School: Sraith, Magh Sheasta

On this page

1. Scéal Grinn (continued)

   

   Share Share Post

   (continued from previous page)

   it happened to be St. Martin's night. He stole the turf with the powder. When he went home he made a fire of it. Mam had the goose ready to hang over the fire. It was the custom in those days to cook a big pot of porridge with the goose. When they were just ready to sit around the fire they heard the explosion. The pot and the goose had gone all over the place and the thief got burned. The turf was never again stolen. This is a true story and it happened in the townland of Shragh about seventy years ago.

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

2. Scéal Grinn

   

   Share Share Post

   

   You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.

   Long ago there lived a man whose name was Denny Behan. He was very lazy and his mother used be always fighting with him. They were very poor and she wanted him to go and work or do something for a living. He was so lazy as that he stayed in bed till his two feet grew out through the wall. One day as a lorry was passing by the house it struck against

   (continues on next page)

   Save Cancel

   Transcription guide »

   By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.

   Topics

   1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
         1. scéalta grinn (~6,086)

   Folktales index

   AT0326: The Youth Who Wanted to Learn What Fear Is

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Cáit Ní Aichir

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   An tSraith, Co. an Chláir

   Informant

   Seán Ó hAichir

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   57

   Address

   An tSraith, Co. an Chláir