once a farmer named Martin Clancy who was very poor and discontented. He had often heard and read of treasures being discovered in all sorts of odd places : and he thought so much about this that at last nothing would do but that he himself must find a treasure. So instead of attending to his daily work and looking after the crops in his fields and the trees in his fields and the trees in his orchard he went poking about from morning until night among all the old ruins in the neighbourhood hoping that by good fortune he might turn up a chest of gold coinsThis went on for a long time : and of course no gold was discovered. One day however Farmer Clancy came down to breakfast he said to his wife "It is all right my dear I have

found the treasure at last" "?" said his wife in great surprise. Yes he replied at any rate it is as good as found Last night it was told to me in dream that the treasure was hidden under one of the trees in the orchard "Wait until after my breakfast I shall shall go and fetch it in"The woman waited very impatiently until her husband had finished his meal. and then taking a pick and a spade they both went into the orchard "Now Martin which tree is it under cried his wife" But the farmer only looked round helplessly and began to scrath his head 'I don't know' he said You dont know? Why man did you not take the trouble to notice. I saw plainly enough which tree it was under but out here there are so many

found the treasure at last" "?" said his wife in great surprise. Yes he replied at any rate it is as good as found Last night it was told to me in dream that the treasure was hidden under one of the trees in the orchard "Wait until after my breakfast I shall shall go and fetch it in"The woman waited very impatiently until her husband had finished his meal. and then taking a pick and a spade they both went into the orchard "Now Martin which tree is it under cried his wife" But the farmer only looked round helplessly and began to scrath his head 'I don't know' he said You dont know? Why man did you not take the trouble to notice. I saw plainly enough which tree it was under but out here there are so many

dreaded place with almost every strap of its harness broken and shattered. The man saw nothing evidently the horse did.

sank 'neath the wave,
But she joined him there, in one short year
In that land beyond the grave."Her father Barry óg) didn't last long after Eileen
So three lives were lost because of the whim of Barry óg.
And ere another year has flown, Barry óg he too is gone.
He sleeps beside his fathers, in the land he calls his own."There is an old ruin near Kilmalooda, it is supposed to be built in the same century as Timoleague Abbey - the 14th century. At a distance, it looks like an immense ivy bush it is so overgrown with ivy. When you would get to the top of this, you would have a view of the countryside for miles around.Mrs O Connor who lives in Lislevane told me about "Downdaniel castle" as her son lives near it, and my Uncle, Timmy Collins, who lives in Gurranes, told me about the crosses.

Fox and geese.: This game is played on a draughts board with four white men for geese and a black man for a the fox. The geese are placed on the four alternate squares of the first sow at the draught while the fox can start from any of the corresponding squares at his own end of the board. The moves are started diagonally as in draughts but the fox travells backward or forwards as a king while the king while the geese can only go forward. The player of the geese should try to block the fox in a corner for he wins if he can his geese home to the four, last squares of the fox's territory The fox tries to capture. as many geese as possible while keeping out of danger himself. The geese move first. It is very interesting to play a match of ten points up the fox counting one point for each goose captured, the geese one point for each one home. Each player should handle the fox and geese in alternate games.

and the other says one word of the following rhyme on each fist : Pipody, popidy play me the pen, rise the latch and let me in. Is this the house that Jack lives in?" She has to say it every time until the last word falls on the hand in which the piece of paper is."Poor Snipy" is a game which only two can play, The first puts his hands together and closes his eyes The other says, "Poor snipy, poor snipy, "where were you last night?". "I was on the flow bog." What were you doing there." "I was eating the leg of a hare Why didn't you keep some for me?". It was too sweet", Then he tries to pull his hands away without getting a slap.

Then he is nearer to the food for his little ones. He does great damage to poultry and lambs. The people say there is a cure in the foxe's tongue for extracting thorns. The people in this district do not hunt the fox with horses. Sometimes they catch him with dogs.The Badger. The badger is not very plentiful in this district. He is grey in colour and he has very short legs and therefore he cannot run very fast. He does little or no harm.The Hare. The hare is a small animal compared with the fox. He eats a lot of grass. Sometimes he is caught with a trap or with a snare. He is grey in colour. He can run very fast.The Rabbit. He is smaller [?] the hare and he is also grey in colour. He is caught with a trap or a snare and sometimes the boys put a ferret in the rabbits burrow and he kills the rabbit.The Weasel. The weasel is fairly numerous

means we would not be allowed go between the clothes and the fire, and by any means any-one would not be allowed carry out a coal of fire whilst they were churning, and on May-eve there was no chance of carrying out a coal. There was not much matches then and if the men out working would want to redden their pipes they would not carry out a coal, they would come in and smoke inside and leave the pipe cool before they would go out.There was a lot of old hags around the place too who were full of Pishogues. They were able by some kind of devilment to carry their neighbour's butter. I knew one of them and every May Eve we used to see her picking herbs in our land. She came one day to my Mother for the loan of the cream-cool. She got it, but the next time we were churning we had no chance of making butter. My mother sent out for the men when they were tired themselves, and the men hammered away until they were tired, but no butter. Instead of butter there was a sort of thick foam on top of the churn. This happened three or four times with the same result. My mother suspected the woman who borrowed the cream-cool, and one day she told her how the butter was gone against her. How

When I was a little boy there were many quare customs in the place which are all forgotten now. The old people were great believers in the good people, they used think the good people used be in the house every night after they had gone to bed, and they used have everything around the hearth prepared for them.They never went to bed without putting the tongs standing against the job to be ready for use and by any means. the children would not be allowed wash their feet near the fireplace, and when fixing the fire to keep seed for the morning they used gather all the red coals make a hole in the middle of the ashes, put the coals into the hole, cover them over with the "greeshagh", then put a few sods of turf on top to be ready for use when the good people would arrive.I remember well, when I was young, if they were churning the cream in cold weather they would put the churn near the fire, and we were all warned not to go between the churn and the fire, and if we chanced to do so, we would be caught by the shoulder and brought back the same way, and if they were airing clothes before the fire by any

coal and threw it into a cool of water. As soon as the tailor's coal quenched, the coal which the woman carried, quenched also, and she returned for another coal. As soon as she went out the tailor threw another coal into the tub, and as soon as it quenched the woman's coal quenched again. She came back for a coal the third time and the tailor threw another coal into the tub. Just then the woman of the house came in with her can of water. The tailor told her nothing and she went to finish the churning, but, if she held churning for a week she could make no butter. At last the tailor bid her go to the tub, and take out what she would find in it very careful. She went to the tub and to her surprise what did she find in it but three lumps of butter.The tailor then told her to open the lumps, and see what she would find inside of them. She opened the three lumps of butter and what did she find but a quenched coal in the heart of every lump. The tailor then told her what happened and warned her not to ever again go out while churning without leaving some-one inside after her, but for himself being inside and knowing all about the pishogues the old woman had her butter carried.

often? said the old woman. "Since the day I gave you the cream-cool" said my mother. The next time we went churning every-thing went all right. The old woman knew she was suspected and she got ashamed.Some years after that, this old woman stopped up one night minding one of her cows that was sick. The cow died in the middle of the night, and the old woman spent the night crying and lamenting her cow. In the morning her face was turned back to her poll and a grin on her, and her mouth twisted in a way that it was a fright to look at her. She had no chance of getting cured until she went to an old suspended priest Father Mulane and he cured her.I heard of another case of pishogues. The people of the house were gone to Knocknagree fair all but the woman of the house and an old tailor who chanced to be working there The woman went churning early in the morning, and churned away until the cream was cracking. She left the churn rest then, and went to the well for water to have ready to wash the butter. When she went to the well a neighbouring woman came in for a coal to redden her her fire. The tailor was working on the table and when the old woman went out with the coal he jumped off the table, caught a

where no pearls can chase me
Never again shall
my brothers embrace me
They would die to defend me
and live to deplore.
V
Buried and cold
when the harp stricks emotion
Green be the fields
Sweetest Isle of the ocean
But the sweet looking barls
Stricks aloud with devotion
Eirn mo [?]
Slán leat go breágh
VI
Yet all its sad recollection
surpressing one dieing
Wish that to my
lone bosom can draw
Erin and exile
beqoute thee is blessing
Land of my forefathers
Eirn go breágh

Then he pulled out a purse filled with gold and silver and said "I have this purse to give you would take my advice. And not that alone but you and your family would have a long life. Great (greef)greed came over the poor widow and she said I beg you pardon, noble sir. I am submissive to you in everything. I myself and my family are under my control." At that he handed her the purse and said Throw the cross into the fire. She did so, but enstead of burning there began to come a stream of blood from "Ha ha" said he look at the fairy blood. Here put your name on this paper. I must give my master an account that I have given you the purse and you are freed from the Shee-folk, and under my control" The poor woman put her hand to the pen and made a mark because she did not know what was on the paper. He held the paper to the fire for a moment until it was dry then he went out leaving the cross in the fire and the blood running from it. As soon as he was gone she took the cross from the fire. The blood stopped and there (and (they) was no sign of it to burn. She was greatly surprised and she did not know what to do. While she was thinking of the great things that had happened she had heard a voice calling her. When she went to the door she saw Granny

"How dare you "leave" "them" cows into my after-grass." Then the giant and Shawn started fighting and Shawn hit the giant on the head and killed him.Then Shawn drove home the cows. The next day Shawn left the cows into the giant's after-grass. He was not long there until a giant with "two-heads" came out and said to Shawn "You killed my brother Gruppo yesterday and you wont kill me today.Then Shawn and the giant with two heads started fighting. They were fighting for about four hours and they made the soft ground hard, and the hard ground soft and in the end Shawn had victory.Then Shawn left home the cows. Then the next day Shawn left the cows into the giant's after-grass again He was not long there until the giant with "three heads" whose name was Popp came out and said to Shawn," Ha you villian you killed my brother Grim yesterday and you wont kill me today. "Then they started to fight and Shawn killed the giant. Then Shawn entered the castle and he sent for his mother and she

as dowry. Stock or goods are sometimes given
Long ago churches were burned down so Marriages took place in the houses.People used hire coaches to go to the weddings long ago. When the newly married couple were coming out of the church the people threw rice after them. People tie an old shoe to the car of the bride and bridesgroom when they are going home. If the shoe is lost on the way home misfortune is supposed to follow them but if is not lost good luck will follow them. A wedding feast is held in the bride's house. During the feast straw-boys come in. They blacken their faces and tie straw around their necks and legs. They dance and sing and after a few hours they go away without telling their names. Long ago women sat on horses with their husband and raced one another home for fun to see who

Every kitchen had a dresser : the upper part was fitted with shelves for plates and dishes the centre had drawers for knives spoons etc. and the lower part was open, and was used as a receptacle for cooking utensils., A hanging dresser usually accompanies this, and on it were hung jugs & mugs of various kinds more for ornament than use., The hanging dresser has now almost entirely disappeared and the large common dresser is quickly following.

24. Fool's make feasts and wise men eat them
25. What a Puca write's he reads it himself
26. Killed with tea and killed without it
27. Closed mouths catch no flies
28. A bird in your hand is worth two in a bush
29. Early to bed. Early to rise, makes us all healthy, wealthy and wise
30. An apple a day keeps the doctor away
31. God is good and Jack is earning.
32. It's hard to put a young head on old shoulders
33. A trade is an enemy without learning it.
34. It's far away what God send.
35. Every dog gets his day.
36. It's better to be looking out than in,
37. You cannot have jam on two sides.
38. In the middle of the road there's no shough
39. The back of one is the face of another
40. You let the cat out of the bag.
41. No news is good news
42. It's unlucky to be too lucky
43. A rolling stone gathers no moss
44. Speak of the devil and he's sure to appear.

The olden cures were. Water Cress for Cold. Wash and clean the water Cress and put it to boil with a quantity of water. When boiled the Water Cress is trown away and a quantity of sweet Stick and Licurous Ball and Brown Sugar is put into the water and to a slow boil for a few hours It is then put away in a jar. Cure for Whoopen Cough in children. Get a half pint of milk and put it in a bowl for a Ferret to drink and the quantity left after the Ferret will cure the Whoopen CoughCure for Rheumatism. A bunch of Green Heather boiled in a quart of water. When it is boiled and strained. Put a pound of Treacle two or three of magnesia and

A Clock.Full of currents but its never eaten
A river.When is a horse not a horse?
When its turned into a fieldIt went out between two woods and came in between two waters
A man carrying waterWhy is a stamp like a school teacher.
One sticks with a lick and the other licks with a stick.As I was going over London bridge, I met a London scholar. He took off his hat and drew of his collar and what was the name of that London scholar?
Andrew.Why is Sunday the strongest day in the week
Because the rest are week days.

(1) Four Ladies slender and tall and one would not do without them all
four knitting [?](2) My hands and face are always clean and my stomach needs no filling, I am working hard both day and night but never earn a shilling
The clock.(3) What is a horses shoe like.
A mares shoe.(4) Two Ladies dressed in white got the flu and died last night
Two candles(5) What goes up when the rain comes down.
An Umbrella(6) Born at the same time of the world destined to live as long as the world and yet never five weeks old
A moon

and to admit light to which were attached side buildings furnished with covered ways Benduff Castle had 3 arches, the walls were 11 feet thick with passages and the usual stone stairway. The grounds at the base of the castle were laid out in the old Dutch style with ponds and little Islands full of shrubs and trees and so sheltered that Figs grow and flourish there in the open air. There was an extensive deer park 300 acres in size and a handsome oak plantation. There is a slate quarry ½ mile to the east of it. The park extends towards Derry embracing the present main road leading to Ross which intersects what was once called the Park. On the south side of the main road a portion of the wall bounds on one side the old coach road the principal means of traffic between Skibbereen and Cork which until recently was a very rocky and disagreeable road to travel. This castle belonged to the Morris family one of which was an officer in Cromwell's army. Another of the family was a friend & correspondent of William Penn. The family deeds etc were sent to a bookseller in Cork named ODell.There is an ancient Quaker burial ground it is a small place & full of small graves.

between Blackrock and Great Island is called Loch Mahon and a peninsula jutting out into the river Ring (Rean) Mahon.The OMahonys with the ODonovans then of Bruree allied themselves with the Danes agains the O'Briens Kings of Thomand and slew Brian Boru's brother whose death Brian afterwards avenged in a battle fought on the low meadow lands between the Sullane and Laney near Macroom the site of which is marked by dallans or Pillar stones. The principal residence of the OMahonys was at Rathleann on the Bandon River where they subsequently erected a castle on the site of the old rath called Castle Mahon - now Castle Bernard the seat of the Earls of Bandon.St Finbarr, patron Saint of Cork was born at Rathleann. His father Amergin was Chief Smith to Tygernach - the then

churn it is ready then.How churned
They churn it with a churn staff up and down and when it is almost finished it is churned around.Water poured in.
They pour in hot water but they must be careful not to pour in too much.Kind of churn
There is a churn the shape of a barrel but the other one that I have shown is more common. The barrel churn is churned with a handle.When they have plenty of butter on the milk they say they have "a good churning" Little old witches were supposed to go around long ago and to put a blight on the churning. Then no matter how long the woman of the house would churn she would get no butter. People were always afraid of this little witch coming. I don't think the people believe those things now. How butter is worked.
The butter is lifted from the churn and put into a wooden basin. It is beaten with a wooden clapper [illustration] until all the water is out

Shape of churn
illustrationsbutter made
Butter is more plentiful in the Summer than in the Winter. The butter is hard in the Winter.Any help got
The neighbours come in and help the people who churn with a churn staff. Help is not required when it is churned by horses or worked by a petrol engine.How churned
It is churned by a machine, churn staff, by a horse which goes around it. There is a churn [that] the shape of a barrel with a handle on it to churn with.butter ready
When the butter comes to the top of the

and that she cries and "keenies" when there is going to be a storm in the sea.We hear a lot around here about the Banshee. People here say that it cries when certain people are going to die. People here believe in the Banshee yet.

except on Shrove Tuesday when the old custom of pancake making was kept up. Meat was a rare thing in olden times, at Christmas and Easter it was a luxury. The most commonly used fish was cod-fish.When there was a scarcity of cabbage, rhubarb leaves and turnip leaves were used as vegetables. Watercress and nettles were great favourites.In those times the people knew what was good for them, they never ate late at night and they rarely tasted tea. Fresh buttermilk, new milk and pure spring water, their only drinks. On "All Hallows Eve" colcannon was made in every house in the district, and a portion of every vegetable put into it such as turnip, cabbage, parsnip, onion and potatoes. On Easter Sunday morning it was the custom to eat as many eggs as possible for the breakfast

There is a treasure hidden in our land. It is said to be put there by the Danes. It is said that there was a bull put minding it when it was put there. There is a man named Denis Mc Grath living near us and he went out the fields one night. He stood near the ditch to light his pipe. He heard the roar of bull far away The next time the bull roared he appeared to be nearer and the next time he was clapped up to the man. He turned into a ghost and was trying to talk. The man only walked away and left him there. It is said that there was a light seen where the treasure is supposed to be.

I
It was in September I well remember,
When three noble heroes from Manchester came,
'Twas their intention I now must mention
To free old Ireland from it's bonds and chainsII
The police they viewed them as if they knew them
And two pursued them they did not fail,
They did surround them and in hand cuffs bound them
And marched those heroes to Salford jail.III
When Allen heard of those men being taken
To Larkin and O'Brien he quikly flew,
Saying Kiely and Daly have just been taken
We have lost our comrades what shall we do.IV
We will cling together like loyal brothers.
We will cling together and we'll agree,
And any man that will meet that van
Shall smash it open and set them free.V
The hills of Erin are consecrated,
No vicous reptiles can there be seen,
And all I ask of my lovely Erin
Is a band of arms and the Shamrock green.

But he was apprehended by Norrie and Besheen.IX
Paddy Jackie and Bud Quill they went off in a crack,
To get bail for Shaun [Loyons?] and to bring the turf back
Besheen she insisted he should go to jail,
And Ould Norrie refused to let Jack out in bail.X
They commenced to dance and some other quare play,
And myself got afraid and at length ran away
Wishing I'd again see that bonfire or rare,
'Twould remind you of Races or noted Puck Fair.XI
And now to conclude and to finish my rhyme,
I would tell you more but I haven't got time,
The sport that we had at our bonfire that night.
For the rest of my life sure my heart will be light.

g. The King of Manchester sent home to his sister a bottomless vessel for holding raw meat.?
Answer : - (A Ring)(h) Long legs, Crooked thighs, small head, and no eyes?
Answer : - (Songs)(I) What goes from this to Killarney without moving?
Answer : - (The road).(J) Under the fire, over the fire and never touches fire,
Answer : - ( A cake of [break?) in the oven).

dire hunger and distress in the days of the famine. The mother died at last [worn?] out with hunger and disease and the young girl weak tho' she was got the corpse on her back and travelled for miles to the grave-yard where she buried the remains. She herself died shortly after wards.Kit Hyde who became Mrs Callaghan Gloundine walked to Cork from Shanavolier a distance of about 20 miles and walked home again with 1 cwt. of wheat on her back. She did not stop at her home but proceeded to the grinding mill in Droumtariffe and then returned home. To uncles of this woman's husband were hanged at Donoughmor Cross. They were innocent of any crime but were playing "pins" during Curfew Time when the Penal Laws were in force. They were arrested and hanged from a tree.

There is but one graveyard in this parish. The mane of it is Caheragh graveyard. It is in the townland of Caheragh. They are burying people there still. The shape of it is square. There is no old Church or old chapel in it There are no people buried in the ruin's for there are no ruin's in it. It is level with paths running through it. There are a few trees in it. They are around the walls. They are evergreen trees. There is an old tomb in it. It is Mr Newman that is buried there. It is only about a month since the last person was buried there. There are no ornamental stones in it. Unbaptised children were buried long ago in old places but they are buried now in the graveyards. Some children were buried in Caheragh and it

A needle and thread.Little genny muddle sitting in a puddle with a green gown and a white petticoat?
A sash.What grows in the wood and sounds in the town and earn its master many a pound?
A fiddle.There is a man in Ballymote and he sells thread he isnt in it or he isn't out of it or he isn't dead and he is in Ballymote and he sells thread?He has two houses one on one side of the road and he has the other on the other side and he is in one of them one time and the other an other time.As round as an apple as deep as a cup and all the men in Derry couldn't pull it up?
A WellWhy does a hen cross a road?
To get to the other side.How long did Cain hate his brother?
A long as he was Abel.

His grandson.Three yanks went into a hotel, the first yank was the father of the second yanks son. How was that?
The second was the mother of the third yank, and the first yank was his father.Flys high flys low wears shoes and has none.
A football.Why is a spider a good corrosponder?
Because he drops a line at every post.What's the last thing you do before you go into bed?
Take your feet off the ground.Its deep and damp and fit for any Lord or King?
A grave.What can you take out of to make it bigger.
A hole.Why is the letter F like a cows tail?
Because it is in the end of beef.Whats brought to the table cut and never eaten
A pack of cards.What fruit is seen on every penny?

it is a sign of rain. A rainbow at night is the shepherds delight, a rainbow at morning is the shepherds warning. What ever art the wind blows from on Hallow Eve night the prevailing wind will be from that art all the year. Most big storms blow from the west, and when the wind bows from the north it is always fairly dry but very cold. South or south-west wind brings most rain to our district. When the waves sound loudly at "Carraig Fhada" it is a sign of good weather or frost, and if they sound at Sráid" it is a sign of bad weather. A very high tide is a sign of storm. If the seagulls fly over the land it is a sign of storm. When the swallows fly low its a sign of (storm) rain, and when they fly high its a sign of good weather. When wild geese fly up to the south, it's a sign of good weather, and if they fly down north it's a sign of bad weather. If the dog eats grass it's a sign of rain and if the cat sits with his back to the fire it is also a sign of rain. When

is supposed to have a smut on them that day. Long ago the people thought that there was a monastry in "Scheilg" and that the people who were not married before shrove Tuesday they used to be sent out to "Scheilg" because marriages used to be carried on in "Scheilg" during Lent. There are not very many matches made in our district. On the morning of the wedding long ago the boy used to call for the girl (in the morning) and before they would leave the boy used to get the fortune counted. Side cars they used to have that time and then they would go to the chapel, and get married, and when they were coming home they used to run a race on horse back and whoever won the race they used to get the bottle of whickey. When they came home they used to have a breakfast and all their friends used to be there and stay for the day dancing and singing and in the night the straw boys used to come. Sometimes they used to sing and dance and sometimes if they had

Marriages in our district take place mostly after Easter. The month of May is supposed to be the unlucky month to get married. (The). Sunday is) Saturday is the unlucky day to get married. Monday for health, Tuesday for wealth, Wednesday the best day of all. Thursday for losses, Friday for crosses, and Saturday is no day at all. The customs connected with shrove are that the people that are not married (are n) or promised to be married before the first Sunday in shrove

it is a sign of rain. When the sun rises very red in the east with red clouds around it, it is a sign of wind. When there is a ring round the moon, the farther away it is the nearer the storm, and the nearer it is the farther away the storm. When a new moon appears and seems much on it's back, it is a sign of bad weather while the moon lasts, and if it is upright it is a sign of good weather while it lasts. If the new moon has the ring of the old moon with it, it is also a sign of bad weather. When the stars shine brightly and glitter it is a sign of frost. When the clouds look dark and low it is a sign of rain. When there is a heavy carry on the clouds it is a sign of storm. When the clouds look feathery or (look) like goat's hair it is a sign of wind. When the clouds came down over the mountain it is a sign of rain, and when they go up it is a sign the day will clear up. When weather-galls are seen in the west it is a sign of storm and when theyre seen in the east

A foot going into a stocking.The Queen of Morocco she built a ship and in that ship her daughter sits and I'll be blamed to tell her name and there are three times I have told it?
Ann.What is the shyest thing in the house?
A clock because it has its. hands on it's face.A boy went to the wood for bresna, he gathered no bresna and he had bresna home with him?
He had a dog with him and the dog's name was Bresna.What is the difference between a half dozen dozens and six dozen dozens?
792.Twenty sick sheep went out a gap, one fell dead and how many came back?
No one.Two no two on an l and a d put them together and spell them for me?
London.Luke had it in front, Paul had it behind, and

the older she gets the smaller she grows?
A Candle.Why does a hen pick a plate?
Because she can't lick it.Why does a chimney smoke?
Because it can't chew.How many (she) feet have forty sheep a shepherd and his dog?
Two.Why does a cow look over a ditch?
Because she can't look under it.There is a red pony with his back to the wall and he would eat all the fodder from here to Donegal.?
A fire.Blackie and whitie went over the hill, blackie came back and whitie stayed still?
A hen laid an egg.A header of ditches a clipper of thorns, a wee brown cow with two leather horns?
A goat.Hairy going in and hairy going out and hairy going into the hairy's mouth.

three sons wished that he would forget that they were there (f) before he got to the bedroom and would never think of it again. Then they jumped out the window and ran away. When they came to a fairy fort they saw the fairies dancing. When the fairies saw them they ran out to kill them. Then John said "I wish they will go away" The fairies ran back into the fort dancing and singing and the three sons went on their way and never as much as stood to watch the fairies for if the fairies attacked them they could not stop them for they could not wish again. So away they went. After about an hour they lay down under a tree and fell asleep. When they woke the sun was just rising. They eat some bread that the girl had given them. They ate some of this bread and put the rest into their pocket to eat later. They went on until they came to a palace, a beautiful golden palace.They asked the king for work. Then the king came out, he looked fierce and wicked and he ordered them to be killed within five minutes. The king's soldiers tied up the three brothers and brought them away to be killed. They brought them before a wall and got a sword to kill them, but the young boy said to his other brothers that he would

and if you do not wish at all one day you can take six wishes the next day. So the girl told them that with the help of this penny they could stay the night. The three brothers were very glad and helped the girl to do things around the house. When evening came the farmer came home and saw something on the floor. It was a hankerchief on the floor. He picked it up and looked at it and he saw "J K" on it and he said to the girl "Whose is the hankerchief". And he took out his knife to kill her. But John was watching this with his two brothers. Then the youngest boy took the magic penny and said "I wish the wicked farmer will fall asleep." The words were hardly out of his mouth when the wicked farmer dropped his knife and fell on a heap on the ground asleep. Then the three brothers brought the girl to their room and they hid her behind the door and sat down talking. After about two or three hours talking they heard footsteps on the stairs and the girl said that it was her uncle. Then the

from them. She went on her knees at the foot of the Reak she was two day and two nights going to the top of it. When she sat down a faintness came over her and she fell into a sleep. When she awoke Granny was by her side. She handed her a paper and said Look is this the paper you put your hand on when you sold yourself and you family " It is " said the poor widow "I give a thousant thanks to God that I am saved" When she came home the priest came and said Mass in her house. The widow went to confession. She herself and her seven children received the body of Christ from the priest, And withen half an hour herself and her family were dead and there is no doubt but that they went to heaven. And that we may go to the same place.

Their gruttle vile rapaciousness and scames they exercise and the whole compound of experiments they quickly gormandize. So then with great celerity their course they rumerate. And there, vile regonging stratagems they boldy accurate
It is with predal wheminey they seize upon their prog,
For the hedhogs they devour and the mags' nest they do rob.Sometimes they prey upon the frogs, the leeches, clocks and snails
Besides old crocks and cockleshells glass windows is brogenils,
The esins of the houses they search for sparrow eggs
Besides for scaldeys and young mice, clags, deels and spiderwebs.
It is supposed by men endowed with cronology.
Those rambling swines has now fulfilled part of the history
In my conclusion I relate that it has been destined.
There was some pig before the war to run the slaughter-line

Get a piece of alder about a foot long and hollow out the centre with a red poker. Then get a rod which would run through the hole in the alder. Get a piece of tow and chew it and stuff it into the hole at one end of the alder. You then blow your breath into the opposite hole and keep it in by putting another piece of tow at that end. One of the pieces is then pithed through the alder with the rod and the force of the air will [?npel] the other piece very strongly.

of the concussion of Oscar's cast burst the stone, and an attempt was made to put an iron band around it, so that the challenge could be decided and that Oscar's [?] may have an opportunity of sharing his prowess, the attempt to put the band around it ended in failure so the contest remained undecided. The townland where the stone lies is called "Géim na bpice" from the noise or roar which the stone made when it fell after Oscar's cast. The modern name "Keamnabricka" is a corruption of the older name.

There was a sidheóg in Castle Hacket and she was seven years sitting by herself in a corner watching every [?] person passing by the way and she would not eat anything. One day after seven years had passed she flew up over the ceiling and was not heard of for a good while after that. She came back again as a right woman and she said the fairies from Castle Hacket had put a spell on her for seven years.

also a good cure for cuts long ago but it is not used now. This is how balsam was first made. When the Blessed Virgin was escaping from the Holy Land the boy Jesus began teething and water fell from the childs mouth and where it fell the balsam bush grew.
There were a few tramps around Shrule. Their mr names were Tom Tea, Tom the Chimney, and Salóg mo leanbh. Tom Tea was a man who used to sell tea around Shrule. Tom the Chimney was a very good hand making chimneys and he was very young and he is living still. Salóg mo leanbh was a bean sidhe.

each other and after the match there would be a great fight each, bealoideas each,
There were many names on the fields around Shrule long ago. Here are some of the names - :
Cnocán na gorm
Iomarca buidhe
Páirc na nGearrán
Staing mór
Staing nide
Staing Dearg
Léine Mór
Pairc DubháinThere were many old cures long ago. Cream was a very good cure for "dibhreach". Cold tea was also another good cure for sore eyes. Balsamh was

(14) Under fire, over fire and never touches fire. -
a Cake of bread in an oven.(15) It is yellow purple, marble green the King couldn't get at it or neither the queen, - a Rainbow.(16) I have a little Kerry-cow tied to the wall, she would eat all you would give but drink nothing at all. - the fire.(17) Little red Nancy sitting by the wall, the more she stands the quicker she falls. - a Candle.(18) In a hill there is a House,
In the house there is a Table,
In the Table there is a Cup,
In the Cup there is a sup,
and everyone must test it. - Death.

To cure a burn they caught a lizard and put it near their tongue and when they got a burn they put their tongue near the burn and it cured it. A lizard was also used to draw bad blood from a sore.Potatoes were roasted and applied to a sore troath. They also applied 9 quenched coals and they used to throw the ninth one back over their heads. Cobwebs were used for stopping blood.A briar growing from both ends was used for curing every disease. In Cordal there is a well for the eyes. There is a trout in it, and if the person that goes there to be cured sees the trout, they are immediately cured, but if they dont see it they are not cured.

Jack Wesh composed the following. Upon a mountain brow I, heard a lowing cow,
My senses are gone through, by a maiden fair.
I direct her east and west and where 'er. the sun shines best,Till I return (wh) with her white milk laden,
But when I looked above, to the villaage of my love,
My grey eyes fill their streaming,
And Oh! Mighty God of grace have pity on my case
It is the dark girl left me dreaming.Pat Donovan Cordal could neither read nor write and he made the following Song.
My Father's Servant boy.

causing her to fall. In a rage she went to the room, opened the box and threw the leprauchan out the window. When the man came home the same night he was very angry to find the leprauchan missing. He then set off to the wood to the place where he caught the little man. and he heard a terrible noise as if they were churning. The leprauchan was telling the story of how he got free from the woman and how uneasy they were to get the gold which, he said, was under their doorstep. The man then returned home and told the good news to his wife. Next morning they started to dig and soon they were on the crock. They lived happy for the rest of their lives spending the money

Once upon a time a man and his wife lived in a little house at the back of Benbo. The only means of making a living they had was by cutting timber in the wood nearby and selling it in Manorhamilton. One evening when the man was setting out for home he saw a leprauchan running in and out between the trees. He hid behind a big tree and waited till the leprauchan came near and then he caught him. He bought the little fellow home and locked him in a big box. Next morning the man set off for the wood but before leaving the house he warned his wife not to let go the leprauchan till she found out from him where the crock of gold was. The woman was persecuted that day for whenever she went to move about the house she was knocked down. Then the leprauchan would laugh for it was he who was

Long ago there lived a man by the name of Samson and all the people thought that he was not able to do anything. But one day he was inside a very big house, and he bet the crowd of people that was in the house that he would be able to raise the two pillars together and he did so, and all the people got a surprise. The best runner was Tadhy Daly ; he ran from behind Mount Eagle and [wo?] over to Killsarcon Church before the beagles. There was a man by the name of Tady Reidy who could carry 20 stone under each arm and could carry them for about a quarter of a mile. There was a man by the name of John Connor who walked from Castleisland to Killarney in about [4?] hours which was about 15 miles. There was a man who was about 12 ft height and he jumped the old chapel gate which was about 22 ft high. Some man hired John Savage for a day's mowing, he started early that morning and stopped earley that evening, and he

When the sky looks dark and when the clouds are moving quickly it is a great sign of rain. When the sun is dazzling and hot in the morning and when the [?] moon is turned sideways and a circle around it, it is a sure sign of rain. When the stars are glittering bright and when the plough and the traleen are in the sky it is a great sign of frost. When the clouds are dark and heavy rain comes. A double rainbow is a great sign of broken weather. The south wind brings most rain to our district. When the swallows are flying near the ground and when the distant trains are tearing in the railway it is a sure sign of rain. When the curlews fly eastern it is the sign of good weather and they say they fly western again for rain. When the cat is near the fire it is a sign of snow and another good sign for rain is when the distant hills look near and when the dust rises off the roads. The flying pissamires on the raod is a great sign of rain. When the smoke [is] turning from

and kettles & did other handy jobs besides. Forges were built on the side of the road or at crossroads & were great meeting places for men. Anything that was worth hearing was heard at the forge. The forge doors were made in the shape of horse-shoes & old horse-shoes hung on them to attract attention. A stream of water was always found in the vicinity of a forge. The Smiths always had a barrel of water nearby to cool the irons & this water was often stolen to cure murrain in cattle. The local smiths here had to shoe the landlord's bullocks as he used them for ploughing and for other farm work.

A lúrachán is a small man about two feet in height. He always lives around trees. One evening as a man was returning from work he saw a small man mending shoes and he asked him for the gold. He said that it was under a certain dock leaf which he showed him. He went to the dock leaf and put his gater around it and he went home for a spade. When he returned back to the field to dig the gold there were gaters around all the dock leaves so that he did know which of them to dig. He went home very sad and he never went there again.

called after St Moiling. Long ago it is said that the herdsmen of Lavalla saw a number of angel's around the well. The angels disappeared and a well sprung up there. Many people got cured at this well. People visit it in the month of May.There is also a well called "tobair na gainimí which means the well of the sand. Long ago the people of the village got water there.

There are only two local tailors in this district. One lives about five miles from the other. Long ago the tailors were more plentiful in this district. But most of them died and no others took their place. Long ago there were about six tailors in this district.These tailors worked at their own home. Some of the tailors stocked cloth and others did not. One of the tailors we have now stocks cloth But the cloth has to be brought to the other when getting any clothes made.The cloth which is taken to these tailors is not spun or woven locally. It is bought ready for making in the shops.The tailors of this district only make mens and boys suits and overcoats. They can also make clothes for women such as coats, but they are not often asked.When men are taking cloth to the tailors to get a suit made they mostly take serge of whatever colour they like. They also take tweed of all kinds. Boys sometimes get soft cloth called blazar cloth. Overcoats are made from nap.One time when a tailor was fitting a

at the Pike.
The forge at present in use is built with concrete, roofed with timber which is covered outside with felt.The door is larger than an ordinary door, so as to give room to machines to enter to be repaired.There is only one fireplace in the forge. It is called a "hob.It is raised about two feet from the ground. A bellows is connected, with it.The implements the smith uses in his work are, an anvil, which a big block made of iron, a heavy hammer for beating the red iron into shoes for horses, and a vice for holding the iron to bend it.The smith does not make any farm implements, they are made at an

My father keeps ten dairy cows, and each of them is named after the persons from whom they were bought, or the townland in which they were. The names of some of the cows
are as follows,
"Whitehead" "Kerry Cow" "Whitehorn" and "red cow" etc. The cows are fed in the stalls during the winter and in Spring they are put on grass. Cattle require to be fed with plenty of hay and other root crops, and after calving require extra hand feeding to keep up the supply of milk, which the cows give. They have to get water at least once a day, and are allowed out in the open air for a few hours. This freedom gives them more ease. When in the stall they are tied in such a manner that they have only freedom to eat and lie down. The cows are in a stall where each cows head is put between two laths. The cows are held with these laths around their

many wives and drinking no wine but water which he often does with the greatest ceremony in looking up to Heaven.He believes not in the Resurrection of the Dead and yet he denies no Article of Our Faith.Whence he comes he does not declare but by his name he declares to be akin to the French Prophet.
Answer The Cock.

a kind of a wooden shovel with holes in it, and put into a keeler, mixed well and weighed up in pounds which are made with wooden spades, and a fancy mark is made on each pound, sometimes the shape of a rose, sometimes a letter and sometimes a diamond. When the butter is made and papered the utensils must be well washed and scalded and if the day was fine they should be put out in the fresh air. Tradition tells us that we should not sell butter on the first of May.The buttermilk is used for making the bread, for drinking and it is very good for a sore throat when heated and a lump of butter and sugar put into it.

Long long ago it is said that a battle was fought on our land. It started on one of our fields, and down across some of Matt Nugent's fields to a cross. Some years later two men who worked on the farm were digging up clay to spread on the field. They found a handle of a gold jug which was sold for forty-pounds after-wards. The jug was never

In the townland of [Scana?] it is related that some men were ploughing preparing for their crops. When the furrow was opened they caught sight of something shiny tossed with the earth. One man tried to take it in his hand but it was too heavy. It was a tin can holding a quantity of gold. He immediately ran to the neighbouring house to tell the tale and on his return with a cart to take home his treasure the can had disappeared People of living memory have since been known to dig in that same field for the gold and the lios in the field is known as "Lios an Airgid".It is also said that a body of men were one day digging for gold near the village of Dromahane when they were attacked by a swarm of bees and had to give up their work.

She watches him as a cat would watch a mouse. A man's house is his castle. It is a bad wind that blows no one any good. After a storm comes a calm. A storm in a tea cup. Saying and doing are two things, Better late than never God help those who help themselves. Look before you leap, A penny for your thoughts. Set a begger on horse back and he will out ride the devil. The longest way round is the shortest way home. As old as Mathusalen's cat Dead men tell no tails you might as well be looking for a needle in a bundle of straw. As hard as a stone You could [treat?] a mouse on it. (Said when tea is too strong)

During the long winter nights the girls must have some other games to play besides knitting and sowing all the time. Some of those games are, Button, Buz-nob, Tady-bid-you-furl, hide-and-go-seek, fox-and-goose, Fiddle the finger, Anera Dowra, Lurabog, Lorabog, The way to play "Dallóg" is that one of the children puts a cap over his eyes. He

a cow with no horns with a bag spanciel lest she should pull her head. There is a stand in the byre on which the cows lie on and it is higher than the channel. There is a fairly big window on the back. Over each stake there is a small window for ventilation. There is a door on the front of it. The dunkle is at the back of the byre. The cows are fed beside the stake to which they are tied to. The cows come every night to get in the byre. Some cows do not let down the milk for a long time after you start them others kick. The people of long ago used say that if you commence to si[a]ng for a cow that she would let down the milk quicker. When a person finishes milking they but the sign of the cross on the cow with a drop of the milk and say at the same time "God bless the cow". If a cow is kicking a rope is tied round her kidneys and then she cannot kick. If there is anyone in the house when you come in from milking they say "God bless the cows" and you answer and say "God bless yours to".

After supper beans are burnt. on. Hallow.e'en. nights
The white beans represent the girls, and the dark ones the boys.A white & black bean are placed together representing some couple in the neighbourhood who are supposed to have a liking for each other. If the two remain together, and burn out, they will be married, and live happy together, but if one jumps from the other. that one will be unfaithful, and there will be no marriage.Lead melting was another amusement on November's night.
Lead was put into a saucepan and melted, it was then poured through a key, into a vessel containing cold water.The lead hardened into various shapes. Some people were able to tell what those shapes meant, and in that way the fortune of the various people present used to be told.

back. They arrived home some time between 12 and 1 a.m. They took down the stone and left it in the back street. When they entered their home their mother was waiting for them and they related their experiences during the night. The mother tried to exact a promise from them that they would leave back the stone next day, where they found it, but they refused to give this promise. They stated that the stone had caused them so much hardship during the night and that it would be hardly fair to ask them leave it back again.Their mother didnt press the matter any further and the Kilkenny brothers went to bed. They arose next morning pretty early and went out to examine the stone, but lo and behold! the stone had disappeared and not a trace was ever seen or heard of the 'batling' stone again.

in Kilfinn, Killala, belonged to Garmen.Pat Hudges father had a forge in Mullafarry, and he was a very good smith, his son Pat was in the war, but returned home, and took his livelihood as a smith. He can make gates, and mend ploughs, harrows and all sorts of instruments. He made the gates that are out-side the Catholic Church in Killala. He has a large forge, it is roofed with timber and tin, and there is a large door on the entrance carts and all sorts of vecihles are admitted (?).The Collins' are very good smiths, their ancestors before them were smiths and they can fix all sorts of instruments and vecihles. A smith has a lot of tools. He has a large coal fire

Close by this a brass presser is made for letting off air from the churn when commencing churning otherwise there would be danger of it bursting. On very large churns there are two handles. It was the custom in olden days for a stranger when coming into a house and happens to find a person churning to get cinders from the fire and put them under the churn, and also to gave a helping hand to (chu) turn the churn. It is very unlucky to cross a threshold, find a person churning and leave again without crying "God bless the work."
When the butter is made the milk called "buttermilk" is used for making bread and also for drinking. It is very good for a sore throat when scalded and sugar put into it

dressed in a very shabby suit. The people in the hotel thinking he was a tramp began to joke him. Saying nothing Taafe went upstairs, washed, and dressed in his best suit. A watch was sent up to him to see if he could read the time. Taking the watch and placing it on his gleaming sword he descended into the room. The people were astonished on seeing him so richly dressed. In turn he pointed the watch to every person but shuddering with terror the owner would not claim the watch. Thus Taaffe showed the inmates of the hotel, who he was.Once again as Taaffe was on he way to the field of conflict he went in a house to light his pipe. On leaving, the house-keeper threw Holy Water on him. After a victorious day Taaffe returned to thank the women as he said the Holy Water saved him.

The Story.
Another day Saunders was walking along the road by a hedge upon which were clothes hanging out to dry.Saunders examined the clothes and noticed that there were two new shirts amongst them.
Now it happened that the shirt Saunders was wearing on that day was very soiled because it had

A feat that made him famous.
Deserted is the old thatched school
Suns whitewash, rough ccart, plaster
T'was there I learned the golden rule
From my good friend John, the master,
But, all my schoolmates, where are they?
And few are the friends for them weeping
Some like myself were lured away
While some in the church lie sleeping.
How strange the town, the people too?
Yet, I would fain, to stay
But, I must go, alas ! adieu!
[?] me back to Frisco Bay.

The majority, of them frequent the fairs in Kilfinane, Ballylanders etc and they all "turn up" for the "Pattern Day" in Ballylanders.The often bring stories and not infrequently are instrumental in making "matches" between distant people.

Rocking horses. were cut from wood the legs, and neck and head joined on to the body and bolted on a board with rockers under it.Jack in the box. A square box was made with a clasp on it a head was stuck inside and when the box was opened out jumped Jack in the box.Pin cushins. were made from coloured velveteen trimmed with ribbons to repersent leaves as well as fancy shoes were made from card-board covered with satin.A potato-pig. was made from an oval shaped potato the mouth was cut on one end of the potato and the eyes nose and ears were also shaped four matches were stuck in the flat side of the potato to act as legs a half match was put in the remaining end

dough. Then it was baked."Paxty" bread was made from potatoes boiled the day before. Then when the bread was being made next day these potatoes were peeled and fried. Wheaten meal and barley meal were mixed with salt and water and made into flat, thin, round pieces. It was made similar to an apple-cake and was generally eaten with buttermilk.Old Methods of Making Bread.In our grandmothers time there was no such thing as a white loaf or barm-bracks or in fact any of the white or sweet breads which are to be had nowadays in almost every home in County Wexford.In those days people had oaten, barley, or wheaten bread and though it would now be considered rough food it was very wholesome.To make barley bread the grain was ground fine and the rough shells or hulls sifted off with a sieve. The meal was mixed with sour milk and a small

dough. Then it was baked."Paxty" bread was made from potatoes boiled the day before. Then when the bread was being made next day these potatoes were peeled and fried. Wheaten meal and barley meal were mixed with salt and water and made into flat, thin, round pieces. It was made similar to an apple-cake and was generally eaten with buttermilk.

He had all his property lost except one shake of the dice. He came from the Hotel crying and he met John Brown of the Neale. He told him his story and John Brown asked him could he play instead of him and he said he could. Millar promised him half his property if he won. John Brown put on bad clothes so that the woman would not know him. He went in and he played the dice and he won. When he won it the woman said "Ceap mé nach raibh fear an Éirinn in son é sin a dhéanaimh ach Seán Brú na n-éile." John Brown said "Sí atá ag imirt leat". The witch said "Tá deabhalsa níos sinne ná mo deabalse" He came out after having it won and Millar told

and what are you crying for. The tailor jumped down of the table and he said he would stay no longer and he brought his laboard with him As he was going along he saw a great number of flies lying on the road. He struck the flies with the laboard and he counted them [as] and he had a thousand flies killed He wrote down on the laboard that he killed a thousand flies with one blow. It was not long until he met a farmer and he was very down hearted. He looked at the laboard and he said you killed a thousand I did said the tailor. Look over there at that tree said the farmer every night. three g gaints come there and they bring a bullock belonging to me with them, I will give you a pot of gold if you kill the giants. Very well said the tailor got a big stone and brought it up

One Easter Monday about three years ago there were three old men coming home from the fair of Shrule. They sold cattle at the fair and then they went in drinking. They never felt the day going until it was dark night. They had only left the shop when it began thundering, lightening and raining.One of the men said "Let us come down across this way." "We will not" said the other men we are drunk and we might fall into the drain. I will come down anyway I will be able to cross the drain. "Very well" said the others if you are able to cross the drain, we will be able to cross it too. They went down across until they came to the drain. One man said

five years since the new roads was made. There is a pad in mineward hill where they used to say mass. There is a pad from mineward hill till the place and there is another pad that runs to Sleadrin Glen till that place. The hill is about 3 miles from Sleadrin school.

A. Same as in page 1.
B. This young [?] man had lost the sight of an eye. Before parting the company of his sweetheart one evening he proposed another appointment with her, as follows : -
"Ta súil agam go bhfeicead arís thú." -
to which she replied -
"Tá súil eile agat ná feicfidh go deo mé."
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C. Same as in page 1.

[?] Captain was a Sailor brave
And would not hesitate
And as the day began to dawn
The rescuing Ship espied
The sad survivors of the wreck
Full many of whom had died
All that was left of what had been
A few short hours before
The mightiest proudest floating home
That ever ocean bore
And oe'r the side each little boat
Was taken tenderly
And fainting forms were soon revived
With hospitality
And as their doleful task was done
And they could do no more
With silent prayers for all gone
down
They headed for the shore.

At Emly's pattern you might see
Old men their long beads [?]
And young ones moved with piety
Flock from their humble dwelling,
And some were there the truth to tell,
Who did not know their prayers so well
But [?] out for pleasure ;
Who sauntered [?] the [?] all day,
Past [?] where pipers used to play ;
Where crowds were feeling very gay,
And drinking at their leisure.
Until they might their brains replace
With alcoholic germs ;
And for "a scrap" each other face ;
Excuse those [?] [?].
For when their heads were growing dizzy,
'Twas then their sticks were getting busy ;
But athletes sway the crowd -
Jumps they'll contest, both broad and high,
The hurdle race they'll view close by ;
But first the heavy weights they'll buy.
For here are champions proud.

Both Ryan and Bradshaw, gossips claim
were looking very sullen ;
The one from Cloghaready came,
The other came from Cullen.
Then Jack McGrath, a stalwart lad,
To test their waffle seemed quite glad
And said he'd yield to no man.
Jack Quigley too, well known to fame,
All - Ireland honours he could claim ;
Such legs, such arms, such neck, such frame
Ne'er graced as Greek or Roman
The workmen shouted out with pride ;
"Come judge! we're through preparing
The place where they must now decide
The campionship of Erin.
But on the crowd that stood around
Fell silence deep, prolonged, profound ;
Showing interest ran high ;
Though one small barony might them claim
All Ireland could not bound their fame ;
Well might Clanwilliam's sons exclaim ;
"All Europe we defy."

R - : As I was going to a wood one day.
In a field near-by was a stack of hay.
And under the stack was a thing with
five fingers. And what was it.
Ans - : A glove.R - : 'Tis green over, and brown under
R - : A coffin in a grave.R - : A flock of white sheep ; upon a red hill ; Here they go ; there they go ; now they stand still.
Ans - : Teeth in your gums.

parrot" She went away and knocked at the door and the devil's servant came to her and said "Come in and meet the devil" So fate (faith) she thought of the little man. "Oh no says she tell the devil come out." He came out anyway and all the grádh no croidhe of the world he had for her. "Come in poor woman and set down for yourself." Oh no" says she "I am in a terrible hurry home to my little family that are starved with the hungar. Give me ten pounds for this pig and a gold rod and a parrot." So he gave them to her and she went home and she struck the table and everything that was wanted for supper appeared on the table. Anything she wanted to change she need only strike it with the rod. When her sister heard all this she did the same. She put a pig on her back and went away to the devil. When she came to the little gate she met the doony man and he asked where was she going but she said to him "Never mind where I am going," She went away until she came to the devil's door and knocked. Who came out to her but the devil. "Oh come in poor woman". "Alright begor said she so she went in and sat down by the big fire and had her tea with them. So in the finish she

About two hundred years ago there was a family by the name of O'Callagahans living away up in the north of Ireland. So to start the story anyway there were two sisters of them there. One of them got married to a very rich man and the other got married to a terrible poor man. The poor woman was every day in the door with the rich woman craving for a bit to eat. So begor this day says the rich woman to her husband throw that one that fat pig outside there to the devil to her out of my sight. Fate says the poor woman I wont break your word putting the pig on her back and struck off to the devil. She went away anyway until she came to the devil's entrance and there she met a very doony man ; fate (faith) says she to herself whats going to happen now. "Where are you going my good woman" says the doony man "I am going to the devil to sell him this pig" said the woman. "Will you take a bit of advice now" said the doony man. When you will go to the door knock and ask for the devil but for your life dont go inside the door for remember the words "out of hell there's no redemption. "When you go to the door ask for ten pounds for the pig a rod and a

[photographs x2]Above may be seen two views (internal and external) of two forts in the townland of Dromclugh. They are about fifty yards apart and it is believed that they are connected by an underground passage. They are of stone and rather large in comparison with other forts of the district. The fort on the right contains a double wall of stones, the outside ring being of large stones standing perpendicularly.[photograph x1]The photograph on the left is of a large earthen fort in the townland of Glenareagh. It is situated near the edge of a high cliff and has a river on the southern side. To the east lies a vast bog so that the fort was almost inaccessible. The Mealagh river flows at the foot of the cliff on the northern

side. The view was taken from the western side and shows the strong western wall of the fort. The remains of this wall are from eight to ten feet high. It is some three hundred yards from the forts seen on the left page.

People never begin any work on any day except Friday. Some people say it is a lucky day. If any person is getting married they will not get married on Saturday because it is said to be an unlucky day. If a clutch of eggs are hatched in the night, they will be all cocks. If a person is getting the charm made for ring worm they have to go on a certain days. Monday and Thursday are the days for the charm. If they got it on any other day it would be no good. If a child is born on Whit Sunday or any animal they would be very cross the rest of their lives. If all the crops are not down before the cuckoo comes the crops will be late. If any people are changing from an old house to a new house the always like to go on a Friday. The people believe that they will have more luck if the change on a Friday than any other day. If a man starts ploughing he will begin on a Friday. If some of the potatoes are not dug before the last Friday in July there will be scabs on the potatoes

Girls in this district make rag-dolls and golliwogs out of old pieces of cloth and stuff them with old woollen rags, bran or sawdust. They also make necklaces from daisies, berries, and other flowers. Guns made from elder branches, cradle-birds also called cribs, snares, tops, and carving things on turnips and on wood often form amusement for boys. Most of these amusements are still carried on in the district of Rathkeale.Elders are the only suitable sticks for making guns as the pith in the middle is easily picked out. When this is done, another stick is cut to the length and thickness of the hole in the elder. A piece of paper when rolled into a hard ball forms a kind of bullet for the gun. When this is put in the hole and the stick pushed quickly in from behind, it will go out in front with a shot.Cribs for catching birds are also made yet. Four pieces of elder are tied in a square shape and two cords are tied cross-ways from corner to corner. Then rows of loose elders are placed on top of each other and each row is smaller than the one that preceeded it. in this way the crib becomes a conical shape,and when finished is very secure. Next, a bough is got and is tied to the two back corners and will move very easily. Then a forked-stick is placed in front of the

lived in Skibbereen, and he was also born in the beginning of the eighteenth century. He was the author of "Judy Andy." She was a poor woman who died in the famine times and O'Donovan helped to bury her as an act of charity.He was a poet, a Fenian, and an author and gave the best part of his life in gaol for the freedom of Ireland. He wrote all his songs about the misrule of Ireland, by the English Government. He died in New York and was brought back to Ireland and was buried in Glasnevin, Dublin.The Felons of our Land.
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I
Cheer up once more, we'll drink a toast,
To comrades far away.
No nation upon earth can boast, of braver hearts than they.
And though they slept in dungeons deep, or flee outlawed and banned.
We love them yet, we can't forget, The Felons of our Land.

drink in this little stream. He went wild and started shying and kicking.When the man was coming out of the cart, he hit him a kick, and the poor man was thrown under the wheel, and he was knocked unconscious. It was in the middle of the night, and no one seen him, but the horse stayed there until morning, but the man died before any-body came. There was a man going with herring to Ballina early in the morning and he seen the up-set. He knew the man and horse and he was surprised to see the wild horse with his head laid down on his master's body.

Cross to the school Cross, a distance of one mile. Mr. Clarke of Cappanabowl and Mr. Cronin of "Gleann na tnáth" won the score

that his mother told him. The boy told the priest that the woman dead twenty year before thatOne night in winter a woman named Mrs Doyle was dying and the priest was sent for. The priest did not come for about three hours after he getting word. He came about one o'clock in the night and there were twins sitting up in a cradle and the mother was dead in the bed beside them. The twins had two blessed candles in their hands. When the priest went in the two candles went out and when the priest would go out again the candles would light.

Monday he would be paying out all the week.There were always a couple of shops in Coolmagort near the chapel and the shopkeepers did a great trade on Sundays. before and after mass. Sunday is still the great day for getting in the weekly supplies in the country shopsThe ordinary farmer in Tough never buys a bag of seed potatoes or seed oats. He makes enquiries as to where he could get good potatoes or good oats and then the two farmers exchange the stuffs. for example a good bag of Aran Banners for a couple of stones of Champions. or sixteen stone of imported oats for twenty stones of feeding oats.Dan Fogarty of Cappaganeen always said that any man could make money. but that few could save it.A poor person often got a milch cow from the rich farmers along the Laune and paid for the animal in work.

In olden times boys and girls made toys to amuse themselves when they had spare time.Girls liked to be stringing flowers into chains, or making dolls' dresses or whirling dolls in prams.Boys liked to make tops from spools, guns from elder branches, and snares for catching hares and rabbits.Snares were made by getting a piece of wire and twisting it at both ends, and then putting a piece of cord and a stake on it, and a finer stake to hold it up, which is called the tiller.(a q)
Making tops from spools is a great pastime with little boys. They get an empty spool and cut it across, through the centre leaving the top and bottom of the spool with the whole in each, to put a short piece of stick through, to serve as a handle for spinning with. Then they cut down the

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Once there lived a farmer in Coolcappa. He had a number of milchs cows. Every year most of his calves died no matter how well he cared them.He did not know what was the cause of it until one day as his servants were spreading out manure they found a dead calf which did not belong to the farmer in the middle of a heap of manure. It was put there as a "pishogue".It is believed that if the owner of the dead calf was loosing her calves & put one of them into his neighbours garden that the misfortune would leave him & fall on his neighbour.The farmer told the priest & he told him to burn it. He did so and he never lost many calves afterwards

Cow, horse, ass, pig, goat, sheep, hens, ducks, geese, turkeys
When driving cows in "how how" is said
It is called cow-house
Cows are tied to stakes (bails)
Horses are kept in stables. Fed on hay & oats. Shod at forge. Clipped by a horse-machine
It is said pigs can see the wind.
Call for hens = 'Ink! Ink'
Call for ducks = 'Feed! Feed!
Call for geese = "baddy! baddy"
Call for horses asses = "Preh! preh".
Call for goats = "Gin! Gin"!
Call for turkeys = "Bee! Bee"!
Call for pigs = "duck, duck duck
Call for cows =

'Chalk' Sunday. Little boys chalk every one they can on this day. It is now practically dead.St. John's eve bonfires are lighted.
Young fellows set fire to furze.On May eve one is not allowed to go to well of another person. Dying out.On Hallowe'en : apples & beans are eaten
The bean are roasted on hearth.

Long ago the blacksmith was considered the most important man in the country as he used to make spears, swords battle-axes and all such tools as were needed in time of war. He also used to pull teeth.A blacksmith's forge was built in Mr. Joe Reynold's field of Clooneagh, The owner made, horse-shoes, ass-shoes, loys - nails - gates and all kinds of iron goods. In olden times these forges had very bad floors windows and roofs. The fuel burned in them consisted of stone turf. They were firstly half burned and then wet so that they would make a closer fire.Another forge was situated at Rooskey. It was owned by Mr. Thomas Shanahan. It was a (very) fairly big forge and had three windows on it. Mr Shanahan was the blacksmith and he made horse-shoes and nails and shod horses and ass-shoes.

IV
I will kneel at thy feet and with
head bowed low
In shame at the waste of years
But hopeful still for my crucified God
Yet waiteth my penitent fears
with life's page all blurs and blots
throughout
I will trust Thee on to the end
For there waits on the lonely
pier of death
My Kindest Truest Friend.

About thirty eight years ago a drowning occured, outside Castle Kelly, on Lough Conn.On Palm Sunday five men went to Cloghans Hotel, held at that time by Isais Clarke. They were Murphy an only child, from Moygownagh, three Stubbs from Belfast, and Peter Harrison from Rhans, Crossmolina, Co. Mayo. The Stubbs were protestants, and were gamekeepers in Newtown. Harrison was a small farmer.About nine o'clock on Palm Sunday evening when these men were returning home it seems they had taken some drink.
They must all keep to one side of the [boat?] till it turned over. Murphy and the [t?]

About thirty eight years ago a drowning occured, outside Castle Kelly, on Lough Conn.On Palm Sunday five men went to Cloghans Hotel, held at that time by Isais Clarke. They were Murphy an only child, from Moygownagh, three Stubbs from Belfast, and Peter Harrison from Rhans, Crossmolina, Co. Mayo. The Stubbs were protestants, and were gamekeepers in Newtown. Harrison was a small farmer.About nine o'clock on Palm Sunday evening when these men were returning home it seems they had taken some drink.
They must all keep to one side of the [bo?] till it turned over. Murphy and the [t?]

prince of the OMahonys. The town of Bandon (Bandon Bridge) in this Barony owes its establishment chiefly to the First Earl of Cork, and Lewis, his second son, created 1628 Baron of Bandon Bridge and Viscount Kinalmeaky was its first governor. The town was incorporated in 1613 and for a long period remained an almost exclusively Protestant settlement. Bandon is genetive of Bandan also written Banna. It means trickling or flowing water - therefore a stream. It takes the article as An Bandan. It is the same as An Bandan. It is the same as the Bann in Ulster and in Wexford.

who they gave the gold. He didn't recognise them (he was too drunk to see anything but the gold!) but he didn't care who they were - he just wanted to share his luck with some-one in want. He was a pagan of course, but strange to say he said that God had been good to him for when he hadn't a penny a few days ago and when he was in such a state that no one would bother with him He suddenly sent him a bag of gold. "So comrades" said he "you must enjoy yourselves at my expense."Turning to Peter Our Lord said : "That's the man who deserved to get the gold for he has the heart to spend it. Spend and God will send. You and your likes will always be poor because you are too covetous." And Peter envied the man who was flung out of an inn drunk and disorderly a few days before

horse's head and held up both hands. A "red haired bould looking rogue" of a tan felt his pockets, then walked and looked "through his messages" that were on the car and then gruffly said "Be off with yourself" "No" said Martin Moylan until you give me my purse." The tan placed his rifle to the old man's chest. "I'll give you this he said if you do not clear," No I won't stir till I get my purse." I'll give you another chance to go the soldier said if you don't I'll blow the heart out of your body.The farmer never moved. You'll give me my purse first he said. "What is this about" said an officer who from the distance observed that some argument was on. "That soldier has my money and I won't move in spite of all your rifles until I get it."The soldier denied that he took the money but Martin pointed out the pocket that the soldier put it into. The officer had the accused searched and in the pocket that Martin indicated a purse was (drau)

When the Black and Tans were in Ireland after the 1916 Days, Mount Brown was confiscated by the military and occupied by them as a Barrack. The roads in the Mount Brown area were regarded as dangerous for traffic and only used when there was no alternative road, for lorries were constantly on the road and there was no limit to the Black and Tan speed.Martin Moylan a farmer of 73 years of age at that time lived in FortWilliam. He had no alternative road to go to Rathkeale only by Mount Brown.One afternoon he was driving from town in a horse and common car. As he came round Hickeys turn in Mount-Brown Road he saw a number of soldiers in the distance opposite Joe Casey's gate. As he approached he noticed a lorry in the ditch of the road some soldiers were trying (it) to get it out. The horse slowed up as a soldier approached Martin Moylan with the usual "hand up" Martin slipped down from the rider, stood at the

Chickma Chickma Clock.
I sold my butter milk every drop.
If I had more I'd sell it in score,
Chickma Chickma Clock.One child is selected as the old man in the chair smoking a pipe. The other children form a kind of a line by catching on to the tail of the coat of the boy in front of him. The leader of this line is supposed to protect all the chickens behind him. They march around him in a circle singing a Chickma Chickma Clock, at the end of each verse the leader would ask what time is it? The old man would pretend to be asleep, at the march round and the song and the question "what time is it", would be repeated until the last chicken would try to snap the pipe from his mouth, then the old man would spring up and ask

fire is lighted they blow the bellows and it kindles the fire, and heats the iron for the smith to work it.The sledge is made of iron and the weight of it, is about fourteen pounds.The vice is made of iron, and its used for screwing off nuts or bolts.The forge knife is used for pearing the horses hoofs for shoeing.The Pritchel is made of steel, and its used for boring holes in horses shoes.The rasp is used for rasping the horse's hoof before and after the shoe goes on.The two forges in Forge. Village, were worked by two men the name of Michael Collins R.I.P. One of them were Michael Collins Mór.He was a very strong man, and a very good blacksmith. He used to make cart axels, fancy gates, weld tyers, ploughs, scuffles, pins for harrows, fire tongs, crooks, shoe horses, donkeys, mules, and ponies.

5. What is it that gets larger the more we take from it.
Diging a hole.(6) As I went up a slippy slop I met my uncle David I cut off his head and sucked his blood and left him lying easy?
A man drinking a bottle of whiskey.7. As I went up a slippy slop I met a daunty bull he kicked and I flung if you had of been there to see the fun?
A thorn in your foot.8. I am a harmless creature my hands are always busy my face is never wet. I tell good children when their school it opens and when their lesson ends. What am I?
A clock.9. Long legs, short thighs, round head and no eyes.
Tongs.10. A long legged father a big bellied mother three little children like one another?
A pot and pothooks.11. Black and white went up the hill, black came down and white stayed still.
A hen laying an egg.12. Patch upon patch without any stitches if you guess that I'll give you my breeches?
A cabbage.

butter and made into a poultice.Pain in the head : Rose Noble. This plant grows on hard ground. It is also made into a poultice after being boiled.Mumps. Put a horse's head collar on the person who has the mumps and take them to a running stream between two town-lands
Another cure is to get bread from husband and wife of the same name.Whooping Cough : Whiskey and garlicCough. Cough lozenges, peppermint and the white of an egg are boiled to-gether and put into a bottle. Then it is taken as required

When the north wind doth blow we shall have snow and when the south wind is blowing we shall have fine weather. When the cat comes in and puts his back to the fire we shall have bad weather and when the swallows are flying low we will have rain. When the goats come from the mountain we shall have storm and when the dust is rising off the roads we shall have storm.
When the swallows are flying high we shall have rain. When there is a blue light in the fire it is the sign of storm.
When the stars are shining very bright it is a sure sign of frost. When you would see the the wild geese flying over your head it is a sign of rain
When you would see the sun setting red and clear it is a sign of good weather.

33. I have a little house and a mouse couldn't live in it,
and all the men of Kerry couldn't count the windows in it.
A thimble.34. What is the smallest room in the world A mushroom35 I see some sheep that are white, white, white
I see a horn that is (white white) bright, bright,
I see a field that is blue, blue, blue,
bright
and what I can tell is true, true, true,
The clouds, A new moon, And the, sky.36. Ink. Ank, under a bank
Ten drawing four.
A Person milking a cow.37. Long legs, crooked thighs
Small head and no eyes.
A tongs.38. Bigger, no doubt of it
The more you take out of it
A hole in the wall.39. Under water long I lay.
I wasn't drowned or cast away,
By experience I can tell
Water made my belly swell.
A Fish.40 What has a neck, a body and nothing else.
A Bottle

51. Four little crocks on the top of a hill
Their mouths turned down and they can't spill.
A cow.52 What is it I can see and you can't see,
Though its nearer to you than to me?
The back of your head53. The Mayor of Manchester sent his sister
A bottomless vessel to hold flesh in ?
A Ring.

An admirable cure for the whooping cough is to have a ferret drink milk and give the leavings to the child that has the sickness and it is said that the child would be cured in a short after. People visit Holy Wells as a relief for sore eyes and bad legs. When people have warts if they find water in a stone without looking for it and make the Sign of the Cross three mornings in succession, the warts will disappear.For a sty in the eye, they rub a gold ring to it and it goes shortly after.People who never saw their father i.e those born after their fathers' death - are believed to have power to cure thrush by breathing on three occasions while fasting, on the person who has the disease. An admirable cure for a toothache is to look in the window of the "Rock of Cashel" and it is said to cure it.

She'll give you a punch
A. A nettleR. What is most like half the moon?
A. The other half.R. A fellow met a fellow
In a field of beans
Said a fellow to a fellow
"Can a fellow tell a fellow
What a fellow means ?-"
How many F's in that
A. NoneR What bed is it that is always fresh although it is never turned out?
A. The bed of a riverR. What is it that is nearer to me than to you, and still you can see it and I can't
A. My face.R. Which came first : the hen or the egg.?
A. There is no definite answer. If the person answers : -
"The hen. -"
You say : -
"What was she hatched from?"
If the person says : -
"The egg."
You say : -
"Who laid it?"

R. Up and down up and down, never touches sky or ground. A. The handle of a pump.R. Where was Moses when the light went out. A. Under the bed scratching for matches.R. Black and white and red all over. A. A Newspaper.R. What part of the cow comes over the ditch first. A. Her breath.R. Up she got and to it she took every rag on her back was shook. A. A woman churning.R. Constantinople is a very hard word if you are not able to spell "it" you are a dunce. A. I.T.R. A little man with a red head the longer he lives the shorter he grows. A. A candle.R. Eighty (eight tea pronunced eighty) cups on the table one broke how many (was) were left. A. Seven.R. What county in Ireland fits in a bottle. A. CorkR. Headed like a thimble and tailed like a rat you may guess for ever but you will never guess that. A. A pipe.R. As I went out through a mucky gap I met my Uncle Davy a stick in his head and a

Q. Why are the girls so fond of the moon? A. Because there is a man in it.Q. A man was working for eight and eight pence a week, and he only worked four days and a half how much would he get? A. Six and six-pence.Q. Which side of an ass would you get hair on.? A. The outside.Q. Why is Ireland so much like a bottle? A. Because there is a Cork in it.Q. Why is the clock the shyest thing in the world.? A. Because it covers its face with its hands.Q. Why is the clock so hungry looking to-night.? A. Because it is going to eight.Q. The tail of a fish weighed nine pounds the head weighed as much as the tail and half the body, the body weighed as much as the head and tail together. What was the weight of the fish?

There is a treasure hidden in the More Abbey. It was hidden by the Franciscans in the time of Cromwell.
Some time ago an attempt was made to unearth it by a few men from Ballylanders.They made the attempt in the middle of the night. They started digging and after a while they felt very hard surface and they thought they were near the treasure. Suddenly they heard a great noise and a bull appeared to them and they had to run for their lives. Next day they decided to try for the treasure again and to bring holy water with them. When night came they came to the More Abbey again and they shook the holy water around the spot where the treasure was supposed to be. They began to

overshadowing the waves
Oft resounded with his melodies also
But their halls are long diserted,
And their old defenders brave
Slumber round him in silent Teampal NoeChorous
(IIII)
And those ivy mantled castles
overshadowing the waves
But their halls are long deserted
And their old defenders brave
Slumber round him in silent Teampal Noe.IIII
And those ivy mantle castles overshadowing the waves
Oft resounded with his melodies also
But their halls are long deserted
And their old defenders brave.
Slumber round him in silent Teampal Noe.Chorous
V
May the clay press lightly on him
In his silent nameless grave
Where the shamrocks and the Ivy
ever grow
And the beech trees tall and shady
Over head him gently wave

coming to pass, and it was then they believed all.One night as this man was coming home from his ceilidhe and it was about twelve o'clock, and he saw the train, and red lights on it, coming the whole way where the railway is, He heard is booing, and all ; but of course it gave him a great fright ; He told everybody about it, and described it to them, and how fast it was travelling, that

Long before the railway came into existence a man seen a big thing just like the train now, running along through Tullybradon, and down in the very place where the railway is now. He was telling everyone about it, and they didnt know what was wrong with him, but in a few years after they saw all

or would not obey him or something, and the next morning when they went out to look at the bullockes they were found in a string all attached to each other. The Heaneys' wondered terrible troubled about this ; and they were there the whole day and never loosened. At last they had to send for the priest to loosen them, and from that day forward, they never said or done anything to a priest. The priest loosened them and said no more only went

away about his business. This hill got its name from this big string of Bullockeys, and it was remembered by all the neighbours for years and years. They were very exact about what they would do after that. but the hill was names Bullockey Hill ever after that

Bullockey Hill is a hill place about two miles from Mohill, and it is a great big hill.There was a crowd or family of people living in the farm and there names was Heeny. They had a great crowd of bullockeys grazing on that hill. The Heanys' done something to the priest,

Of course all the neighbours knew well all about the plan, because they fixed all themselves, and no one else knew where his key used to be left.Poor Pat was so stupid that he never thought of no one knowing where his key was, only a few of the neighbouring boys. He kept thinking that the ass was there when he was going on his ceilidhe and got tied there himself because his key was never touched, "Thats what he used to always say, but he never found out any information about it after that

boys would come out and come in to him on their ceilidhe and stay there the whole night. They would be fooling poor Pat the whole night long. But this night they put an ass into the house, and tied him to the [crook?]. Pat used to leave the key hid in a place where he had [fixed?] for the purpose ; and the lads got the key and opening the door, and went in to the house, and took out the fire, and tied the ass to the [crook?]. It was nearly twelve o'clock to the minute when

running to the neighbouring house, and saying that there was something in the house, and he was afraid to go in. The old man of the house, was telling him to go home, and not be talking out his nonsense.But the young boy of the house, knew the trick and said he would go back with him and then Pat started saying "And how, how, will I stay there myself to-night. The boy went back anyway, and brought a stable lamp with them to show them light into the house. They

Came as far as the house. and then poor Pat was saying ' Oh do you hear him now, and the young boy knew well what was inside, and said what are you afraid of, wait till we see. what it is anyway, before you get so nervous. Anyway they went into the house, and when poor Pat saw the ass, he thought it was the devil, and didn't know what to do, then the young boy said "It is only the ass - your own ass, and wait till we

Of course all the neighbours knew well all about the plan, because they tried all themselves, and no one else knew where his key used to be left.Poor Pat was so stupid that he never thought of no one knowing where his key was, only a few of the neighbouring boys. He kept thinking that the ass was there when he was going on his ceilidhe and got tied there himself because his key was never touched, "Thats what he used to always say, but he never found out any information about it after that

a great fire, and a good supper. Poor Pat was trying to keep the young boy as long as possible ; because he was nearly half afraid to go to bed, because he was wondering how the ass could have come into the house.He kept enquiring how he could ever have managed to get in, for who could ever have put him in there. He kept on enquiring and asking everyone where they about his house that night, and did any of them get his ass, or see him,

they went along everyone was laughing at them, They kept going until they came to a big bridge and the ass started to kick and fell into the river under the plank. They the poor man started to talk about what happened, and he said, "I was trying to please everyone, and lost my ass in the bargain" and all the other people that saw him were saying "Try to please everyone, and you will please none.
The End

on their way.They soon came to a crowd of women who said "You lazy youngster Shame on you to let the poor old man walk while you ride" ; so then the man took off his son, and he got on. Then the kept going until they came to another crowd of women who siad 'Shame on you to let the poor little weak fellow walk, cant you take your little son up in front of you ; so the man took up the boy in front of him, and they went along on

Once upon a time a man and his son were going to the town, and they were leading an ass by the head, They went along until they came to a man who was walking along the side of the road.Then the man said "You fool, what is an ass for but to ride on" and the man then the son up on the ass, and they went

talking about. From that day until the day he died he always beleived all the Superstitions that ever he would hear of. He would sweep the floor as clean as could be every night, and bring in clean water, and fix up the house every night before he would go to bed.The little boy was never sick, and he was always trying to eat the [?] of the wall, and that is what killed him. He would eat it no matter how you would watch him. They had distemper on the house, and it was

wasn't sick until a couple of days before he died. Poor Pat thought only for he had to cut the bush nothing could ever have happened the child. No one could be so lonely as this family after the child. They were talking of the little boy for years and years after his death ; but they parents were telling Pat that the child would die no matter what he was working at for the fortnight before ; but poor Pat was always thinking of the old Superstition that the old people were always

in about a fortnights time, a little nephew of his died, and indeed they were always lonely for him. Poor Pat had only one sister, and she was married, and had two in family, one very nice little boy and a little girl - two very nice children. In a fortnight after Pat cut the loan-bush the little boy died, and he was only five years, and he was called Patty just after poor foolish Pat, and also after his father.Poor Pat nearly died with Durrow, as the little boy

to get milk from her She kept on milking until she began to bleed. From that day forward the poor cow never gave a drop of milk, as she died the follow day, and St. Monaghan was very lonely for her, and it was only then that that woman, and all the others all will realised how useful she was when she was alive. If the woman was as wise when she had finished milking She was very sorry for what she had done to this poor-cow.

Goat :
This parish and this neighbourhood,
Are peaceful, quiet, and tranquil O.
There's no disturbance here, thank God,
And may it long continue so,
Your oath I don't regard a pin,
To sign for my committal, O,
For my jury will be gentlemen,
To [sign] grant me an acquittal O."Peeler : "I'll soon chastise your impudence,
And insolent behaviour O,
Well bound to Cashel you'll be sent,
Where you will find no favour O.
Impartial Billy Purefoy,
Will sign your condemnation O,
And thence to Cork you will be sent,
For speedy transportation O."Goat : "The Penal Laws I ne'er transgressed,
By deed or combination O.
I have no fixed place of abode,
Nor certain habitation O.
Bansha is my dwelling place,
Where I was bred and born O,
Descended from an honest race,
Therefore your threats I scorn O,

here and he said there is. Whats his name. His name is Lord O Neill. Well that is the man I want. Is it far away from here. About a mile. He went off to look for him and he found him he went in and he was eating his dinner and there were twelve ducks around him and there were twelve goats standing at the door and they were screeching. There was half of the forge knocked down and the rain was falling down in bubbles on the floor. Then he put the shoe on the horse and the man gave him the five pound's your son told me to give this to you. Go into the town and buy a house for your self. The workman went back to the Lord. The lord asked him what sort of a place had the stewards father. He has a good place and when I went in he was eating his dinner and there were twelve servants waiting upon him and there were twelve soldiers out side the door on guard and they were playing the band and the coaches were coming and going like lightning. If that is so said the lord I will get his son married to my daughter. So he got the son married to the (g) daughter. When he died the Lord left the place to them and they lived happily ever after.

If the first person you meet on your journey in the morning happens to be a red-haired ("foxy") woman, you are not expected to have any luck that day.Magpies.
Magpies are thought to bring good or bad luck according to the number of them one sees together :
One for bad luck ; two for good luck ;
three for a wedding and four for a wake.Money.
If sparks fly out from the fire in showers money is said to be coming to the people of the house.Salt shaken on milk.
People who gave milk to the poor were in the habit of shaking salt on it for luck.Taking "dreas" at butter-making.
It was thought that a stranger should always take a dreas at turning the barrel containing the cream, if he happened to come on the scene while the butter was being made. To fail to do so might keep the butter from "breaking" i.e. from being made.

that no one would be coming into the graveyard at night. They got in anyway and the two little boys sat down on a tombstone to divide their apples, and this is the way they used to do it. "One to you, and one to me, one to you, and one to me, and they continued this until they had all the apples counted out.There was a man living not very far from the graveyard, and there used to be always "ceilidheis" in this house, and and would be late when they would go home. As they were passing by the graveyard, and heard the little talk inside they did not know what was wrong. They went back to the house again and told the

When the potato-digging and picking was finished, it was customary to celebrate the event by making a potato-cake known as 'stampy.' Men as well as women helped in preparing the ingredients.On the night of the last day of work at the potatoes, the men would fold up their sleeves and wash some potatoes in a tub and drain them in a 'sciath.' Then the skin was scraped off them with knives. After that, graters were got (graters made from a piece of tin, holed with a nail. A board was nailed at the back of the tin to make it firm) and the potatoes grated into a pan. When grated, the pulp was squeezed, a little at the time, in a coarse towel in order to extract the juice.The dried pulp was then made into a cake. Some flour was mixed with the pulp and soda - the usual

Question : -
Was bread made from wheat, or corn, or oats grown locally?
Answer : -
Yes, from wheat. It was grown locally and ground at Molahiffe Mill Co Kerry
This mill was owned by Redmond Fitzgerald. The stream nearby was used for turning the wheel. This mill has not been used for the past thirty years.When the flour was brought home it was stored in bags in the dwelling-house. In order to dry it thoroughly, it was spread out on a sheet on the floor and turned. This was done repeatedly for three or four days until the flour would be dry and cool. It was then packed in bags again.Only griddles were used formerly for baking bread, there were no ovens.The bread was re-heated before using by standing it in front of the fire, supported by a sod of turf.

Every month a fair is held here in Grange village. There is no fairgreen so the street is usedWhen the cattle are bought they are put into a yard or into the pound and when they are being taken out again a toll of twopence is paid to the owner of the place.There is great noise when a bargain is being made and when it is nearly finished the two men clap each others hands and the buyer says "Mark them".The mark they put on is a bit of paint or dirt or a piece of the hair is cut.When the owner is being paid he gives back a few shillings "luckpenny" - 1/- 2/- or 3/- according to the size of the beast and the price.One fair day 29th June is a general holiday. Ladies and children and all the old men and women turn out that day.

If you were to ask a question, or say something & then forgot about it just [as?] the opportunity arose to say it, people would say - : "It must be a lie when you cannot think of it".Pentecost Sunday for accidents ; avoid anything which might cause an accident.Better for man that he never were born, than have his nails on a Sunday shorn.Cut them on Monday cut them for wealth, cut them on Tuesday cut them for health, cut them on Wednesday cut them for better, cut them on Thursday cut them for a letter, cut them on Friday cut them for a wife, cut them on Saturday cut them for a long live, cut them on Sunday cut them for evil, for all of that week you will be ruled by the devil.

It was supposed to draw a needle out of the hand or foot, through which it penetrated, if placed over the part where the needle had entered and secured tightly with a bandage, and left on for some hours. (a local man - Peter O'Neíll Desert, Enniskean - has a fox's tongue)

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My father sows four acres every year. He prepares the ground with the help of a labourer. The stubbles are ploughed with a common plough. After a few weeks the ground is harrowed and drills are opened with a plough called a "double mould". This plough has both sides the same. The yard manure is drawn out into the drills to be spread in the furrows. The farmer cuts the seed. He leaves two eyes in every sgiolan. Artificial manure is spread with the hand on top of the yard manure. The best artificial manure is superphasphate and amonia. The neighbours help one another. The best known potatoes are, Kerr Pinks, Arran Banners, Queens and Consuls. After the sowing of the potatoes the drills are earthed. They are also sprayed to keep away the blight. When the stalks are withered they are pulled. The drills are dug out with a digger. The potatoes are put in pits. After about a month they are sorted, and drawn home. Long ago people made stampy and starch from potatoes. The raw potatoes were grated. Then they were mixed with flour and baked.

There are seven (towns) houses in the townsland of LismortaghThomas Meehan. Six people
John Meehan Three "
Thomas Maher Two "
Mr Rice five "
Richard Cuninghan Two "There is only one house thatched in my townsland. There are five houses slated.

Potatoes can be grown successfully nearly in every farm in Ireland, but naturally better yields are obtained from the more arable land. Even it is surprising to note that better yields are obtained from one part of the same field than from another, but this is often due to a difference of soil.Potatoes are grown on my farm, but not always to the desired satisfaction of the grower. There are several things to contend with, the weather conditions at time of sowing severe frost in the month of May, and the early appearance of blight. All these tend to keep the potatoe in a backward state especially in the early stages of growth. Frost in May is one of the worst drawbacks because because in this month the stalks appear above the surface and the frost "nips it in the bud" so to speak.Potatoes are not grown to any great extent in this locality as the land is more suitable for grazing or for milk production. However, every farmer grows about half an acre of potatoes

of her eggs is white. Her nest is made of mud and wool and moss.There is an old belief that boys who rob birds' nests will get sore hands.The weather can be judged by the flight of some birds. When the swallows fly low it is the sign of rain, also when seagulls are seen flying around it is the sign of bad weatherThe only story connected with the birds and the saints is [the] that of the wren and St. Stephen. When St. Stephen was hiding from the soldiers he hid himself in a tree. There was a wren in the tree and she flew out and the soldiers who were at the bottom of the tree looked up and saw the Saint and stoned him to death.The raibhóg follows the cuckoo because she builds no nest herself and generally lays her egg in this little bird's nest. The young cuckoo is reared up with the reabhógíns, and when they are able to fly they follow the cuckoo.

Long ago people had various ways of curing diseases that we have not got now. Usually herbs were used.Ground ivy was used to cure a cold. It was made into tea and taken after every meal. Leeches were used to cure boils by putting the leech on the boil and it would suck the poison out.
Birch bark was also a cure for boils and eczema. The bark was put on the spots.
Soap and sugar mixed together was a poultice which cured boils. Linseed boiled down was a poultice for boils also.
Black-currants put in hot water was a cure for whooping cough and catarrh. The food left over by a ferret is a cure for whooping cough. Another cure for whooping cough is to go to another man's house three days after each other, to get some bread. Another cure is by walking through a donkey's legs four times. A child when suffering from whooping-cough should be passed three times over and under a donkey's foal and will grow better. People used to give chickens salts

Oat bread, potato cake, and flour bread were the kinds of bread made in olden times. Wheat and corn were ground into flour locally and then made into bread. Oatmeal and boiling water were used when making oatbread. The oatmeal and boiling water were mixed together on a bakeboard and then rolled out with a rolling pin and left in front of the fire to harden. The potato cake was made out of boiled potatoes and flour mixed together on a bakeboard and then rolled out with a rolling pin and put on a frying pan or griddle on top of the fire. Flour bread was made out of flour and soda and buttermilk mixed together, and then put on the fire to harden. Bread was made once a day in olden times. An oven pot and a frying pan were the names given to the vessels in which bread was baked. Oat bread was baked against a gridiron in front of the

One time a man named Tenant lived in Mobarne He had a farm in Ballinard and a man namad Captain Lindsay was working the farm, and had a lot of cows, and used to make his own butter. This day the servants employed for making butter, were churning and a woman came inside the gate where they were churning and went out again. The servants did not mind. They kept churning away for about three hours but no sign of the butter came. She told Captain Lindsey about it. He could not believe them. He went out himself and began to twist the churn but still no sign of the butter. The servants then thought of the woman who had come into the yard and said that she must have set a piseog. There was a man in that district who could break piseog They sent for the man. When he came he got a little lump of butter and put it into the churn. Saying some words he twisted the handle and the churn became full of butter.

herself. All the Summer, the Sparrows fly after the Cuckoo trying to keep her away from their nests. When the old people hear the Cuckoo, saying cuckoo ; cuckoo ; in the Summer they say. That we may live until next year to hear the cuckoo again.3. The Robin. The Robin is a very small bird. She builds her nest in a mossy bank. She lays five or six eggs. The colour of the eggs is white with brown spots. There is an old story about how the Robin got he red breast. Long ago up in the north where it is very cold there was only one fire and a boy was minding it. One day the boy fell asleep and a polar bear came and quenched it. Then the robin came and (say) saw one little spark and she flapped her wings and little by little the fire began to light again. While the robin was blowing the fire, she got burned and her breast became red. There is another story why the robin has a red breast. When our Lord was dying on the cross the robin came and tried to pull the thorns out of

What is that no one has ever seen?
To-morrow.I have a little horse with an iron throat, as quick as he gallops, he swallows the rope?
A spinningwheel.How many sticks go to the building of a crows nest?
No one, they are all carried to it.How many hairs in a cats tail?
No one they are all outside on it.As black as ink and ink it isn't, as white as snow and snow it isn't, and it hops on the road like a hail stone?
A magpie.What part has a fish in common with a river?
His mouth.Why is the letter G like the sun?
Because it's in the middle of light.

to the wall would eat all the hay from here to Donegal
A Fire.What letter is always in but never out
The letter N.As white as snow, but snow it isn't, as green as grass, but grass it is'nt, as red as blood, but blood it isn't as black as ink but ink it is'nt.
A Blackberry.

stone canopy over the well, parts of the wall can still be seen (be seen). When the man was near the well, he noticed something red in the door-way, [opening] going closer he saw a funny little man, wearing a red coat, and pointed hat standing on the flag. Knowing what he had, he stole up, and grabbed your man by the shoulder. The little fellow kicked and screamed and tried to get away, but the man said, "give me your crock of gold and you can go." "Look behind," answered the little man, "you will fall into the well", "I wont look behind," said the man, "but the sooner you give me your crock of gold, the sooner you will get away, his tricks not working, the little man said, "leave me go, and I promise to leave a crock of gold, in that field for you in the morning," here he pointed to a three cornered field, close to Kirby's house. "How will I know where to find it," answered the man, "If you come at dawn" said the little man, "and look in that field, you will see a little mound, with a stick stuck in the top. Under that

miles here in the parish of Killmaine was a smith called "Halpin" His sons are there yet & he was supposed to have this great charm. The child naked, was laid on the anvil while the Smith uttering some words, strick the anvil three times. This was done nine mornings in succession & the old people believed that it had always good results.

Long ago the old houses were built from clay and mud or from mortar and stones and either roofed with black oak (thatch) sticks and thatch or with sods or "scraws" and thatch. There were few slated houses in the district long ago and the slates were got from a slate quarry in Upper Killinkere. A man called Owen Smyth Drumestagh was evicted and one day his neighbours built a house for him to live in from sods in a sheltred spot in Fitzpatrick's rocks in Lurganure. Long ago every house used have a "settle bed" in the kitchen, and people who had a big family had two beds in the kitchen. In a few of the local houses there are still "settle beds" in the kitchen, and they are generally placed along the sidewall. The chimney front was made from clay and Wattles, and this was called a "brace". The only house in the district that had the fire in the middle of the floor was Michael Fitzpatrick's forge in Druminduff. In olden times not many people had glass in the windows, and instead they would have a boarded shut which they would open in the daytime. The floors used be made from clay with a piece paved with stones around the fire, and every house would have a half door. The fire was made from turf or sticks, and at night

said I.
Would you like to be quartered, faix
neither would I.III
The first place they sent me was down to the sea.
In board of a ship bound for the Crimea.
With three sticks in the middle and she covered with sheets.
She walked through the water without any feet.IV.
Next morning we landed quite safe and sound
Wet, cold and hungry we lay on the ground,
Next morning for action our bugle did call
And we got a hot breakfast of powder and ballV.
The next thing they gave me was a big gun,
And down on the trigger they placed my big thumb.
The gun it slipt fire, and the fire it slipt smoke,
And it gave my poor shoulder the hell of a stroke

I
Four years ago I was digging in the land
With my brogues in my feet and my spade in my hand.
Said I to myself what a pretty sight to see
Such a sporting young chap digging turf in Tralee.II
I buttoned my brogues, and shook hands with my spade
And went to the fair like a dashing young blade
Up comes the sergeant and asked me to list
Grádh mo chroidhe, Sergeant put the bob in my fist
Theres one shilling Ive got and no more
But when you go to Headquarters you'll get a half score.
Head quarters, head-quarters, head quarters

by his father ex-teacher of Ballysteen School.

Mostly in every country house there was a settle bed. This bed was placed near the fire. It was called a settle bed because during the day it was made into a lounge. Some of the family used sleep in this bed.The fireplace was generally at the gable-end of the house. The walls of the house were made of morter and stones as the presend day.Long ago there were some houses which had no chimneys, but they had a space on top of the roof to let the smoke out. Yery few houses had glasses for

he came with the intention of seeing her. Another rainbow shone in the window and he threw his coat for it to hold it up but the rainbow would not do so. This was a sign that the first time he came he was innocent and he came with a good intention but the second time he was not innocent because he came to see the lady and not to hear the Mass.

decided to put a stone into a box every day she went to mass, and to count them when she was very old. At the end of her time she opened the box, and to her great surprise she found only one stone in the box, which was a sign that she had heard only one good mass during her life.2. One day a poor shepherd went to hear Mass, while he was there a rainbow shone in the window and he threw his coat on it and the rainbow held it up. Then he saw a beautiful lady who attracted him and he did not attend mass properly.The next day

The FitzGeralds were the local landlords ; the only brother of the late (and last) William FitzGerald of Knocknur was a King's Counsel of repute. They were very clever, not bigoted, and rather lenient landlords ; but morally rotten, and they corrupted the whole locality.I have it personally on the authority of old respectable men - who lived up to 30 years ago - that they themselves saw the would-be brides leaving the residence of the FitzGeralds at the "Mills" in the early morning.The last lineal descendent, a woman, died about 25 years ago, after a dissolute and abandoned life.

When the trial was going on at Assizes, one of the boys had three or four Witnesses to prove that he was at Killarney the day of the murder. The judge turned to a local Landlord by the name of Cronin that was at the Court. In those days the Landlords could bring you from the gallows. The judge said to him what do you think of this boy Mr Cronin, he is a very honest boy, and he appears to be innocent, and Cronin answers, honest men had a hand in this murder too. So the judge put on his black cap and sentenced them all to be hanged at Rathmore.When the murder was commited the boy's mother cursed old Cronin, and she prayed to God that he may have food and drink, and that he might not be able to swallow a bit of it, Soon after he got a cancer in his throat
and he could not swallow a bit only what the Doctor put back in him with a tube. He died soon after, and began to appear in many places. In the house Cronin lived there were men playing cards, when Cronin appeared over them, then he came down on the midst of them ; they were struck against the floor until they were all dead, but one man who was enrolled in the brown scapulars. He escaped but was lame all his liff.Then at another time the

their journey downwards and when they reached the bottom they saw a long tunnel which continued its course for about one hundred yards. They determined to follow it as far as it would go and so they did. When they reached their destination they saw a door. They opened it and inside it was a room which was full of gold. They were delighted and they filled their bags and pockets to such an extent that they lost some of it coming out the door. They hastened quickly to the bottom of the stairs but as they were approaching it a wicked man followed them. At first they were not afraid of him but when he began to attack them they got courage and attacked him too. After a fierce struggle at the bottom of the stairs they floored him. They left him in that condition and continued their journey to the top of the stairs. Just as they were at the top a bunch of wild cats attacked them and clawed them

At Ardmayle not far from Golden lies a Graveyard which has gold in abundance. Near it is situated an old Castle. It is said that old kings hid their money there when they were going out to war. Many people have tried to get the Treasure but nobody has yet been successful. One incident which happened there was when a crowd of men went there to look for gold. They brought with them all the necessary tools. When they reached there they began to dig immediately and they had not gone far in it when they reached a large float stone. They left their tools aside for a time and began to think what would they do next. In the end they got courage and began to raise the stone. When they had it raised to their surprise they saw a long stairs about fifteen feet long going downwards. They began to think for a while who would go first. In the end the biggest man went first and the rest followed. They continued

About thirty year ago the Keoghs lived very near a fort. One night one of the Keoghs dreamt they would find gold in the ditch of this fort which was in Lisgibbon Bansha. They went to a fortune teller in Clonmel and she told them that they would find this gold but that they would lose a life after getting it. They went home and the next day they began to dig and in the evening they reached the flat stone. They had a servant boy working with them digging the gold. When they reached the flat stone they said it was too wet to work that evening and they gave him a ten shilling note and told him to go into Bansha and have a few drinks for the rest of the evening. When he had gone they found the gold. When he came back they had the gold. A short time after their sister died ; she turned black when she was dead. What the fortune teller told them came true.

bread. Some of it is given to calves and pigs. In hot weather butter is kept in a cool place. Cows that eat buttercups give good yellow butter. Clover is also good grazing for cows. Cotton-cake, turnips and cabbage is good feeding for cows. Supposing you were going into the byre with drinks for three cows and that there were four cows in the byre it is said that you should make no difference between the cows. You should give food to all the cows at the same time when you go into the byre with foodButtermilk mixed with soda is a very good cure for burns. Buttermilk boiled with sugar and salt is a good cure for a Cold.

1. What is this, out between two woods and in between two waters?
A man with a "go" of water.2. What makes a hen dab a dish?
Because she cannot lick it.3. What goes up the stairs in white and black and comes down read all over?
A newspaper.(4) What walks on its head all day and sleeps in its own dirt at night?
Nails in your shoe, or brush.

Long ago turnips and thick skim milk, were used. Oaten meal would some times be put in grease the turnips and potatoes were used as well and there used be two meals. They men used go out working hungry & would have nothing to eat until mid-day. The used have another meal at home at night.When potatoes were plenty you'd get three meals of them in the day. When they were scarce yellow Indian Meal Steerabout too

was the reply. Go quickly or the Lord will shoot you, there is enough of trouble here. They went to the hay shed again to put up for the night. At twelve o'clock the cats came in. The first cat said do you think was there anyone listening last night. The second cat said why would there. The third cat said nothing will cure her until she gets some of the bottle that is under the hall door.Early next morning Reilly and Farrell got a crowbar and a shovel. They went to the Lord's halldoor and started to work to get the bottle. The servant asked what were they doing there. She told them to go away or the Lord would shoot them. Farrell said let him take himself easy he has not all the law to himself. Tell him I want him. He came to the door with his gun to shoot them. Stop for a moment said Farrell. Have you a daughter sick. Yes I have said the Lord. What would you give to cure her. I would give said the Lord the weight of herself in gold and herself in marriage. May I see her said Farrell. All right said he. Farrell went into her bedroom and

Long ago there lived two men from the county Mayo. It was the year of the famine so they had to go and look for a living.
Their names were Reilly and Farrell. They went to Tipperary but it was still worse there. They could not do anything but look for charity to support their wives and families. They were going along until they came to a Lord's house. They knocked at the door. They were asked by the servant what did they want. They said charity. She told them to go their way that there was enough of trouble here and to go quickly. So they went off and they saw a hay shed. They put up there for the night. As they lay down to sleep three cats came in. The first cat said the Lord's daughter is very bad. The second cat said she is incurable and the third cat said she really is worse. So the cats went out after a while. Next morning the men went to the Lord's house and knocked at the door. They were asked what did they want. Charity

They used to boil them and wash it in water A cure for consumpetion was a weed called cois dubh They used to boil it and drink it. There is a well in Templebodan called St John's well and the people make rounds there. There was a woman and she was blind she was making rounds and praying at the well and she had that faith in the water. And one day she went to take a drink of water and she saw a trout in the bottom of the well and she had been blind for years previous to that day and from that day on she was able to see. There is a blessed well in Broomfield called St Robins well and they used make rounds there and often they were cured.

In days gone by the people used to say that May was an unlucky month to get married and also Friday was an unlucky day to get

In days gone by the people had nearly a cure for every sickness. At that time they had no need for a doctor they doctored themselves. The cure they had for a cut was a cob-web or others would used a weed called buachalan. They had another cure for to stop a persons nose from bleeding too much to put a key on his back inside his clothes and then to have him lie on his back. They would say a cure for a backache was to have another person walk on it. A ferrits milk was a cure for whooping. Also the god-father of the child that had the whooping cough should steal a piece of a goats ear and twist a string around it Then they would put it on the childs neck and they would say that it was

In olden times the people knew nothing about doctors. They had their own cures. The cure at that time for a toothtahe was to crack a frogs leg between the toothache [in] one and the upper one. Also they had a cobweb to put in the cut to keep it from bleeding. Long ago two men were working in a field and one of them left the pipe fall and it stuck in the other mans arm. This caused a big cut. He went to

The Gobán saor had a son and he thought it was not his own child. This was true as his baby girl was stolen by the nurse. So one day he sent the son to sell a fleece of wool and as he was travelling along the roads everyone who met him was asking him what price did he want for the fleece of wool. The skin and the price of it he told them. He was tired travelling until he met a girl washing clothes at a stream and she asked what w did he want for the fleece. The skin and the price of it he told her. She took the fleece and pulled the wool off it and gave him back the skin and the money. Then he returned home to his father and then the father knew that he had his daughter found. Some days later he sent for the girl to see if she was his daughter. He took her into the room and showed her some money. Its good to have money but to keep it said the girl he

Some of the names of our fields are, the Cairn field, The Moor field, Marcuses garden the Hall field, the Plantin field, the Camps and Hanley's craft.A good many years ago there was a greap of stones in the Cairn field and that is how it got its name.The moor field is so called because there is heather growing on it.Marcuses garden got its name after the man who owned it called Marcus.The hall field is so called because it is in front of the hall door.The plantin field got its name because it is beside the plantation.A good many years before the last war, soldiers had camped for a while in Castlegay and after that it was called the Camps.

Empty barrels make most sound.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
Its a long lame that has not a turn.
A noble heart is like the sun.
A good word never broke a tooth.
Unity is strength.
No rose without a thorn.
LIttle children should be seen not heard.
A burnt child dreads the fire.
Handsome is as handsome does.
Birds of a feather flock together.
A good action is never lost.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Every dog has his day.
Age before beauty.
Forced prayers are no devotion.
What is the use of crying over spilt milk.
Shut mouth catches no flies.
Cows in Kerry have long horns.
Hills are green far away.
Look before you leap.
He that hides finds.
One good turn deserves another.
Think twice before you speak once.
Rome was not built in a day.

The town of Kanturk, barony of Duhallow, County Cork, has had its many crafts and industries of small type.Butter making was the greatest of these trades. Very skilful tradesmen (are] were needed to turn out firkins for it.Firkin making in itself was carried out by local tradesmen. These containers were made of Irish oak, and bound with split beech twigs.The next principal craft was the wool spinning and weaving. This was carried out by the many mills in this district. The following are some of the mills, - one at Derrygallon, in the parish of Dromtariffe, in the barony of Duhallow, County Cork, one in Mount Keeffe in the parish of Newmarket, barony of Duhallow, County Cork, and one (a) in Ballyclough, in the parish of Ballyclough, barony of Duhallow, Co Cork, all of which (the) only the ruins now stand.

The thrush builds its nest in the bushes. It builds its nest of mud grass and fibrous roots and feeds on earthworms, snails and insects. The blackbird's nest is much like that of the thrush but the inside has a soft lining of fine grass instead of mud.The wren although a small bird builds a big nest. Its nest is made of moss, mud, sticks and feathers. The magpie builds a very large nest.It is made of sticks and sharp thorns to protect it from its enemies.
The cuckoo makes no nest but lays its eggs in the sparrow's nest.

The robbin, swallow, wren, blackbird thrush, sparrow, crow, linnet, chaffinch, titmouse, corncrake, cuckoo, owl, hawk and magpie are found in this districtThe cuckoo and swallow migrate. The swallow builds her nest under the roofs of houses. She builds it of mud and feathers. The robin builds her nest in among the bushes. She builds it of moss and feathers.
The time required to build a nest is about a week but there have been many instances when the first nest has been destroyed and the eggs are ready to be laid of birds building their entire nests in a day. At times some birds simply mend old nests left since the year before.

They wore grotesque war-caps made of various substances and decorated with feathers. Their faces and bodies were painted so as to make them look as frightful as possible ; and as they brandished their massive clubs, leaped, shouted, yelled, and dashed each other to the ground, I thought I had never before seen men looked so like demons.

In Twomey's farm gold ornaments were found about 25 years also bronze weapons and amber beads, as if buried with some hero of the past.It was when fencing a labourer's plot that these were found. The new fence was run slant-wise across a very ancient bank, the remains of a very old fence probably thousands of years old. Where the two intersected was found the treasure beside a stone and between 1½ to 2 feet from the surface, down an incline and across a stream in a marshy place is a sort of mound higher than the surrounding marsh. It would be worth a visit from an archeologist. as probaby the mound may be a Fenian Camping ground. or a crannóg.[Illustration]

Old people say that it was Goban Saor and his master that built the round Tower of Killala. It happened one day when they had the Tower nearly finished that there races on Killala strand. Goban's master took a great interest in racing, and watched all the races run. When the all over he said to Goban. "Were these not fine races we had on the strand to-day?." What races said Goban. I saw no races, said Goban.When his master saw that he was taking so much interest in his work he thought he would surpass himself and he resolved to kill him. Without any warning he went down the ladder, and took the ladder away so that Goban could not get down, and so he would die with cold and hunger. It happened that there was a fool passing by, and he heard Goban crying. He asked Goban what was wrong. And Goban told him that his master left him on the top of the tower to die with cold and hunger. But it is not easiar to put down two stones, than to throw up one. With that Goban started throwing down the stones. When his master saw what Goban was doing he let him down.

Not long ago I heard of a story about Walshe's House in Ballyavareen [ Ballyvareen ] between Murroe and Cappamore. It is about a mile in from the road and there is a nice avenue leading into it. The house was haunted. One night the work-man went out after the day's work to a neighbouring house playing cards. It was twelve o' clock when he left the house to go home. When he was halfway he saw a vision walking before him, all of a sudden it disappeared. He kept going until he reached the door of the dwelling house. He opened the door, all of a sudden he got a stroke into the face and he was knocked down. He saw no more until he woke next morning.

Not long ago I heard of a story about Walshe's House in Ballyavareen between Murroe and Cappamore. It is about a mile in from the road and there is a nice avenue leading into it. The house was haunted. One night the work-man went out after the day's work to a neighbouring house playing cards. It was twelve o' clock when he left the house to go home. When he was halfway he saw a vision walking before him, all of a sudden it disappeared. He kept going until he reached the door of the dwelling house. He opened the door, all of a sudden he got a stroke into the face and he was knocked down. He saw no more until he woke next morning.

I went to the fair to buy for my father
A vest and a britches
A pipe for my mother,
Tobacco and brógs
I sold the few sheep
to the dealer
She paid the cash down
In silver and gold
But Biddy came dancing
And bouncing like blazes
She threw me the child
Till us both was composed
We called into a house
Where we had some acquaintance
We danced and caroused
Till the cocks they did crow.

Hugh Boyce of Aughalenty made toy-whistles from rowan-trees. You make a slit in the stick and then put a tongue in it. Huge Bryce also made snares

In years gone by, when my father was a boy he pulled a large turnip from a turnip field and cut it out in the model of a water-mill wheel. This was placed under a spout of water-fall which caused it to revolve at an enormous rate. A cord was used as a turning belt on this wheel. Another wheel made from boards was placed on top of a pole several feet high. When the water turned, the turnip.wheel & the cord acted as a belt, which caused the large wheel to revolve on top of the pole. This toy.invention was often seen in many country districts.

with chippings. They make four of them, two for legs & two for arms. Then they join them together. They paint the face with ink to make the eyes. The doll is then complete.The boys make a yo-yo out of two toy motor-wheels. They get a fine stick and put it through the two holes in the wheels. Then they roll a spring around them. This is not a very good method of making it but it does to pass the time.

Once upon a time there lived together a man and his wife. They had a son six years old at the time his mother died. About a year after the little boys father married again. The little boy was so nice that every one admired him for his beauty. The stepmother was not long in the house when the people noticed the little boy failing and it was no wonder as the stepmother was very cruel to him. She used to beat him and would not give him a bit to eat but a grain of meal off a flag in the morning and the same at night. Then itself she would not give him a spoon but make him lick it of the flag. She was pretending to be very fond and good to him in the fathers presence but she alway made sure to have the little boy in bed and the meal licked of the flag before before the father would come home in the evening from work. The father often asked her why she hadnt him up when he would come home. But the stepmother would pass it off and say that when she saw him looking pale that she thought it might do him good to go to bed early. So one night the stepmother got very sick and had to go to bed. The doctor was sent for and (while) he (the) (little) (boy) was upstairs the little boy was sitting one side of the fire

running to the neighbouring house, and saying that there was something in the house, and he was afraid to go in. The old man of the house, was telling him to go home, and not be talking out his nonsense.But the young boy of the house, knew the trick and said he would go back with him and then Pat started saying "And how, how, will I stay there myself to-night. the boy went back anyway, and brought a stable lamp with them to show them light into the house. They

Pat came home from his ceilidhe and the lads were lying outside, waiting till Pat would come home, and the fright he would get.He came anyway, and it was a very cold night, and Pat came running up the lane, and was just going for his play, He got it anyway, but heard the ass shouting inside in the house, and trying to pull back from the [?]. When poor Pat came as far as the barn, he was afraid to go any farther, and he started

There was an old man by the name of Pat Kelly in the townland of [?hill?] [Mohill ?], and he was very much afraid of ghosts. He used always be talking to the neighbouring lads about the ghosts and faries, and the boys would always be fooling him.One night when he was out on his ceilidhe - but indeed he was not very often out on his ceilidhe, because all the

boys would come out and come in to him on their ceilidhe and stay there the whole night. They would be fooling poor Pat the whole night long. But this night they put an ass into the house, and tied him to the [?]. Pat used to leave the key hid in a place where he [ had?] [ ?] for the purpose ; and the lads got the key and opening the door, and went in to the house, and took out the [?], and tied the ass to the [?]. It was nearly twelve o'clock to the minute when

and the father was sitting the other side and the little boy began to speak in (Irish) Irish because in those days there was nothing but Irish spoken. "What is that you are saying (say) asked the father say it again so the little boy said.I wish I had my feet washed my flag licked my prayers said and I in my bed. The father looked surprised "What do you mean by your flag licked. So the boy told him that he had to lick meal off a flag every morning and the and the same at night and that was all the food he (got) would get. The father was in an awful state and he asked him why did he not tell him sooner and he said that his stepmother told him that she would kill him if he told but that now she was sick he knew she could not touch him. So after the doctor left the father went to her and told her to leave the house immediately and go to her own people that he could not bear to have her in the house after the way she treated his son. He said he knew why his son was so pale. He said he was a fine healthy child before she came so she would have to (leave) leave. So she begged him to leave her in the house until she was better and then she would go. He did not like to put her out so he left her there and and when she was better he made her leave the house. Years rolled on and the father died and and the boy grew to be a man. He got married

One day a man was coming from a fair in Lahardane when he saw a man lying dead on the side of the road. He went home and told his wife. Try as he could however, he never could get the sight or thought of the dead man off his mind. His wife told him at last to go and tell his story to a priest. He went to the priest and told him, but he told him to go to a priest who lived in Moygownagh. He did so and this priest told him to go to the top of Nephin Mountain and draw a circle and stand in the middle of it. Then a ball of lightning would come, if it knocked him down, the sight of the dead man would ever be on his mind, but if it passed without knocking him he would be cured. He did as the priest directed, and sure enough when he was standing for a short time inside the circle - the ball of lightning came but passed without doing him any injury. He went home and was never troubled with the thought afterwards.

There are two forts in the town-land of Lahardane. One of these is in the field called Páirc na Sidhoga and the other is in the field called Páirc a' Leapa.If a person stood at the fort in Páirc a' Leapa he could see three other forts. If he stood, at the fort in the field called Páirc na Sidhoga he could see four other forts from it.The fort that is in Páirc a' leapa is now closed in. It is said that there are people to be heard talking in this field. There was a

Boats: Little boys spend their time in making boats which they prize as much as the girls do their 'daisy-chains'. The boats are made from ordinary blocks of wood. Corks are put on the boats to 'set them off' as the boys say. Many a long summer day they spend sailing their boats on some river or stream. On their boats they put names as the 'Queen Mary' The American Liner and many others.Pea Shooters: These are made by the boys from 'boultree sticks'. It is often difficult to obtain sticks suitable for the purpose as they need to be

When I have nothing to do, these are the things I make.A sling : -To make a sling two pieces of cord are required and also a piece of leather and two holes must be put in the leather and the cord one on each side. This is used for firing stones.A catapult : -
To make a catapult a piece of a stick the shape of a "Y" is required a piece of leather also and two pieces of rubber one on each side. It is used for firing stones.A water gun : -
To make a water gun a piece of boultree is required. A hole must be bored through it and a piece of a clay pipe put in the top. Then another stick is got to stick into it in order to draw up the water.

Nearly all marriages take place around Shrove, Saturday is a very unlucky day for a marriage. When a marriage takes place in this district, the pair that get married give four pence to the first beggar that they meet that day.April and June are lucky months to get married, because it is said that they will have health and wealth as long as they live.When the pair that are getting married are going into the church the other people throw confetti or rice at them as it is a sign that they will have luck. After the marriage the two leave their homes and go on their honeymon. It is said that the wife cannot

One time there lived in this parish a man whose name was Séamas na Gleamhnas who in Shrove time was so busy as a Post man delivering accounts of matches from those who would employ him as a match maker. He took on hands the man whose name was Pilib na Leapan. Pilib was a man who needed no medicine to give him appetite as he had more than enough of appetite already so Seamas was disappointed for every match he could make, Peleb would clear the table of ganders or geese. So Seamas getting tired of him through all his matches being broken through Pilibs great appetite. He says to him. "Now Pilib you must not eat so much at the next gander." "What can i do" says Pilib" when their is not half enough on the table." "Now Pilib" says Seamas, "We are going to Sean O Buacalla's to morrow night and do as I tell you." "What is that" (says, Seamas says Pilib. "It is that I will put my foot on yours when you will have enough eaten". So

In olden times when a person was sick he or she used to go to the old people of the neighbourhood to be cured. It was believed by people living in the district that by going in and out under a briar and by praying you would be cured of the whooping-cough.Charles Foley of Barnaribbon is the seventh son and he has the cure of the ring worm. Mrs Oats of Gorterowey is the seventh daughter and she has the rose or a swelled face. Chesnut leaves were used for coughs and colds. Comfrey was highly valued for lung and chest troubles. Dandelion was made into an excellent cure for liver complaint. Horhound is a good tonic for cough, colds, and also in the making of horehound ale, and is used up to the present day.Boiled nettles were used for nettle rash. Linseed was always used in cough mixtures and when ground makes an excellent poultice

The signs of bad weather are as follows : -[?] Curlew whistling.
[?] Crickets singing at night,
[?] Soot falling from the crane,
[?] Distant hills looking nigh,
[?] Hens picking their feathers,
[?] Blue sparks in the ashes,
[?]Wild Geese going to the mountain,
[?] Birds flying low,
[?] Red clouds in the sky,
[?] White clouds in the sky,
I Blue skies,
II Rainbows,
III A Ring around the moon,
IV. Ducks cackling in the evening,
V. The seas roaring in the North,
The signs of good weather are as follows,
The seas roaring in the South.

A long time ago a man named Barney Wynne and his wife lived in the mountain near Beltra. Their house was built near a crossroads. Barney was from the north of Ireland and sometimes to went to visit (them) his native place while his wife and son stayed at home. The wife was very fond of going to the strand for sand-eels and when the son grew up she took him to the strand. One day the son went out alone to catch sand-eels and he was drowned in Poll-na-Gor. His parents been very lonely without their son left their home and went to live in the North The place where the little house was built is ever since called Barneys

stayed there before but they had all died with fright.The boy agreed to stay up that night and try. The man (ag) said if he succeeded he would make him happy. He gave him all accomidation, a good fire, books to read, pipe and tobbacco and papers.At twelve o'clock a coffin with four men carrying it came down the stairs. A man sat up in it he was wide awake he was laughing and made faces. They brought the coffin down to where the boy sat. The boy put up courage (th) he took the pipe out of his own mouth and stuck it into the mans mouth, and he contiuned reading. At last the man stood up and told him he was the pluckiest man that ever came into the house. He took him to a certain part of the house and told him lift the flags. He did so and he got a fortune of gold.Next morning when the man came he told him what he saw and heard and got. The man said he would give him his daugher and (he) they were married. He had

There were once three sons whose mother died and their father married again. This woman was very on them.One night she locked them into a barn and set it on fire. But they escaped through a hole in the roof. They travelled on till they came to four cross-roads and each one went his way promising to meet there again at the end of three years.One of them travelled until night fell and he was glad when he saw a light in an Avenue. He went in and met a man coming out and he asked him for lodings. The man told him the house was haunted and he told him many people had

There are many games played in Summer as well as Winter now.
"Tip the Cat" is played in Summer by the girls and boys.
It is played by paring a thick stick [stick] for the dog and a short piece of wood for the "cat." and a fairly big stone for the "Grannie". Two or more can play it.Marbles are played by boring three holes each three feet apart. It is an outdoor game. It can be played by any number of children.Jackstones are played [by] with five round stones. It is played by two childrenCorners are played by five, two standing opposite each other and the fool in the middle tries to get a place while the

that he couldn't finish the castle until he would get a certain tool that was at home The prince wouldn't let him go home. The prince sent his own son instead. But Gobán said he wouldn't get the tool. Then the young prince asked Goban what was the name of the tool he wanted. Gobán told him to say, "Cor inaghaidh coir cam inaghaidh (cam) caim, agus coinnigh go ghreim go sceigh mise ann." Gobán's daughter-inlaw understood this message. She told the prince that he would have to go down in a big box for for the tool. When she got him inside in the box she closed the lid of it and made him a prisoner. She then sent a message to the castle that the young prince would not return until her men would come home safe to her. The king had to let home the two men or the young prince would not return. The two were saved by the cleverness of the woman.

for a dresser, and they used to make pies and cakes of mud.The boys make tops out of an empty reel of thread and also out of turnips, they make balls of rags or hay, and cut out horses and other things out of cardboard or leather. In summer they go fishing, and in Winter when the ground is covered with snow they set cradle-birds to catch birds that are not able to get food.Long ago young boys were very fond of pitching buttons and sometimes they would have a hundred buttons. My father told me he often cut the buttons off his father's best coat in order to have more than his companions.

The most of the clothes that are worn around here are manufactured. We still make our flannel. We have about a hundred sheep.Up to twenty years ago, everybody used to make there own flannel. We have a carding mill here in Ardgroom. This mill is a water mill. These are the operations performed for making flannel.First the wool is shoren of the sheep. Then they used wash it and comb it. This was done by hand.They used send it to the mill to be carded. The mill used make it into rolls and oil it. Then it is brought home and used be spun with a spinning wheal into builcin. Then it is wound into two big balls. Then they used get two sticks and put the end of them into the wall and put two more across and she used warp the thread up & down. When it is finished she brings it to the weaver to make it into flannel.

What is bought by the yard and worn by the foot : - A carpet. Black and white and read all over : - A Newspaper. Why is a pair of shoes like a man : - Because both are made to go on feet. Black I am and merry I be, many a man has injured me, they broke my skull and split my face and brought me from my native place : - A sod of turf. Two brothers we are, one burden we bare by which we're so fully pressed, we're full all day and empty when all go to bed : - A pair of shoes. As I looked out my bedroom window, the window fell out and I fell out. What did I fall against : - My will.

It is said that if any persons come in, and you churning, if they do not help you that the milk will be blinked and that the butter will not come to the top or be able to be taken off. Nearly everyone who comes in takes the staff from who ever is churning and gives it a brash. The staff is always moved upwards and downwards when we are churning by hand with a plunge churn.When small round pieces of butter come up as we plunge, and the buttermilk is free from very small pieces we know that the butter is made.Water is sometimes poured in during the churning if the milk is long in breaking in the winter time. Too much boiling water, if poured in at first, would scald the butter and make it very white. When the butter is ready it is lifted out with wooden spades which have been scrubbed with salt and scalded beforehand. When it is being lifted out of the milk it is squeezed, between the spades, to press out all the buttermilk. It is then put into water which is slightly off the cold, and washed well to remove

We have a churn at home. It is two feet, four inches tall. It is one foot, two inches wide at the top and it is one foot, four inches wide at the bottom.The parts of a churn are called the lid, the staves, the crib, and the hooping. My mother does the churning. It is done by hand. Many people nowadays have barrel-churns and others have plunge-churns. It takes an hour to churn the milk into butter in Winter.When people come into the house and churning being done they say "Good luck to your milk and butter," or "May your cows milk long" or "I wish you luck of your work," sometimes.Our churn is fourteen years old and it is a round churn. Water is poured into the churn at the beginning to make the milk churn more quickly and easily. The buttermilk is used for baking bread and feeding pigs. Salt is put into the churn for luck.

twisted often times around this and then the Buaircín got a few turns so that the Thread would be held in the middle of the mould.The Fat of the Cow was then rendered and strained through a cloth and with this liquid tallow the mould was filled. The mould or moulds as the case may be were then placed on the frame which was usually made of timber and left cool. After rendering the fat it was allowed harden and then melted again. before put into the moulds.The candles would take about a half an hour to cool. Then you'd catch the Buaircín and pull out your candle from the mould. Sometimes if the candles were wanted in a hurry they were put outside the window to cool.These candles Mr ODriscoll told me werent much good [?]. They were very yellow in colour and they were no way lasting at all and along with that they were as dirty as blazes because (they) they d blacken all the house with the ould smoke.

While taking this account Mr. ODriscoll made use of the mould which I had to illustrate how it was done.The mould was first of all turned upside down as is shown in diagram page 98. The (thread) wick which consisted of thick Cotton or Woollen Thread was then put through it and brought out through the opening marked A. A little bit of the thread was left showing outside the opening and then this hole was stuffed around with paper, or some times a bit of a cipin was put in it.Across the Bottom of the mould at B.C. there was pealed a bit of a stick called a "Buaircín". The Thread was

Subhead No 29 - Local Industries - Old Crafts.This a rough drawing of the mould in which candles were made in my district in olden times. [illustration of mould in the centre]I received this mould from Mr. Mathew Sweetman Drumoleague. He told me they once had a frame holding fivi different sized moulds for making candles, but this was the only one he could find.

Most marriages take place before the holy season of Lent or before Shrove Tuesday. The old people say the month of May is an unlucky month for marriages Some of those people would not like to get married on Saturday or on Friday. The people of those days would meet together and plan to steal away. The groom would take the bride to some Friends house. Then a few days after, all the friends would call to see them and each one would bring a bottle of whiskey That is what they call the "Bottle drink" A short time after, the wedding would take place. The groom would take the bride home that evening and have a big reception in his home. They would have good music and dancing. When the wedding would be going off in good swing the straw boys came. Whoever had charge of the wedding would keep order and invite them in to dance and enjoy themselves. They would all have fancy dresses made out of straw. They would also have tall hats with feathers and every thing they could think of they all had marks on their faces.

During the first year of the famine the people were able to grow potatoes, but when the second year came there were no potatoes to be had. When the famine came all the potatoes stopped growing, and the people grew wheat, and they were able to make bread, and live on it for a while. When that failed the people began to eat grass, and that killed a good many of them.Some people ate leaves off rhubarb instead of cabbage, and they were all dead the next day. If a gentleman was riding along the road, and if he saw a potato, he would pick it up, and put it in his pocket.In some sheltered places the people were able to grow potatoes. There was a hospital built in this town during the famine for the sick people. Indian Meal was sent from America, and it was cooked in big boilers. There is a gentleman living two miles from this town whose name is Major Massey and he has a big boiler. The height of it is six or seven feet, and it is four or five feet in diameter.

he would sleep in it for a few nights he would pay him well. So Bourke said he would. As he was not afraid of Ghosts. Cahill told to him to come back about ten o clock. Bourke was true to his word and he came back at the appointed time Cahill gave him a good feed and more drink. He also gave him a fully loaded six chamber revolver and a bottle of whiskey so Bourke left and went across to the haunted house and went to bed but before going to sleep he finished the bottle of whiskey. About 2' o clock in the morning he woke up. The moon light was shinning in through the window and he looked down at the end of the bed where he saw what appared to be a hand moving up and down.Bourke ws very drunk and he gripped the revolver and shouted "Take down that hand" But the hand still went up and down. Again he shouted "Take down that hand or it will be worse for you" But still the hand went up and down. Bourke lost his temper and he shouted again "I tell you who ever you are for the last take down that hand. "But no use it still went up and down. So the thing he fired two shots at it. But soon Bourke was roaring with pain

There were a lot of industries here long ago, one of those is still working, that is the carbide and lime mill, other industries were : -Candle making : To make a candle they used the fat of animal's, also a tin case in which they put the fat, this case was the shape of a candle, they also put a string in to it.Flour was made here in the mill, also carbide and lime. The lime and carbide making is still carried on.The people made churns and baskets, they made the basket's from squeezeloops.
The people were also good at spinning and weaving.
They made nail's here also. At a place called Stewick about 1¼ miles from the village, they also burned lime at the

Poem composed in Rochampton Australia in memory of the departure of Right Rev. Monsignor Mulcahy P.P. from Rochampton to visit his native land. He had been absent for forty-years. These lines were written by his niece who is a nun in Rochampton. The Monsignor arrived home Easter 1938.I.Angels of God your good barque guide,
Steer you safely to Erin's green shore,
'Neath the tears and smiles of blue Irish skies,
'Neath friends known in days of yore.II
Nigh forty summers have onward rolled,
Since last your native land you trod,
And many a loved of days of old,
Lie still beneath the cold green sod.

not be hungry. That evening he went home not at all at ease in his mind ; so at milking time he went to the milk maid and inquired if all the cows were milking satisfactorily. She blushed and said "Yes Sir" He inquired about a certain cow and she replied that this was the only one that spilled he milk each evening. That night the farmer did not rest from thinking of what he heard and was told so he decided to bring a piggin of milk and leave it where he heard the cry. Next time he inquired about this cow she was milking very satisfactorily each evening and not spilling he milk as she did previous.The strange thing about the milk was it was gone each morning and the piggin washed and

their sayings differ from one another.There is a strange story told of one of these and a story which one would be inclined to believe as there is still to be seen some signs of his wonderful work, About three hundred yards from the central fort thre is a huge rock standing and it is believed that this rock was thrown by one of them from a high hill called Mullaghanoe which is situated about a mile from the place where the rock is standing and it is said that the giants intention was to throw it to Keash which is situated about twenty miles away but unfortunately the stone slipped from his hand and fell in a spot and many a time it is viewed by strangers and inquired aboutAttached to the central fort is a small burial ground

he found the bag. He looked into it and saw the gold but as it was dusk he did not see so well. He put the bag under his coat and came home When he came home he lit the lamp and opened the bag and found that it was a bag of soldiers brass buttons.Another fort is to be found in C astle duff it is situated on a high pinnacle ovelooking two adjoining forts which are quite near to it one to the north east and the other to the west of it.The fort to the north east of it has three great flags or cromlechs which are believed to be the burial place of three great giants or warriors of old and it is interesting to hear old folk tell queer tales about those giants and most of

in which unbaptised children were buried and in midst of it there is a huge bush growingIt is said that in olden times there was a man named Kelly in the place who had a cow and any evening she went to graze in the Caislín she gave no milk that night but the next morning she gave twice as much milk. There is another queer story attached to this fort. Every evening as the night was drawing near there was a cry heard in around the fort and and it happened on this particular evening that the owner of the place was walking around the fort and he heard it. He listened for some time and he heard a voice singing in Irish and this was the meaning Wait my child the speckled cow will soon be milked and you will

Why is a dog's tail like the heart of a tree.
Because it is farthest from the barkIf a fender and fireirons cost twenty shillings what does a ton of coal come to?
Ashes.What is the difference between a schoolboy and a postage stamp?
One you stick with a lick and the other you lick with a stick.What is the most difficult train to catch, why?
The 12.50. Because it is ten to one if you catch it.

in linen and he had a white handkerchief on his head. He was in his bare feet, and carried a stick. This man guided them all through the night, and left them in the morning on their arrival at Leitrim Castle.

the holes square. Then he shapes the tops of the spokes and puts them into the neave.
Then he gets the bit and brace and bores holes in the "fillows". He then gets round bits of sticks about three inches long and he puts a turn in them and puts them into the ends of the fillows and he joins the six fellows in the shape of a ring. He puts the ring round on the spokes. He gets a hammer and he strikes the ring in on the spokes and he has a wheel made. He then shoes the wheel and puts on neave bands. He then puts in the box an Iron casing for the axil and next he paints the wheel. It is now ready to go on the Cart.

Some years ago a family named O Sullivan lived near Lough Nagira. They owned bogland running up to the brink of the Lough and kept cattle grazing there in Summer. They kept an old hand herding the cattle, as accidents occur where animals get stuck in these soft places. At times this man used work saving turf on the bank adjacent and keeping a vigilant eye on the cattle. After his dinner, it appears, he lay down on the bank of the lake for a brief rest, but being overcome by the heat of the day and hard work he lapsed into a sleep. A noise in the tall sedge growth awoke him, and rubbing his eyes he beheld a monster of an eel swinging through the reeds towards him, In a flash he thought of his only weapon of defence - his turf slane by his side. With determination he seized the slane and awaited the monster's approach. It swung on towards the man who administered an unerring stroke of the implement on the monster's head.

With frenzied strokes the man kept beating the reptile until it was no longer alive.The Sullivans brought the big eel home, cut him in sections, salted and hung up. I heard that where hung up there was scarcely need for much light at night. This was probably due to an abundance of phosphorus in the fish. Several large pike were caught when the water course was cleared some years back.

I will go in the Big House," she said in a whispering voice, "and tell the priest." He is wasting his time knocking at a dead man's door.""But he will do nothing for us then!" "He will! He will!" As she moved out of the room the door opened before her and a tall elderly man bending forward entered silently. He carried a bag in his left hand, his arm swathed in bandages rested in a sling. With a silent nod in the direction of the stricken husband he walked slowly and as if in pain to the bedside and took the patient's hand.After a minute he turned to Darby who stood and felt like a man in a bad dream, and said quietly : "You must leave the room ... There is just a chance, but it is nothing more than that. Father Moloney has gone along for Doctor O'Brien, but if she is not all right by the time Doctor O'Brien is here -" He shook his head. "I shall see what I can do with one hand."Darby went outside and waited. The stars were sparkling brightly in a frosty sky and there was a dead calm. Not a sound was to be heard except the opening and closing of the door, as Mrs. Reilly entered and re-entered the little bedroom. He started. The sky lit up for a moment as a star gliding gracefully through space left a trail of blazing light. He started again! He had heard a cry within the house. Mrs. Reilly came screaming into the open. Going in he saw the body of Dr. Farren lying on the floor beside the bed. He was dead, or had fainted. He saw the empty cradle in the corner half hidden away. He heard the low and plaintive moaning of the sick woman and saw a look of recognition in her vacant gaze as she turned her head in his direction.
"Annie," he murmured, forgive me," She feebly answered "Darby!" and closed her pain-filled eyes.

for a game of football. After a hot game Rathmore won and finally they had a test to see who'd carry the ball into Millstreet. They kicked it over fences and through rivers. After a long tussle my grandfather reached Millstreet and kicked the ball through the town. The prize was a half tierce of porter which was drunk immediately. His name was Patrick O'Leary, of Hollymount, Rathmore, County Kerry.

68 Doyle's Shop. DromodThis completes the village street
Previous owners : -
1. Percival - died in Clooncolry.
2. Peter Morahan. died there
3. Frank Morahan, now in Dublin
4. Barney Shanley & Mrs - returned to U.S.A.
5. Joseph Doyle.Percival sold to the Morahan family and Frank Morahan sold to Barney Shanley. Joseph Doyle present owner bought from Barney Shanley.
Joseph & Mrs Doyle have an only son Sean at present in St Mel's Longford.

1. In Winter boys make cribs for catching birds especially in frost or snow. The crib is made of elder sticks fastened on the end by light thin sticks. Then from the two back corners there is a light twig in the form of a bow which serves as a trap-door. The end of the crib is then put on the ground and the front raised up and a "gabhlóg" is put under it to keep it up. Then bread or oats is put into it to entice the bird to go in. When the bird goes in he hops on the light twig, the crib falls, and he is a prisoner.2. Boys also make snares for catching rabbits. Four wires about eighteen inches long are first twisted together, a loop is left in the end of one side, and the other end is pulled through and fastened to a rope which is afterwards fastened to a peg driven down through the ground. The wire portion is held up the height of a man's four fingers.

Edward Reynolds built the house , married Bridie Murray. Their son Edward married Bee Faughnan Corduff. There were nine children 7 daughters and two sons. The son Edward married Mary Mc Partland Corduff. Three [chi?] were born two daughters and James James inherited the place and married Anne Gibson Edenmore N. Leitrim.
Nine children were borns 5 daughters and four sons. Ambrose one of the sons got the place and married Margaret Mc Gorry Corduff. Five sons and three daughters were born.

Weaving is not done in my district so far as I have heard. Spinning is not very common either. Some people have spinning machines. There is one in Tom Confreys, Tommie Wrynns, and Owen Bohans.The wool is washed cleanly first. Then it is teased. This teasing is done by means of two wire brushes like hair brushes. The wool is put in between the two brushes and it is pulled apart. It is then rolled on the back of the cards. Then it is spun.The wool is let into the spindle where it is spun. It would remind me of a man making a straw rope. He is continually letting the rope to the twister keeping it the same thickness all along. When the wool is spun it is dyed. Then caps ladies dresses and jerseys and stockings are made with the wool.

that she would not leave his son home till the Goban and his son would come back. So the lord left them home and they never went to England again.
Great Walkers.A man of the name of Dan Bán Conner who lived in Moulagow travelled on foot to Cork. He left at four oclock in the morning and arrived in Cork sometime about twelve oclock. After doing some business he started for home at about two oclock in the day and arrived at home in Moulagow at sunset. At about this age it was customary for people around this district to go on foot to Cork. Usually they used to go one day and come on another day. A man of the name of Patrick Moynihan of Shrone who was my great grandfather performed this journey in one day. There was a very innocent man by the name of Callaghan living in Kilquane who also had some business to do in Cork He took with him a horse and cart and it was

A few before he was hanged, he related to his onlookers, that there was a large quantity of gold buried in Dromore Hill under a bush.It was never found since and I suppose never will.

About a quarter of a mile to the east of Dromore School is a townland named Gurtnascreena.This got its name from a shrine and a graveyard that were there long ago.They were situated in a field named Paírc na Smutháin, which means the field of the stumps of fir. In ancient times this field contained a large quantity of fir and this is how it got its name. This field is in the farm of Mr. Daniel O'Driscoll.About thirty years ago, unbaptised children were buried in the graveyard, and many large stones are to be seen still, in the spot.[There] They are both situated in the south-west corner of a field. A rock is still to be seen where the shrine was. This field was often tilled by its owner, but the corner where the graveyard and Chapel were was never tilled.In the time of the famine it is said that people were buried there.

place that St Colman was buried. One is lying flat and the others standing straight.They are about six ft. high and three inches thick. In the farm of Mr. Charles Mc Carthy Gurtnascreena, is a field called "Pairc na golán." In it is a stone about six ft. high, and four inches in circumference. This is called, The Golán Stone. Another Golán Stone is to be seen in the farm of Mr. Daniel O'Brien Dromore, in a field situated near Dromore Cross.It is said that hundreds of years ago a giant stood on the top of Dromore Hill and threw it down at another giant who was standing at the very spot where the "Golán" now stands. It is also said that it struck the Giant and is buried underneath the stone.In the farm of Miss Downey of Trabane [Trabubane?] there is a subterranean passage known locally as the "Dane's Hole." There is a small opening on top of it, and three or four divisions in it. About four yards from this a large slab with a cross cut on it is there, that shows where some chieftain was buried.

Florrie Barry another tailor lived in Gurtnascreena in a little house in the farm of Mr. Patrick Buckley. This is now an old "cabhloch". He also travelled from house to house. It is about eighty years ago since Florrie Barry was in the district. The implements a tailor used, were a tailor's thimble, two big flat irons, for pressing the clothes when finished, brown paper for wrapping, and generally a foot sewing machine.They sat cross legged on a table and sewed and sang as they worked. Frieze was generally the sort of cloth they made clothes of. It used be made from the wool of the sheep kept in the farm. The wool was first sheared then washed, carded at the mill, spun at the homes, made then into big balls of thread, taken to the weaver, tucked and washed again, and rolled on a long stick when it was fit for use.A local spinner named "Peg [Bararigail?] lived at Derishal and went around barefooted spinning to the farmer's house.

There are a lot of people going around walking and in cars. Dan Ryan goes around and he sells potatoes. A middle aged woman goes around selling things. The call her "Mary walk easy" because she always walks very easy. A man goes around with a bag in his back. He sells laces Prayer Books, and other thingsHe always walks and he is a very small man He sleeps in a hay-house and he is a very healty man. There are others going around also. There is another man going around and his name is Poor Jack, he neve sells anything but he is always looking for charity, and what ever you would give him he would be back in a week Long ago a little man went around, and his name was Paddy Boydike. He took he got also. He came around once a year.

On St. Brigid's Eve - the 31st January the old people used to make crosses in her honour but this custom is greatly dying out, and "More was the pity" as some of the habits of the old people were very nice.The cross was usually made of rushes but sometimes it was made of straw or cib. These were put up in the roofs of houses and were supposed to be very lucky.A person would not give one of these crosses to anybody if they had it up in the roof of the house as they thought it would be the cause of a row.Holly is always put up in the house at Christmas in honour of the great feast of the Birth of Our Lord. Some people put up ivy at Christmas too but this custom is nearly dead out.On Palm Sunday palm is blessed and distributed amongst the people in memory of the Triumphal Entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem. On that day branches of palm were put under His feet and it was called Palm Sunday.People wear some palm on that day

he put the blanket over it. Then he went home and his mother asked him what did he do with the blanket. He said that a tree was crying with cold and that he put it over it. His mother told him to go back and get the blanket but when he went back it was gone.He started beating the tree until it was up-rooted. Then he found some pieces of gold under the tree and he filled his pockets with them and brought them home and showed them to his mother. She then told him to show her the place where he found them and she went and filled her apron with gold. When she brought it home she put it into a chest and told her boy to tell nobody. He told everybody he met that his mother had a big chest of gold.Next day the landlord came for half the gold. The woman brought him to the room and told him to take as much as he liked. When she got him stooping down into the chest she caught hold of his legs and threw him into the chest and put the lid

There was once a man who was a real Amadán. One day his mother sent him to the fair to sell a cow. She told him not to take the first or second bid but to take the third. The first bid was £3 the second £1 and the third was a sixpenny loaf. He told the buyer that his mother told him not to take the first or second bid but to take the third. So he took the sixpenny loaf. As he was going home he saw an old horse dying by the roadside with hunger and the Amadán gave him the half of the loaf and he eat the other half himself. When he went home his mother asked him what he got for the cow and when he told her she was very angry.Another day she sent him to sell a blanket. When he was going the second time it was raining and he went under a bush. He was not long there when drops of rain began to fall from the leaves. He thought [that?] the tree was crying with cold and

low-lying by-roads.A severe snowstorm took place on 9th April 1917. Several cow's and sheep died from starvation because no grass could be seen in the great snow.A great drought period occured in July 1935. It killed the oak and elm trees.There was a heavy frost on 8th June 1898. It killed the entire potato-crop.A huge flood occurred in 1936 near the dwelling-house of Robert Hunter of Carmoney. A [burn?] convenient to the house over-flowed with such rapidity that the water entered the houses. Fortunately enough, no damage was caused.

33) The hearse is the last coach on the road.
34). Get the name of early rising, and you can sleep till dinner time.
35. Charity covers a multitude of sins, but a tailor covers a multitude of sinners.
36. A dying "Rannie" often lives longer than a sound man.
37. The devil could'nt kill a bad thing.
38. Some women have as much paint on their face, as would paint a ship, and as much powder as would blow it up.
39. The last kick of a dying rat is always the worst.
40. "Frost and rain and frost again," is the Blacksmith's toast.
41.) You may trust a rogue, but you can never trust a liar.

the hand of friendship, and inviting him to dinner the following night. The doorman, the only servant with catholic sympathies overheard the plot for it was arranged to shoot the Prince after dinner. When he arrived the following night and after handing his hat to the doorman, the latter said these strange words (for other servants were standing around) : - The herring is the King of fish, because he never was caught for his belly. (meaning the herring is the only fish which will not take a bait) The Prince "smelt a rat" and departed leaving his hat behind. Now started the search for him when his absence was reported assisted by blood hounds. He made for the Coppy, jumped into the water under the overhanging branch of a tree. He took the top of the branch in his mouth and sank down so that only his mouth was over the water. When the hounds and their masters got to the water they were defeated for the hounds lost the trail and the search was given up. That night the Prince made his way to a gentleman's house named Keegan (who owned all Carrickmakeegan and from whom the townland took and retains its name) This Catholic gentleman kept him for four months until he went to France to assist his father in trying to collect fresh aid.

Continuing my Folklore talks with John Maxwell Carrickmakeegan he says around the time of the time of the battle of the Boyne "The Gores" who lived in Woodford were exofficers of the British Navy, perverts, and blood relations of King James. After James's defeat at the Boyne his son Prince Charles second in command went on the "run" and knowing the Gores address thought perhaps there was one place in Ireland where he might be safe. Seven days after the battle he called at Woodford disguised. The Gores were away fishing when he arrived, and he refused to tell the servants his name. He knew the Gores kept a small "zoo" and in it was one of the ferocious lions in captivity. The Prince asked to see the lion, and when shown jumped into the cage, took a silk handkerchief from his pocket, tied it around the lion's neck and got out unharmed to the amazement of the servant. Then the Prince told the servant "Now your master will know who called (Tradition says lions will not harm members of a Royal Family). and if now friendly disposed let him leave a letter beside the entrance gates before 12 m.n." The Prince now left. When the Gores and their visitors returned the servant told the strange story. The senior Gore immediately hit the table and cried "Prince Charles". Now a cowardly letter was written, i,e, - extending

"Take him home to my house" said the little man "and I will pay you for him there." "To your place" said the young man "and where might I ask is your place." "I live in Lough Gur" said the little man. "Do you know where "Teampull Nuadh" is " said [he?] There is an avenue leading from "Thompall New" across the lake to Knockadoon. If you follow this avenue you will find my residence where you will find also a suitable stable to put this colt."The young man did as he was directed and found the avenue described by the little man. He travelled along this avenue and came to a beautiful gate which led to a splendid mansion. There was a wall on either side of the avenue and at the end the avenue he reached the mansion. Not far from the mansion he saw the stables, and into one of those he put the colt. It was the grandest stable he ever saw.When he had the horse put in he decided that he would pay a visit to the house expecting that perhaps he would get some dinner as he was beginning to feel hungry. He went into the house but he did'nt see anybody. He arrived at what he thought was a dining-room, and where he saw a horn hanging on the wall, He went and blew the horn and was immediately served up with a most appetising dinner. It was a dinner mostly of frogs.He went into another room where he saw a sword hanging on the wall. He also saw a number of soldiers who seemed to be asleep around a table. He saw the sword appearing from its case