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Abstract: Story collected by James Power, a student at Butlerstown (Kilburne) school (Butlerstown South, Co. Waterford) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0651/1/1

Flannagáin, Seán Ó [Teacher]

Ireland. Department of Arts, Culture, and the Gaeltacht [Funder]

University College Dublin [Funder]

National Folklore Foundation [Funder]
Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann [Funder]

Loading... School Butlerstown (Kilburne) [Vol. 0651, Chapter 0001]

County The Schools' Manuscript Collection : Waterford County Schools

COLLECTOR: Power, James
Gender: male

Story text TEI

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Lioses and Raths [duchas:4382095]

There is an old lios about a quarter of a mile from the school. It is situated in the centre of a marsh. This lios is the best known of all lioses in the parish.
The lios is in the shape of a saucer, round, and a hole in the middle. The lios is a high mound of earth made in the form of a circle and a trench of water surrounding it. The lios, it is said, according to old people was the residence of some old chieftain. The trench was a defence from wild animals or from an enemy. It is said that they those lioses during the Danish period to defend themselves from the Danes.

Lioses and Raths [duchas:4382106]

There is another lios in Knockeen called Lisduggan. I heard a story about a person that took sticks from a lios. When the person went home and put the sticks in the fire this person's son who was warming himself at the fire was stricken with a sickness which he succumbed to afterwards.

Resource description

Origin information: Butlerstown South, Co. Waterford
Date created: 1938-05-06
Type of Resource: text
Physical description: p. 3-4
Volume 0651
Note: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Flannagáin.
Languages: English eng
Genre: Folktale
Subject: Ringforts linked data (lcsh); Fairy forts--Ráthanna
School location: Butlerstown South Baile an Bhuitléaraigh Theas Butlerstown South Kilburne Middlethird Waterford
Story location: Butlerstown North Baile an Bhuitléaraigh Thuaidh Butlerstown North Kilburne Middlethird Waterford
: Knockeen An Cnoicín Knockeen Kilburne Middlethird Waterford
Location: https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4452437
Location: University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .
Original reference: 0651/1/1
Suggested credit: "Lioses and Raths"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4452437>
Note: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Flannagáin.
Funding: Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source: Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.