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It is unlock to bring flowers into a house where (a house) a hen is hatching.
It is said that if you changed into a new house on Friday you would have good luck.
Good Friday is a lucky day to sow potatoes.
It is unlucky to borrow a clocking hen or to give one away. If you were giving away a calf as a present it would be right to get two moneys for luck.
It is unlucky to buy pigs for moneys you would get for cows.
If you were getting a young pig as a present it would be right to give a three penny bit to the person who gave him to you.
It is considered to be unlucky to meet one magpie and it is lucky to meet two.
It is unlucky to meet a red haired wowen when you are going to a fair or a market it would be better to turn home because

Old people say that Friday is an unlucky day to get married.

Long ago the people never wore any boots. In Summer still children do not wear any boots.
Boots are made by the shoemakers in Oughterard. There are two shoemakers in Oughterard Mr. Keane and Mr. Heffermann.
Some people mend their own shoes and other sen them to the shoemakers to be

There is an herb that grows in the mountain it has only one stem and is most healthy for every thing and is a cure for consumption.
There is a drowning leaf that rows in places it is a cure for burn.
There is a cure for kidney trouble that grows through the potatoes in Harvest and it has a bad smell it is a stringy thing and grows low in the land. Docking leaf is also a cure for sores.

"Pat Gavin's stable is now like a manger, Its now convenient to Castle-Hide.
He brought the Griever to relieve her.
And now he's bound for Castle fair."
This is the poetry Mick Kennedy composed.
"Mr. Madden from Oughterard to Partacarron. He build a house and so he can, He did not build it without a plan.
Mick Hoggan the right hand man. The Engineer he passes by, at ever corner he cocks his eye.
The lead was laid but he said it was light And Mr. Madden said that wasn't right."
This is the poetry that Pat Hare who was a weaver composed.
"Pat often fought a grasshopper.
He never killed a snail,
He was taken by the bobbies.
And never put to Gail."

Styes- [?] put cold tea leaves on it
Warts-put washing soda on it or to bury a piece of meat you steal and when it gets rotten the wart will go.
Toothaches- put a frog in you mouth.
corns- put a Ivy leaves on it
burns- sprinkle flour on it.
Stings- rub a blue rag on it.
headaches- rub cold water on you head.
Earaches- boil an eel and put it's juice into your ear
cuts- put cobwebs or butter on it.
Once there lived the man named Jim Roche who always wore only one boot because one day he was in Galway and went in by mistake to a protestant church and the foot that first stepped into it he punished it by not wearing a boot on it.
He went under a natural bridge which runs under "Gannons" in Camp St. and no- one else

The people alway get married in Shrove. The old people say that the young girls and boys that did not get married before Lent have a pus on them on the first Sunday after Ash Wednesday, it is called Pus Sunday.
Some of the old people say that May is not a lucky month and that Saturday is not a lucky day for marriages.
The old marriages were all matchmaking long ago some of them used to get money and some of them stock.
It is said that it is not lucky for

There lived in Rusheeney long ago a poor man. He had no place for to put his hens at night so he made up his mind that he would make one beside the gable of the house. He built it but awhile after he had it built he got very sick. He could not be cured but his wife a woman who lived in Connemara and she went to her. The woman was able to cure people. When the old woman saw her coming she went to the door to meet her and she said. "Isn't it long until you came" before the woman told her what she wanted at all. "Isn't it your husband that is sick?" "It is" said the woman. Then she told her that if he was able to take the hens' house from the place he had it build or if he were not able to get up to tell someone else to do it because that was the path that the fairies had at night. He got men to take it out of it and he was getting better by degrees

stream called " Locán" supposed to be rooted by the wild boar that was in the village long ago. This stream hardly ever dries up and it supplies that horses and cattle of the village with water. Sometimes the main road is flooded with its over-flow. On the hill there are many heavy big rocks stuck to the ground. Under one of these rocks it is said the wild boar was buried. There are many different names on the fields such as - [?] [?] meaning deer park where a lot of deer was reared long ago. Leacan got its name from the number of big stones that were in it. Got a [?] getting its name from the yellow furze covering the field long ago. Other fields are called, Gleannra, the camp. There are a good many old Boreens in the village, one is called Boreen Beg, Boreen na [?] and a good many others. The people of the village cal the eastern side of the village- [?] [?], and the western side is called [?] [?].

There is a well situated at the back of the village of Glenascul Oranmore called Tobar Bun na stamhail. The was a rock beside that well and it was said there was a pot of gold hidden there. There were letters on the rock in Latin and whoever could make it out could get the gold. One day two men came to search for the gold and they were digging and digging and they could find nothing. After a while a man appeared to them and stood there. He asked them what they were doing there and they told him, and the man said no one will get the gold until he knows what is written on the rock. They were looking at the writing and at long last they made it out and they got the gold and lived happily ever after with the gold.

Around my home and on our farm there are lots of herbs growing.
The thistle is a tall pricky weeds and when it is over ripe the seeds blow around and destroy the land and hay. There is a white flower growing on our land named vinvan. It kills goslings. Garlick is another weed, and when eaten by cows, it puts a bad taste in milk. There is a tall purple flower growing on our land named foxglove which kills sheep. From the dandelion people make wine, also from sloes and blackberries. They make jam from blackberries as well. Stains are taken out of clothes by boiling them with ivy leaves. Budgire is a long plant like the centre of a lily, it is poisonous. Nettles are given to young turkeys, when boiled as food. Makenagumpna is a small green weed. It is boiled and the juice is rubbed on a burn to cure it. The chicken weed is a long green one, found in kitchen gardens. The juice of it takes off warts. The weed is also given to caged birds and

Long ago they used to get the thick ruches and peal off the skin. The [?] bit that would be in side they call that the wick. They would dip the wick into tallow. They would leave that out in the sun until it would be dry. At night time the would bring it in to the house and cut bits of it around the house. It would give light as good as a candle. They used to peal the rods to make the baskets and then they used to cross the rods and shape it into a baket. They smith makes fire cranes out of iron then he shape it. They get hay and cut it on top of the house and get rods to fasten the hay. The boil the rods to make baskets. They rooggers is the best. Long ago they used to get they horses shoes and leave them in the fire untill they are red. Then the take them out with a tongs. They [?] hammer it into bits when it is red then they make the nails.

Oisin was the only Fenian that lived in Ireland when St. Patrick came to spread the true Faith. He was a very old man and he had bad sight. The people at that time did not know what was the best month in Spring for sowing the oats . One day as Oisin was traveling with St. Patrick they met a man with a horse. He had a bag of sand on the horse's bag. When he saw Oisin coming he let the bag fall. He pretended in order to have fun of Oisin that it was a bag of oats he had . He told Oisin to help him to lift the bag of oats on the horse's back. Oisin caught the bag with his hand and he lifted it up on the horse's back. Then he took a grain of the sand in his hand and felt it and said "This is good seed corn" "you must have sown it in February"

They used to have three meals long ago. They used to have oaten meal boiled in the morning fo the breakfast. For the dinner potatoes and milk. In the evening again bread and milk. The men used to work two hours before the first meal. Sometimes they used to eat potatoes two times a day. They used to have a lot of milk. They used to have three kinds of bread oat bread and Indian meal mixed with flour and bockestry. The oat bread was made with boiled milk and caraways. Meat was eaten often long ago it was bacon the used to eat. They use to eat a great deal of salt herrings. They used to send to Galway for them and the used to come to them in barrels. They had potato bread every Christmas night. About eighty years ago they had no cups only mugs at that time. When the tea first came the people never bought it only at Christmas for it was very dear. It cost ten pence an ounce. There was an old woman living above Woodford in the Cluncho mountains. She bought a

Long years ago there lived a very rich man in Kildare. He had one daughter. She was the lovliest girl in all the world. She had hair as blackest crow cheeks as red as the reddest blood, and skin as white as the whitest snow. The king of Connaught wanted her to marry him but she would not. He was very cross man and the people used to call him King-Thorny. One day the king and a few of his men captured her and brought her to his castle. He thought that after a while she would marry him. Then her father offered to give three thousand pounds to the one who would be able to release her. Anyone that used to try to rescue her the king used to cut off his head and hang it on a spike. At that time there lived a man and his wife in the county

There was woman who lived on the bank of the Shannon in Kylenamally. She had two sons. One of them was good for working but the other spent most of his time hunting. (A) One day he went on one of the islands. As he was passing a big rock he saw the leipreachan. He caught hold of him by the shoulders. The leipreachan shouted to let him go but the man would not. Then the leipreachan told the (the) man that the gold was in a small box not far from the rock. The man let the leipreachan go and went to look for the gold. The man's dog followed the leipreachan but the man did not miss the dog until he got home. The man got the box and thought he had the gold. It was a silver box. The man crossed from the island to his home. After [?] arriving home he opened the box but only found small stones After a few days the dog came home all torn and bleeding. The dog died that night.
There was an old hag in Blommoylan. She was married to a man named Moran. She lived in a house in the bog at the back of Jack Donnelys.

Long ago the people work and made everything their own way, because they were poor, and there were no factories to make them. They made candles from tallow and a piece of cord for the wick. They melted the fat and when it was melted they poured it into a mould which was shaped like a candle and they held the wick in it until it would Harden. They also made candles from rushes. They peeled the rushes and dipped them into tallow. They also used dale as sort candles. First they would ship the dale into lats , then they would leave it in the chimney to dry, and when it would be dry they would leave them in lampoil to soak.
Long ago the people made soap from cows' fat, they melted the fat and mixed it through some vegable and let it harden well. They always made baskets and ashes long ago and even yet they are made. They pull the sallies and plat and twine them together, to make a hand-basket they peeled the allies and let them season or stiffen. They boil them and made the hand baskets. The fire cranes were made by the smiths always and are yet. Long ago they dyed everything with moss and log-wood. They boiled the log-wood and strained it then they would wash. the clothes in it. The log-wood is found in a bog (in some) some.

There is a Callan, and Conway, and Minogue, and Eagen in the Parish Eagens father and his Grandfather were smiths. Callan and Conways forges are near a cross roads. There is a stream flowing in the forge the forge is built with stone, and the roof is thatched. The door is square. There is only one fire place in it. The bellows is made from strong cloth. There is a handle on it and pull it up and down The blacksmiths used make them, them [?]. the smith uses a hammer, rash, a vice. He makes no farm implements but he repairs ploughs, harrows, The smith shoes wheels in the open air forge water would cure warts. There was a house in the district and there were three men living in it. One of the boys bought a pair of shoes he brought them home the pair of shoes done them for three years. When they would want to go for a message one fellow would put on the boots. That is why they say let they fellow with the boots do it. Long ago they youst make shoes out of timber and skins of animals they called them clogs. There was a man in the district he had ten acres of land. If you asked had he good land he would say that is the best land that a crow ever flew over

Once upon a time there were two girls living in a house and one of the girls said that she would leave some of the bread for the morning. The other girl ate the other piece of bread. The girl that did not ate the the bread was dead in the morning. The girl that ate the bread was alive.

There are three tailors in this district. The tailors in this district work at home. They do not travel from house to house nowadays. Long ago the tailors travelled from house to house (to ho) when wanted. Martin Burke tail of White Hall stocks cloth. Cloth is not spun and woven at home. There were no sewhing long ago and therefore it was with a needle and thread the tailors sewed. It was of frieze the coats and trousers were made of. The tailor uses a measure, needles and thread, a thimble and sometimes a sewing machine. Shirts are made at home. Flanette the shirts are made of in the home. Shirts were (from) made from flax in this district not so long ago. My grand-mother made shirts towels and sheets from flax. Socks and stockings are knitted in the home. Thred was spun in the home long ago.

Long ago the old people had cures for everything. To stop your nose from bleeding they wold put the key of the door down your back. A thorn of a gooseberry bush is used for letting a drop from a sty in your eye, because they said there was no poisin in that thorn. A cure for rheumatism, was to sting with a nettle. The water that's left in a hole in a rock is a cure for warts, and the milk that's founding chicken weed is also a cure for warts, it is called (chicken) weed cat milk. If you licked an [?] it would cure a boil or burn. If you found a horses tooth lost and keep it in your pocket you wouldn't ever have a toothache, or if you pulled a tooth from the skull of a dead person, and rubbed it to your own teeth you would never have a toothache. A foxes tongue was used for drawing a thorn. If a dog licked any sore on your body they would be cured. If you put a Greek stone on your back and it will stop your nose from bleeding. To eat hot salt would cure a sore throat, or to put a stocking around your necks. If you didn't eat meat on Newyears day you wouldn't be sick for the year. If you eat three nettles in

Long ago a foxes tongue was used to draw a thorn. A thorn of a gooseberry bush was a cure for a sty. They cured a stone bruise with a piece of fat. A few lashes of a wet nettle was a cure for rhumatism or a pain in the you back. A blast out of a pipe was a cure for a pain in your stomach. Goose grease was cure for a sprain. Hot salt Putin a sock (or)and tied around your neck was a cure for a toothache. Pig dung was used to stop a wound from bleeding. The white of an egg was used to cure a burn. It was said that if you eat three meals of nettles in the month of March you would not be sick for the year Walsh's blood was a cure for wildfire. A bit of blue to cure a sting from a wasp. A hot pot lid with a bag around (it) was a cure for a pain in your stomach. A cup of tracing tea for a headache. Sliced potatoes wrapped in a cloth and tied around the head was a cure for a headache

Whit Monday is the unluckiest day in the year. Accidents happened that day. The month of September was called the Harvest of the geese. They sowed onions on the longest day and pulled them on the shortest day. That means they pulled them early and sowed them early. It

They made baskets in every house. Drafs were made out of gads. (sallied) They made dye from bog black and log wood. They dyed the wool with it. The wheelwright made the wheels. They made whips from sheepskin. The nailer made the nails. Jack Keary's grandfather of Woodford was a nailer.

Long ago the old people had cures for everything. To stop your nose from bleeding they wold put the key of the door down your back. A thorn of a gooseberry bush is used for letting a drop from a sty in your eye, because they said there was no poisin in that thorn. A cure for rheumatism, was to sting with a nettle. The water that's left in a hole in a rock is a cure for warts, and the milk that's founding chicken weed is also a cure for warts, it is called (chicken) weed cat milk. If you licked an [?] it would cure a boil or burn. If you found a horses tooth lost and keep it in your pocket you wouldn't ever have a toothache, or if you pulled a tooth from the skull of a dead person, and rubbed it to your own teeth you would never have a toothache. A [?] tongue was used for drawing a thorn. If a dog licked any sore on your body they would be cured. If you put a Greek stone on your back and it will stop your nose from bleeding. To eat hot salt would cure a sore throat, or to put a stocking around your necks. If you didn't eat meat on Newyears day you wouldn't be sick for the year. If you eat three nettles in

There are three forges in this district, Callanans, Conways, and Mineoguis all in the townland of Gurteeny. Some of the smiths have been smiths for many years but others have only begun the trade. The forges are always near the roadside and sometimes near a stream, because would be easy to fix wheels when it is near a stream. The forges long ago had a felt roof and nowadays they are thatched and sometimes covered with zinc. There is always a large fire burning inside to melt the iron. The door is shaped like a horseshoe and it is a double-door like the door of a garage.
Only one fireplace inside , and bellows itself is over the fire and the handle of it is at one side. It is made from strong cloth. The smiths never make the bellows themselves, but they got them from Dublin. The smith uses an, anvil, Sledgehammer, pincer, bellows and coal. The smiths shoe horses and asses, but he never shoes cattle in this country. He always makes farm implemnt such as , ploughs, harrows, and spades, to do this special work he reddens the iron first and he takes it out of the fire (with) whith the ones and puts it on the anvil, then he hammers it into the shape required. Horses are sometimes shod in the air.
It is said that a person with warts, and if he washed them unknown to the smith in the forge-water, that they would go The smiths were always looked upon as being strong and healthy. One forge in [?] is always known as being a bad place

and threepence or fourpence for rabbit skins.
A man by the name of Smyth lost an Americian coin which was very valuable. He was in search of his coin for many months. He lived in a house by himself his only companion was a dog. From the time the man lost the coin the dog had a very peculiar way of acting. He was howling and barking each day at twelve, the man knew there was something in it as this was the time he lost the coin. He inquired several times at the barracks but got. no account of the missing coin. One day he brought the dog to Loughrea. The dog

Men and women offered their services at that time in exchange for groceries which were so hard to get at that time. Turf was also offered in exchange for groceries also eggs these are now given and they get paid by the score. Butter is also exchanged now, this old practise was kept up fowl and timber were also exchanged.
When a person gave on loan or in a shop this would be called "tick" and "credit" and "boot." Jews came around this district long ago collecting rags, clips, rabbit skins and old feathers. They gave a schilling for two or three large bags of clips.

It was another old custom on this night for boys to go out, taking the wheels from under their neighbour's carts and stealing the owners were to be seen searching for their gates and their wheels.
It is a custom also at Christmas for people to give an extra cleaning to their houses and decorate them with Evergreens.

sun-burn during the year. Some years ago the people would not give a drop of new milk to their neighbours for fear they would bring the luck of the butter from the house.
On Saint John's night bonfires are lighted. We see boys out gathering sticks and turf in order to have a good bonfire. Long ago al the village people would gather found the fire, singing and dancing went on till midnight. When they were going home each one brought a coal from the bonfire and put it into his own fire at home.
Long ago and up to the present day people kill a cock for Saint Martin's Day and his blood is sprinkled in every corner in the house.
On Halloween it was a custom amongst the old people to make pancakes and put a ring in them. Then all went to table and the pancake was divided. The person who gets the slice with the ring in it was supposed to get married first.

on their foreheads with blessed ashes. This blessed ashes is got from palm. They also bring home some blessed ashes to those who were not at Mass.
On Good Friday people to the church as often as they can to do the Stations of the Cross, in honor of Our Lord's suffering.
On Easter Sunday it was a custom that the people used to get up half-past four to see the sun dancing in the sky. On this day people eat eggs.
In bygone days it was a custom amongst the old people not to give away milk. It was supposed that you would not have milk or butter all the year round if you did this.
On May Day we erect a May bush. We cut a small bush and we pull flowers and put them on the May bush. Long ago the old people would get up before [?] sunrise on May Morning and wash their faces in their dew to prevent them from getting

8. It's an ill wind that blows no one any good
9. You are as busy as a bee in [?] bottle.
10. A Shut mouth catches no flies.
11. Spare the rod and spoil the child
12. Early to bed and early to rise, makes man healthy, wealthy and wise.
13. The cuckoo in the bare thorn, the farmers will want for hay and corn.
14. A stitch in time saves mine.
15. Better late than never.
16. It's never too late spend.
17. You are slow as Easter.
18. Everyone tries to feather their own nest.
19. Everyone drawing water to their own mil
20. He is coming and so is Christmas.
21. If a person did not see another person for a long time that person would say it is a cure for eyes to see you.
22. If a person saw a lamb and if it were the first lamb he saw that year, he would say,
23. It is better to be born lucky than rich.

There was too brothers and they were very great with one another.
One of them got sick and died before he died the other brother said to him. When you die you will come back and tel me where you are the other brother said he would.
A few nights after he went out into the field and he met the brother that was dead. He asked him where he was and he said come here to morrow night and

and he would not take any. His aunt opened the room door and he knew her she was dead a long time. He got out and when he went home he told what he saw. A few nights after there was dans in a house near.
He said that he would frighten them when they would be coming home. He took off his coat and went to frighten them. And when the people reached there they heard him going up the mountain and he roaring. They followed him he was going up the mountain they brought him back. His mother brought him to the priest and the priest told him not to go out side the door until he would go to ammerisa.

Therere was a lot of people in the house. They offered him wine and bread

Long ago there (were) used to be twenty one men in a football team and the football field used to be much longer than it is now.
Two posts were put down at each end of the field with seven yards between each pair. About seven yards outside each post another post was put down. Goals were scored between the inside posts and points were scared between the other posts. No number of points could equal a goal. After some time the number of men in the team was reduced to seventeen and after another period it was decided that three points were equal to a goal. Then the point posts no longer used and it was then fixed as it is to now.

There is a blessed well on the top of Mount Mary and it is said that anybody who was blind, and visited the well would be cured if he applied the water to his eyes.
One day a little girl who was blind passed by the place where the well is now. She sat down on the grass and began picking flowers. While she was groping for the flowers her fingers struck some water. She put the water to her eyes and she was

wife told him he should have nothing to do with it, that she had dreamt the night before that the crock of gold belonged to the fairies and that they would punish severely anybody who tried to get it.
However he was very selfish and he was determined to get it no matter what it cost him afterwards. The day he had decided upon getting it came very stormy, and when he was entering into the old mill a slate fill of + hit him on the head. He was taken to hospital where he died a few days afterwards. It was said that that was the way the fairies punished him. The mill was knocked a few years after that but the crock of gold was never found.

About thirty years ago there were footballmatch between certain places and Cheevers and other Landlords were always drilling the young men around Ballinamore for the English. One day there (a) was a footballmatch at the slough The lough is a (place) big scope of land in the Curnadrum that water lodges in when it rains very heavy but

There is a another place in Riversdale with a big blackthorn bush in the middle of the field. It is said that the bush is there over one hundred and fifty years There is a little pond near it. The bush never grew for forty years. Everyone says that a pot of gold is hidden in the trunk of the tree but no one ventured to take the gold except one of the tenants. In the middle of summer he went with a saw to cut the tree but a band of cats came and attacked him. Then he fled and told the other tenants there are certain mouths in the years that they guard the gold daily, August, December, and January.

There was a certain Irishman who lived about fifty years ago and who also looked forward to the freedom of Ireland No one knew this man's correct name because he went to different places bearing a different name ands the people called him Rory of the Hills
During this time there was a man named Daly as a Landlord in Riversdale. He was a very good man to the people (according as they) He always delivered tons of meal every year according as they wanted it Rory of the Hills had punished many Landlords for cruelty to tenants and even though Daly was a good man and Rory would have never harmed him he feared him very much. One day a

Then the girl left Ireland heartbroken by the death of her parents. She landed in America and after a while she began to gather money for the Franseiscians in [?] and Mount Bellow. After [?] years she became very famous When the famine was over in Ireland she joined the nun in America and came to Ireland. She died at an age of one hundred and four years.

Then the girl left Ireland heartbroken by the death of her parents. She landed in America and after a while she began to gather money for the Franseiscians in [?] and Mount Bellow. After [?] years she became very famous When the famine was over in Ireland she joined the nun in America and came to Ireland. She died at an age of one hundred and four years. Seámus Ó Caoinánas. T
There was a certain Irishman who lived about fifty years ago and who also looked forward to the freedom of Ireland No one knew this man's correct name because he went to different places bearing a different name ands the people called him Rory of the Hills
During this time there was a man named Daly as a Landlord in Riversdale. He was a very good man to the people (according as they) He always delivered tons of meal every year according as they wanted it Rory of the Hills had punished many Landlords for cruelty to tenants and even though Daly was a good man and Rory would have never harmed him he feared him very much. One day a

two glass eyes
A bow
101. A hard working man with a lazy wife and twelve black children dressed in white
A clock
102. (Little Jenny Nuddle sitting in the puddle. Green gown and a yellow knot
A Flagger)
103. Chip Chop Cherry.
All the men in Derry,
Could not climb up.
Chip chop cherry.
Smoke.
104. Red in the middle and black in front and confirmed behind
a man behind a cloud
105. When is a man in debt up to his eyes
When he has not paid for the hat that is on his head
106. Adam and Eve and Pinch Me went to a river to swin. Adam and Eve fell in. Which of them was saved
Pinch me

In olden times most people had only two meals a day, these were breakfast and dinner. For breakfast they usually had indian stirabout which they called "yellow [?]". This was made in a metal pot called a scilit, when it was boiled it was left in the middle of the floor, and all the family sat round the pot, and ate the stirabout with wooden spoons called "labels". For dinner they had potatoes and buttermilk drunk from wooden mugs called noggins. When the potatoes were boiled they were put into a skili, and peeled with the fingers. Rhy bread

There was a "common" in Shrule once. Everybody could have something on this land. At the time that Mr. [?] was the landlord the people got afraid of him because he was going to take the land off them so they dug up the "common" and divided it among themselves but one or two man were not satisfied to dig their land. The people only left them a small piece that they did not dig. When Kiwan came to look at the place he said it was no good. He also said that he did not want any gardens and that he had enough of them. He also said the small fields were not worth taking The same fields are still there and the fields are still called the "common" Miss Gavin told this to me Bernard Tedders.

and with shovels. The pits are made nine or ten inches deep. The varieties of potatoes are 'Champeens', 'Epicures' 'Kerry-pinks' 'Pink-eye Champeens' 'Golden Wonders' Germans' 'Flounders' 'King Edward' . "Arann-Canners' 'Up to dates' 'Sharpes Express' 'Rampers' Field Epicures'. 'Champeens' are the best variety of potatoes for the table. Potatoes were used for making starch long ago. Bread is also made from potatoes. First the potatoes are boiled. Then they are peeled and pounded. Then they are put into the place for making the bread and flour is put through them. New milk is used for making them. Bread Soda is not used in making the bread. When it put into an oven the lid of the oven is left off.

made in the district. They were bought. Timber ploughs were made the same way that the iron ploughs.
The neighbors help each other with the potatoes. When potatoes are set they are looked after. When they are over the clay the are mouled. Sometimes they are mouled twice. When they are one foot from the ground they are sprayed. If blight attacked the potatoes before they are fully they will remain as they were then the blight attacked them. They are usually speed three times.
When they are set manure is put under the slits. Potatoes are dug with spades, ploughs and sometimes with potato diggers. Potatoes are stored in pits. They must be turned at least one a week in the summertime. In the winter time they are turned when they began to bud. In early spring they are taken from the pits and brought into the garden. Some potatoes are sprouted in sprouting boxes. The potatoes that are sprouted are early potatoes. The pits are made according to the amount of potatoes will be put into them. They are made with spades,

It is round on top and there is pipe going from it to the fire. It has also a handle. The handle is pulled up and down when the smith wants to blow the fire. Bellows were not made in the district. The implements the smith uses are the bellows, an anvel, a sledge, a hammer, a tongs, a drilling machine swages, and nails, punches, cutters are used for cutting iron, and a vice. The smith puts shoes on horses and donkeys. He doesn't put shoes on cows or ballocks. The smith makes, ploughs scullers. He puts pins in harrows.

Tuesday is an unlucky day to start any work and Friday is a lucky day. Saint Bennin was a Saint in this district, he founded a church in Kilbannon.
Fairs. In the olden times there was a fair in Lissananny. They used to buy and sell like they do now-aways. There was a man coming from a fair in Dunmore. When he came as far as Lissananny he saw a crowd of people buying and selling. He went in and one man told him not to drink any drink, after a while they told him to be going home when he went a few steps he found he was at his own door.

The work the smithies out of doors is he puts tires on wheels. Outside the forge there is round cemented flag.
In the centre of it there is round hold large enough for the stock of wheel to go into it. The wheel is left down on this flag. The hot tyre is left down on this wheel. The tyre begins to burn the rim of the wheel and makes it's place on the rim tightly. Water is then required to prevent it from burning the wheel. The wheel is shod then.
The people believe it is lucky tp have a smith at every marriage. They also believe that the person the smith turns the anvel on will he will never have any luck.
Sometimes the ill-luck falls on the smith himself.
Pikes and hatchets were made in a local forge. That forge is Michael Burke's in Ironpool.

45. What are the biggest ants?
Elephants.
46. Why did the the tap run?
It saw the kitchen sink.
47. Why is a horse stronger than a mouse?
Because he can run away with a trap.
48. Why is a sick man compared to a window?
Because the man has pains and the window has pains.
49. Why is a dog compared to a tree?
Because the dog barks and the tree barks.
50. Why is the letter "F" like a cow's tail?
Because it is at the end of beef.
51. Can you spell donkey with one letter?
"u".
52. When are eyes not eyes?
When cold makes them water,
53. Why is a half moon heavier than a full moon
Because a full moon is lighter. (giver more light)
54. Alive in front, dead in the middle and baptized behind?
A pair of horses, a plough, and a man.
55. How do we know that Adam used sugar?
Because he raised Cane.
56. What goes out without moving
A Fire.

There is a road leading from the Lought to Ballydonlon cross. It is two miles long. There are fourteen houses on that road. From this road there was a short cut leading to the village of Cappatagle. It was supposed to be a mass path long ago. It is said that the Lought got its name from a (old church [?]) man that was buried there. It was the custom that who ever passed by the cross would get a stone and throw it on on top of the grave. After a while it go bigger and it was called the Lought.
At Ballydonlon cross there is a big gate formerly the entrance to Ballydonlon Castle. The avenue from this gate leading to the castle is a mile long. The castle is now in ruins. In this castle the Donlon's

Shops were not common in olden times but country shops were common enough even though there were country shops the people had to go to the big towns for goods. Buying and selling was carried out after Mass the used to sell groceries long ago but it is not practised now Labout was often given for goods and it is also given yet. When the tinkers exchange donckeys with country people the tinkers want money with the donkey they get and, that is called "boot" in this district. It is considered very unluckly to attend a Market the thirtheen day of the Month or the odd day of the year. Travelling folk still come around this district buying wool, feathers, horse-hair and rags some of them are tinkers and some come out from the lanes of Ballinasloe and other places. The names of various coins are. The name of [?]

The travellers still call around in this district. Some of the travellers are very poor and others are rich. Some travellers sell articles for alms. Some of them sleep in old tents and others sleep in vans and sheds. Some travellers are not welcome to and house unless the people was things mended. Some of them walk and others have old cars. They usually go in families. The local travellers are:- The Doyles the Donahoues the Donavans the Sheehans the Wards and the Kirshawa. They usually call for fair and in summer. The most of the travellers carry news from place to place. The travellers are sometimes called gipsies. They go around telling fortunes and cutting cards and selling carpets and lace. The travellers buy some of their food and they get the rest of it at the door of houses. The travellers have big [?] vans to travel around in winter. They get their supplies in shops. No one ever let them out of their house without giving them a charity. They do not ever remain long in one place. The alms they most usually ask for are:- milk, eggs, tea, sugar, bread and meat. They call into all the houses as they pass. They are a century or more around this place.

In the year 1599 Edmond Burke fought a bloody battle in [?] against Clonricard. Edmond Burke was looking for land and tried to take Clonricard's land but was defeated.
The land-league first started in Mayo. Most of the people were evicted. There was a three-day fight [?] in Sanderse's Fort, before the "emergency-men" could evict the people. It is said that Cromwell was a shoemaker's son. He did not come any nearer then Loughrea to this district.
The Mac Eigins and the O Kellys had a clannish fight in Tynagh and the O'Kellys was defeated. The Cromwellian army passed through Derry brien and destroyed the churches and schools.
Up to the present day the greatest part of the country was owned by the Land-lords. Parts of the land in Lisduff belonged to the Land-lord. He sold parts of this which he (owned) owed to a man named Finn from Loughrea.
The adjoining tenants with small holdings were lawfully entitled to get this land. On a May morning men and women from the surrounding districts gathered to clear the stack off the land They were all equipped with ash wattles and stones, and the women had

The names of our farm animals are; Cows, calves, horses, donkeys, goats, pigs, and sheep. The names of our domestic animals are: hens, ducks, and geese.
We have three cows there names are Grey, black, and red. When we are driving them we say "how up." The cow is the most important animal. She gives milk to the people and from the milk butter is made.
We strain the milk into basins and when the cream is on the milk we skim it into a crock and when it is full we churn it, and it makes butter. Then we churn its and it makes butter. Then we take out the buttermilk and put it into a crock then we wash the butter with clean cold water and we put salt in it. We wash the butter in a wooden dish called a butter dish.
There is a partition between each cow so that one cow would not eat the other cow's hay. They are tied by the neck with a chain.
When we are driving the calves also we say "how up." We do not tie the calves. There is a place in the calves house called the manger in which the hay is put.
The name or our horse is dolly. When we are driving her we say "go on." The place where she is kept is called a stable. This is the food he gets,

The chicken wee is the most harmful weed in the field. If the chicken weed gets on potatoes when they are growing and left on them the potatoes will be very small. They weed takes away all the good of the land.
The thistle and yellow daisy grow on good land where the yellow daisy grows it is supposed to be good land for cows. It is good land for cows butter.
Dandeline grows on wet ground it is an hare. Docken leaves and nettles grow plentiful in close gardens and they are a great bodder to the farm. The nettle is food for turkeys when they are young. Long ago the old people used to eat nettles. The people long ago were stronger and healthier than the people now-days. Nettles if taken in spring are supposed to keep away diseases.
Docken leaves are used in summer for pigs when other green crops are scarce.
Dandeline is supposed to be a great medicine in spring. It is good for the liver when boiled, they drink the juice after getting up in the morning.
The healing leaf is another herb. The leaf is used for healing sores and cuts. This leaf is left at the fire until it is very soft. Then it is put

There are three forges in our parish. The smiths are Patrick Dooley, Michael Quinn, and Dick [?]. The smiths have that trade as long as the old people remember. There is a forge in Ballimabilla and the other two are in [?]. There are some of them near cross-roads and [?] of them near the road side. The forgers are made of timber and it is painted black. There are two doors in some forgers. There is only one five place in every forger.
The bellows is an instrument like a pole, and the other part of it is made of leather. There is a bellows in every forge. It is made of leather with an iron pipe. There is a handle attached to the bellows with a Bhain. The smith catches the handle of the bellows and pulls it upwards and downwards. It is by this method the fire is lighted. When the fire is lighting it will heat irons for horses shoes

There was a priest one time in it and there was a minister a landlord over him. The priest wasn't able to pay the rent so the minister said if he was able to answer three questions that he would give him the house and land free. "Now" said the minister "and you ready for the questions"? "I am" said the priest. "Now the first question you will have to tell me what the world is doing and the second question is you'll have to tell me what I am worth and the third you will have to tell me what do I think in my mind. The priest went home and told his mother what the minister said and he had a brother in the house who was a half fool and he was listening to all. So when the day came to answer the questions the priest said "I won't go." I couldn't answer any

When a cat sits with her back to the fire it is a sign of rain and wind
When you see crows sitting on ditches it is a sign of snow
Soot falling down chimneys is a sign of rain.
When you see the sun going down pale it is a sign of rain.
If you see a frog changing its colours from yellow to brown it is a sign of rain.
When crows are seen flying high up and low down it is a sign of wind.
When the snow bird is seen and heard chirping like a chicken it is a sign of snow
Black clouds are a sign of rain
When the black hog [?] going to sea it is a sign of rain. If it goes to the mountain it is a sign of fine weather.
If the wild geese go to the mountains it is a sign of frost.
When you see a black ring round the moon it is a sign of rain.
Two sharp horns on the moon are a sign of rain.
Wind whistling through the keyhole is a sign of rain.

One day Mr. Cheevers was hunting some place in his property, with his men. They rose hare from his form. They ran him through the fields. There was a man digging potatoes and he had basket. The hare ran under the Basket. The man sat on it thill the hunters passed. They asked him did he [?] see a hare but he said No. Then he let the hare off. That evening the man went to bring home his white horse, but the horse was gone. He set out to look for him. He came up to a little hut in the wood. He went in and saw a young girl sitting by the fire. He asked her if she saw the horse and she said she would get the horse for him. The she told him the story of the hare, She said to him.
"You are the man who saved my Life." She thanked him and bade him sit down. After an hour two boys came in and looked at the man but she told them the whole story. She bade them go and get the horse. Then the boys got the horse and

thatched. There were very few slated houses that time. The thatch was got from corn growing in the field. There was a bed in the kitchen, it was placed beside the wall near the fireplace. The fireplace was in the corner. In thatched houses the chimney was made of mortar.
Half doors were very common in the old houses.
the fire used was wood and turf handles were made in some parts of the district.
The clothes that were used were made from flannen
The lights used were peeled rushes dipped in grease.
Some chimneys of old houses were made of clay and wattles.

One time a very poor man lived in Ireland. One day a son was born to him and he went out looking for a person to stand for his child. He met a man and the man asked him where was he going and he said "looking for a man to stand for my child." The man said "I will go with you" The man who was wanting him said "who are you, or who sent you here?" "I am one of God's men and God sent me here" said the second man. The first man said "you are not the one I want because God is not fair, he will have some people poor and more people rich." He went on another piece and he met another man he asked him who was he. The man said "I am the death." The first man said "you will do to stand for my child because you will come on the rich as well as the poor." They went home and the child was christened and they had a dinner. When the death was going the man of the house asked him to give him something to support the child. He have him a bottle and told him that any sick person he would see the death at their head, that person would do no good, and the one he would see the death at their feet to give them three drops out of the bottle and they would secured and that he would get well paid for it. He was curing a lot of people. One time there was a rich lady sick in England and they heard of the great doctor that was in Ireland and they sent for him. He went over and he saw the death at her head and told the

crossed by land. The path he made in doing this is still there. At other time, he doubled himself across the river and flooded the whole country-side.
A man with a pair of horses, who was ploughing in a field near this pool was pulled in, and was never heard of since.
The people made several attempts to shoot the fish, but did not succeed until one man made a bullet out of a two shilling piece -- that is money with a cross on it.
He fired at the fish but when he came to where the fish ought to be he could only find a big patch of slime.
The eye the man closed when taking aim never opened while he lived.

A mile from where I live there is an old lake called Loch Seadaun. The Danefort river rises there and flows on by Bullaun. A quarter of a mile to the east of Bullaun there is a deep hole with a wall all round it.
It is called "Pool na Meela" In olden times an enchanted fish used to travel backwards and forwards from this pool to the lake.
The fish was an enormous one, and the people of the district were afraid of him.
Sometimes he left the river and

put them into a bog hole.
They then cried over them. According as the sheaves would be getting rotten, Mrs. Blake would be decaying away.
The sheaves were not long in the bog hole when Mrs. Blake got sick. She was almost decayed away, when one of the tenants sons told her what they had done, and she got the sheaves lifted. She got better then, and soon after, she left the district and took up residence in England. She turned Protestant some time afterwards.
This Mrs. Blake's son is buried in [?] graveyard. He also turned Protestant in order to get a situation. He must however been reconciled to the Catholic religion before his death as he is buried in a Catholic graveyard.

There was a lady named Mrs. Blake living in Dartfield about 90 years ago. The Dartfield estate is situated 2 miles east of Danesfot school.
This Mrs. Blake evicted 32 families although they paid her the rent. In revenge for what she had done the people wanted to do away with her. So, nine women each called Mary who are traditionally known as the "Nine Marys" got nine wheaten sheaves, and

In the year 1920 a number of I.R.A. men lay in ambush on the hill of Pollaoda. They had taken up positions there. They had also a number of men in Gortnaleam School house. They had also a number of men at Barrets wood. The officers in command of the men at Pollaoda were Pat Dunleavy and Séamus Molloney. All passengers going the road were held up, and told not to return till evening, as they expected the Blackantans to pass by.
Their idea was to start the attack on them in Pollaoda and when they turned back, what remained of them would be attacked at Barrets wood. Some of the neighbours got afraid of being burned up, and went to the town and reported the ambush. The tans did not go out that day, but next day the went out in large numbers, with armor cars and machine guns. They shot a donkey belonging to John Gormely.

They all went along until the came to the sea. There was no boat. The man who was blowing wind down his nose knocked a tree. The made a boat out of the tree and crossed the sea. Now the went into the house where the girl was living. The girl's father said the Prince could not get her if did not knock all the trees on the way into the house. The man what was blowing the wind down his nose knocked all the trees. In the morning all the trees were knocked. The man of the house said that was all right.
The next tasks he gave was to clear away all the rocks that were in front of the house. The man with the iron foot soon kicked away all the rocks. The next informed the prince that he would have to get a man to [?] an old woman, who was living with himself, to the other end of the world, to a special well for a bottle of water. The man who had the one foot tied up let down that foot and set off for the water. The man who had his ear close to the ground said he was coming back from the well with the bottle of water. But he met the old woman going to the well, and she asked him to take a rest. The man sate down and the old woman put a magic pin in his hair. Soon he was asleep.
The woman was coming near home now but the man [?] was blowing wind down his nose started to blow and kept the old lady back till the man came first.
The Prince and the girl got married and lived very happy ever afterwards.

One day a young Prince was out shooting when there was snow on the ground. He shot a pheasant and the blood fell on the snow. He said that he would never marry any girl if she had not cheeks as red as the blood and skin as white as the snow.
A certain man was listening to him and told him to go to a woman who lived in a house nearby. This woman told him that he would have to go to the other end of the world and that he would find one there.
His father gave him money and he started off. Soon he met a man with his ear close to the ground. The prince asked him what was he doing like that. The man told him that he could hear what was going on at the other end of the world. The prince asked him to come along with him.
Next they met a man who was blowing wind down his nose. The prince asked him to come with them and he did. Before long they met a man with one foot tied up. He was minding rabbits in a field. They asked hime to come along with them. The man agreed to do so. Soon the met a man who was shooting flies. The prince asked him to come along with them; the man joined them. Last of all the met a man with iron feet. The prince said, "Come along" and he did.

There is a piece of ground called Lisín. People are buried there - a village schoolmaster and his wife called Tóner or Tónra. The [?] of the school can be seen near where they are buried. The [?] of the graves is never tilled. It is enclosed by a bank of earth.
Close to this on Own Kane's land there is a sandpit. A girl called Mac Manamon is buried in it. She was dead three days before she was found.
There is a man buried in "the island" of Coill Mór Lake.
There people died during the famine.
If you want a lot of butter put a coal under the churn, pull down the blind and shut the door for two minutes

is Holly Well. It is on Thomas Manton's field in Hollywell in the parish of Mullagh. People visit it every year. They go around the well on their knees and say so many Our Fathers, Hail Marys and they take (so many) a drink from the well. Long ago a girl was taking a drink from the well. She had a stye on her eye and it fell into the cup. It is said that st. Brendan rested at the well and drank from it on his way to Kildare. Every one leaves a button or some little thing after them at the well.
There is a well up in a big tree in John Coains land Coolagh. People visit it in the month of May. It was on the ground under the tree at first. The land belonged to a Protestant at that time and he didn't like the people to be walking on his grass going to visit the well. Se he made a drain to take away the water but the water went up into the tree and the well is in the tree ever since.
There is a well in Killoran called Toberoraun. People used to visit it some time ago. It is in Mickael Donohue's land. It never runs dry and it contains the best water to be found.

is on herb which has a white flower. It is a cure for a burn, a sprain or Rumathism. It is used by boiling the root ab polticing the effected part with it. Foxes Tongue's are long green leaves which grow in an old ditch. It is a healing leaf for boils and sores.
Heather is a plant which grows in the bog and it has a small blue flower. It is used for dying.

The nettle, dockleacve, [?] and cockles are harmful because they spread and destroy the land. Lambs-quarter and chicken-weed are harmful because they take the food from the crop.
There is a story told about the lambs-quarter. There is a black spot on each leaf and it is said that a drop of our Savior's blood fell on it when he was escaping from the Jews.
Clover is the sign of good land and where butter-cups grow is good land for cows, it gives them rich milk and butter. Rushes are a sign of bad land and they usually grow in a marshy place.
Glad is a plant like a flagger which is used as a cure for the mumps. This is done by tying a leaf of it around the neck three times. It is more of a charm than a cure. Company Root

A Coffin.
37. A Barrel on the strand with its two ends closed.
An Egg.
38 "Through a rock,
Through a reel,
Through an old spinning wheel,
Through a bag of pepper,
Through a horse's shin bone,
There's not such a riddle in Tyrone."
A Moth.
39. A Hundred sheep went out the gap, a hundred more followed that, six, seaven, ten, eleven, three and two, how many is that.
Five.
40. Twenty four white cattle standing in a stall one red one comes up and licks them all.
Your teeth and tongue.
41. What is the first part of a cow that goes in the door
Her breath.
42. Black and white and red all over.
A news paper.
43. What is it that always walks with its head down?
A nail in a your boot.
44. What part of a fish weighs most?
The scales.

29. A man without eyes saw plums on a tree he neither took plums nor left plums and how could that be.
He had only one eye and you couldn't say he had eyes and there were only two plums on the tree and he took one and so you couldn't say he took plums and he only left one and so you couldn't say he left plums
30. Spell frozen water in the three letters
Ice
31. A duck swam down a river. She met a flock of ducks. "Good morrow hundred ducks" says she. "We are not a hundred ducks but if we had as many more twice that again half the first number and you (and you) we would be then a hundred ducks". How many were there first?
Twenty two
32. How man sides has a pot.
Two.
33. What is deeper than the sea.
A Tailor's thimble.
34. Empty at night and full in the day.
Your shoes.
35. As round as an apple, as flat as a pan on one side a woman and on the other side man.
A penny.
36. The man that made it meant to sell it, the man that bought it never wore it, and the man that wore it never seen it.

if you go near Kitty she will bite you.
A nettle.
10. When is it right to lie down.
When you are in bed.
11. As I went up the puddley gap I met my uncle David I cut his head off and drank his blood and left his body easy.
A head of cabbage.
12. Twenty sheep went out a gap; twenty more after that the shepherd and his dog; how many feet went out the gap.
Two feet.
14. What is the oldest tree in the forest
The elder.
15. As I went up the guttery gap I met my sister Nodie; she had iron nose and silver toes and you would think she would frighten the crows.
A gun.
16. I am seen in the schools; I am red blue and black I am no good for working only when I am wet.
A pen
17. Flies high, flies low, wears boots and has none.
A football.
18. What is a door mat to a door.
A step Father.
19 In the rock, not in the stone; in the marrow

see the worm they will catch it and you can pull them up out of the water.
Slinger. It is made from a piece leather and a twine. Get a piece of leather and put a hole in it and then get two pieces of twine and tie it on the leather and you can sling a stone with it.
Flick: A flick is a little man. It is made from little laths. Get two bits of laths a quarter inch wide to make the legs and feet. Those are riveted loosely to a lat a little larger to form the body and head. about an inch from the top two lats are swinging each side. He will dance on a saw or anything supple.
[?] Box: Made out of rushes. Plait the rushes in one another and have a box on top for catching the bricin and have a long strip of rushes back out of it

Teetotum: This is made from a spool and pared on four sides. It has a letter on each side and it can be [?] played by money or sweets. [?] is to put down one, I is to take up one. N is not take up any one. A is to take all up.
Kite: Get two sticks and cross them and then get a piece of strong paper and fold it on the sticks. Then get a few pieces of paper and tie them in the middle and then tie them to the end of the kite and then when you have it made get a spool of thread and fasten it to the kite. Then you can let it flie through the air and it will remain flying as long as the thread lasts.
Fishingline: Get a long stick and a piece of cord and tie the cord to the stick. Then get a bent pin and fasten it to the cord. Then when you are going fishing get a worm and tie him to the pin. Then when the fish

Bird [?]: Builds her nest on top of high tree Ash, Sycamore or Wood tree.
Nest and Eggs:
Nest of sticks, moss, grass, hair and hay. Eggs blueish color, five in number. About three weeks to hatch.
Weather:
[?] gathering together wet weather. Flying high fine weather.
Flight:
East morning, West night, Against the wind, flys low and slowly.
Speech:
A loud cawing
Swallow: Builds her nest in a sandpit, a barn, an old wall and under a bridge.
Nest and Eggs: Nest made of clay lined with feathers. Eggs five in number. Colour blue with brown spots. Three weeks to hatch.
Weather: When she flys low sign of rain
Flight: She feeds as she flys quickly. Migrates to Africa for the Winter.
Speech: Twitter

In older times when my great grandfather lived he used to tell a story which is handed down to us. It is about a youth who was very fond of gambling and he never came home earlier than between the hours of twelve and two.
As he was coming home one night, he met a coffen carried by four men. Then he said to himself "I was lucky that there were four under it or I would have to go with them". So he hurried homewards. He remained at home for a few nights but soon became impatient and started on his rambles again. On his way home in the same place another night he met a coffin but this time it was only carried by three men. The frontman said "fall in" so he took his place and carried

One day Irish Paddy was walking down the streets of London and he was looking at the big buildings. A woman put out her head through the window and said "these are only cabins beside the ones that are down farther." "So I thought" he said "when I saw an [?] head out the window."
(and two Enlgishmen) One day an Irishman and two Englishmen were talking together. The Irishman had an ass and the Englishmen had two jennets. The Irishman went into a shop and he told the Englishmen to minds ass. The Englishmen cut the tail of the ass and when the Irishman came out he asked them what happened his ass. They said the tail fell off him. Then the two men went in and the other man cut the sides of the jennets. When they asked him what happened their jennets' he said, "they burst their sides laughing at my donkey.