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Tiobraid Árann (B.)

Abstract: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Tiobraid Árann (B.) (school) (Tipperary, Co. Tipperary), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Mícheál Ó Floinn.

Original reference: 0579/1

In collection  The Schools’ Collection : County Tipperary schools

Stories

  1. De réir cuid des na seandaoine sa bhaile seo... (p. 001)
  2. One night as Tom was coming home from the little village of Moyne... (p. 002)
  3. Some years ago a woman who had two beautiful children lived near Dundrum. (p. 003)
  4. Lord Fermoy lived by the banks of the Blackwater. (p. 004)
  5. Tom Banin was a great story teller and at night it was a usual thing to see him... (p. 005-006)
  6. There is a holy well near Kilshaine and there are many interesting stories... (p. 007)
  7. In the townland of Bohercrowe outside this town (Tipperary) there is an old well... (p. 007)
  8. There is an old dis-used road leading over the Slieve-Muc mountains... (p. 008)
  9. Long ago there lived an old miser in the village of Lattin... (p. 008-009)
  10. There is a stretch of road between the cross of Arravale... (p. 010)
  11. One night a man was coming home from work across the fields... (p. 010)
  12. Way up in the mountains near Tipperary town stands an old lake... (p. 011)
  13. Between Tipperary and Nenagh there stands a giant rock. (p. 012)
  14. Long ago when the Abbey in Tipperary was Catholic it was inhabited by... (p. 013)
  15. It was late one night began old Henry Connor... (p. 013-014)
  16. A few hundred years ago old Kerry farmer was told that he would die... (p. 015)
  17. Long ago there was a college in Lattin... (p. 016)
  18. Years ago near Clonmel there was a big potatoe garden... (p. 016)
  19. When a person dies in a house there is always a "wake" the night after he dies. (p. 017)
  20. Once when my grandfather was going to a fair he saw a big big bird... (p. 017)
  21. A few of the young from the locality of Clogheen were going out to America... (p. 018)
  22. When my mother was a young girl she was in a hay-field one day... (p. 018)
  23. Years ago near the town of Clonmel there was a big potatoe garden... (p. 019)
  24. Some years ago when my father was a young boy in county Galway... (p. 019-021)
  25. Not far from this town there stands an old fort... (p. 022)
  26. When St. Patrick was going through Munster preaching the Gospel... (p. 023)
  27. Every three years crowds of invalids flock to a holy well... (p. 023)
  28. High up in the Galtee Mountain there lies a lake which holds the last Serpent... (p. 024)
  29. Long ago, when tinkers were plentiful, a crafty tinker came to an undertakers... (p. 024-025)
  30. A strange ailment came to a young man who owned a small farm in Garryduff. (p. 026-027)
  31. One day, my grandmother, who was born and reared in the country, paid a visit to us. (p. 027-028)
  32. Not far from the Rock of Thorm there is a hill called Slieve Muc. (p. 028)
  33. Long ago, before creameries were started, the country folk made their own butter. (p. 029-030)
  34. It is a popular legend in the vicinity of Aherlow that St. Patrick... (p. 031-032)
  35. One night a man who was a stranger was going down a road for a walk... (p. 033)
  36. Is is said that this cure would cure chilblains. (p. 034)
  37. One night a poor old man was coming home along the railway... (p. 035)
  38. The man of the house was after getting out teeth and he was very sick. (p. 035)
  39. About three hundred years ago there lived a Protestant in the County Waterford... (p. 035-036)
  40. One night a man was coming home after visiting a neighbour's house. (p. 037)
  41. A man was ploughing around a moate and he kicked a piece out of it. (p. 037)
  42. A man was going home one night about one o'clock... (p. 038)
  43. A priest was seen saying Mass in a field but was only a shadow. (p. 038)
  44. A cow was dying belonging to a very poor farmer. (p. 038-039)
  45. Years and years ago it was said that a small dog was always seen at a gap by the roadside. (p. 040)
  46. It is said that if you have luck in a small house you should not build another. (p. 040-041)
  47. Many years ago there lived a woman in the Glen of Aherlow... (p. 042)
  48. Not long ago there lived a man who had three sons. (p. 042-043)
  49. Not many years ago there lived a wealthy man in Lattin about four miles from the town... (p. 043-044)
  50. Long ago there lived a wealthy Protestant in Tipperary town. (p. 044-045)
  51. One night a young man was driving home from town... (p. 045-046)
  52. Over half a century ago there lived a woman in Bishops Wood not very far from Dundrum. (p. 046-047)
  53. One morning very early a man was going to work and on his way was going to call for another man... (p. 047-048)
  54. In Spittal St. Tipperary there once stood a fever hospitable. (p. 049)
  55. One dark night a farmer's son was coming from his neighbour's house. (p. 049-050)
  56. One day an old country woman died and that night the neighbours of the district came to see the dead woman. (p. 050-051)
  57. Years ago there lived a wicked man. (p. 051)
  58. One day a man was shaving his face and all of sudden he cut off his nose. (p. 052)
  59. Long ago the people believed that if you caught a frog... (p. 052)
  60. Long ago there was a well in Tipperary called "The well of Ara"... (p. 053)
  61. If a child had the whooping cough go and look for a man with a grey horse... (p. 053)
  62. Long, long ago there lived a family in the country in which there were two boys and three girls... (p. 054)
  63. The old people believed that if you cut a cloth 12 inches long... (p. 054-055)
  64. The old people had a lot of customs... (p. 055-056)
  65. This is an old cure that old people had for curing corn. (p. 056)
  66. A crowing hen is seldom seen and the old people had a belief that if you kept one... (p. 056)
  67. Some years ago a man who had 50 fine cows... (p. 057)
  68. Damer Butler was a very rich man who lived near Emly. (p. 058)
  69. There is a moate on the land of Mr. Deveraux... (p. 059)
  70. A certain farmer who lived near the town of Tipperary had a fine garden of potatoes. (p. 060)
  71. Once when a man was out milking his cows... (p. 060-061)
  72. A travelling tailor was making clothes for a farmer's family. (p. 061-063)
  73. In the New Road at Tipperary a man heard a terrible noise at midnight. (p. 064)
  74. About two miles outside Golden there are ruins which were once called Athassal Abbey. (p. 065)
  75. Outside Tipperary town a hare used be seen. (p. 066)
  76. Year after year in a farm in the district of Tipperary... (p. 067-068)
  77. One night as two of my aunts were coming home from a certain town... (p. 069)
  78. Years ago a peasant woman had a very handsome baby of two years. (p. 070-071)
  79. One Night as Tom Banin was looking out through his window... (p. 072)
  80. Once when a rich lord was sitting on his favourite chair... (p. 073)
  81. Once upon a time there lived a man whose name was Jack Ryan. (p. 074)
  82. Many old people have old customs and this is one which I heard. (p. 075)
  83. Many years ago Brien Boru was coming home from the battle of Sologhead. (p. 075)
  84. Many years ago a woman was making her own butter when she noticed that it was not coming to the top... (p. 076)
  85. Many people believe in old stories of the past and these are some. (p. 077)
  86. There is an old custom in every town in which there is a Crib. (p. 077)
  87. Many old cures are found to be very useful and this is one. (p. 078)
  88. When any old person is dead and is laid out in a bed... (p. 078)
  89. When new houses are built and the tenents are going into them... (p. 079)
  90. If you have a blood-poisened finger... (p. 079)
  91. Many old people have old cures and they are quite simple and they are easy. (p. 080)
  92. If you go into a house where there is an old woman or an old man... (p. 080-081)
  93. Long long ago the hills of Oola were full of fairies... (p. 082)
  94. One night a boy had a dream that there was a crock of gold hid under a certain tree. (p. 082-083)
  95. This shoe-maker lived in a lonely mountain and he was very happy. (p. 083-093)
  96. Lying at the edge of Lowe's wood is one old well. (p. 084)
  97. I am not certain who told me this story but it is about a mean lepreachan... (p. 085-086)
  98. One day a priest was passing through Lowes wood... (p. 087)
  99. One night a man was coming home from Kilfeacle. (p. 087)
  100. In years gone Pettie coat loose was supposed to be possessed by the Devil... (p. 088)
  101. Old Cuss (p. 088-089)
  102. New Tipperary (p. 090)
  103. Somewhere on the farm of Mr Mc Namara in Kilfeacle... (p. 090)
  104. On the land of Mr Cavanagh an underground passage is situated. (p. 091)
  105. During the time that the Normans in Ireland... (p. 091-092)
  106. In the olden times the people had any amount of customs... (p. 094)
  107. In the olden times there used be a big hare in Ryan's field... (p. 094-095)
  108. One night my mother who lived in the Bansha Road... (p. 096)
  109. De réir cuid des na seandaoine sa bhaile seo... (p. 001)
  110. One night as Tom was coming home from the little village of Moyne... (p. 002)
  111. Some years ago a woman who had two beautiful children lived near Dundrum. (p. 003)
  112. Lord Fermoy lived by the banks of the Blackwater. (p. 004)
  113. Tom Banin was a great story teller and at night it was a usual thing to see him... (p. 005-006)
  114. There is a holy well near Kilshaine and there are many interesting stories... (p. 007)
  115. In the townland of Bohercrowe outside this town (Tipperary) there is an old well... (p. 007)
  116. There is an old dis-used road leading over the Slieve-Muc mountains... (p. 008)
  117. Long ago there lived an old miser in the village of Lattin... (p. 008-009)
  118. There is a stretch of road between the cross of Arravale... (p. 010)
  119. One night a man was coming home from work across the fields... (p. 010)
  120. Way up in the mountains near Tipperary town stands an old lake... (p. 011)
  121. Between Tipperary and Nenagh there stands a giant rock. (p. 012)
  122. Long ago when the Abbey in Tipperary was Catholic it was inhabited by... (p. 013)
  123. It was late one night began old Henry Connor... (p. 013-014)
  124. A few hundred years ago old Kerry farmer was told that he would die... (p. 015)
  125. Long ago there was a college in Lattin... (p. 016)
  126. Years ago near Clonmel there was a big potatoe garden... (p. 016)
  127. When a person dies in a house there is always a "wake" the night after he dies. (p. 017)
  128. Once when my grandfather was going to a fair he saw a big big bird... (p. 017)
  129. A few of the young from the locality of Clogheen were going out to America... (p. 018)
  130. When my mother was a young girl she was in a hay-field one day... (p. 018)
  131. Years ago near the town of Clonmel there was a big potatoe garden... (p. 019)
  132. Some years ago when my father was a young boy in county Galway... (p. 019-021)
  133. Not far from this town there stands an old fort... (p. 022)
  134. When St. Patrick was going through Munster preaching the Gospel... (p. 023)
  135. Every three years crowds of invalids flock to a holy well... (p. 023)
  136. High up in the Galtee Mountain there lies a lake which holds the last Serpent... (p. 024)
  137. Long ago, when tinkers were plentiful, a crafty tinker came to an undertakers... (p. 024-025)
  138. A strange ailment came to a young man who owned a small farm in Garryduff. (p. 026-027)
  139. One day, my grandmother, who was born and reared in the country, paid a visit to us. (p. 027-028)
  140. Not far from the Rock of Thorm there is a hill called Slieve Muc. (p. 028)
  141. Long ago, before creameries were started, the country folk made their own butter. (p. 029-030)
  142. It is a popular legend in the vicinity of Aherlow that St. Patrick... (p. 031-032)
  143. One night a man who was a stranger was going down a road for a walk... (p. 033)
  144. Is is said that this cure would cure chilblains. (p. 034)
  145. One night a poor old man was coming home along the railway... (p. 035)
  146. The man of the house was after getting out teeth and he was very sick. (p. 035)
  147. About three hundred years ago there lived a Protestant in the County Waterford... (p. 035-036)
  148. One night a man was coming home after visiting a neighbour's house. (p. 037)
  149. A man was ploughing around a moate and he kicked a piece out of it. (p. 037)
  150. A man was going home one night about one o'clock... (p. 038)
  151. A priest was seen saying Mass in a field but was only a shadow. (p. 038)
  152. A cow was dying belonging to a very poor farmer. (p. 038-039)
  153. Years and years ago it was said that a small dog was always seen at a gap by the roadside. (p. 040)
  154. It is said that if you have luck in a small house you should not build another. (p. 040-041)
  155. Many years ago there lived a woman in the Glen of Aherlow... (p. 042)
  156. Not long ago there lived a man who had three sons. (p. 042-043)
  157. Not many years ago there lived a wealthy man in Lattin about four miles from the town... (p. 043-044)
  158. Long ago there lived a wealthy Protestant in Tipperary town. (p. 044-045)
  159. One night a young man was driving home from town... (p. 045-046)
  160. Over half a century ago there lived a woman in Bishops Wood not very far from Dundrum. (p. 046-047)
  161. One morning very early a man was going to work and on his way was going to call for another man... (p. 047-048)
  162. In Spittal St. Tipperary there once stood a fever hospitable. (p. 049)
  163. One dark night a farmer's son was coming from his neighbour's house. (p. 049-050)
  164. One day an old country woman died and that night the neighbours of the district came to see the dead woman. (p. 050-051)
  165. Years ago there lived a wicked man. (p. 051)
  166. One day a man was shaving his face and all of sudden he cut off his nose. (p. 052)
  167. Long ago the people believed that if you caught a frog... (p. 052)
  168. Long ago there was a well in Tipperary called "The well of Ara"... (p. 053)
  169. If a child had the whooping cough go and look for a man with a grey horse... (p. 053)
  170. Long, long ago there lived a family in the country in which there were two boys and three girls... (p. 054)
  171. The old people believed that if you cut a cloth 12 inches long... (p. 054-055)
  172. The old people had a lot of customs... (p. 055-056)
  173. This is an old cure that old people had for curing corn. (p. 056)
  174. A crowing hen is seldom seen and the old people had a belief that if you kept one... (p. 056)
  175. Some years ago a man who had 50 fine cows... (p. 057)
  176. Damer Butler was a very rich man who lived near Emly. (p. 058)
  177. There is a moate on the land of Mr. Deveraux... (p. 059)
  178. A certain farmer who lived near the town of Tipperary had a fine garden of potatoes. (p. 060)
  179. Once when a man was out milking his cows... (p. 060-061)
  180. A travelling tailor was making clothes for a farmer's family. (p. 061-063)
  181. In the New Road at Tipperary a man heard a terrible noise at midnight. (p. 064)
  182. About two miles outside Golden there are ruins which were once called Athassal Abbey. (p. 065)
  183. Outside Tipperary town a hare used be seen. (p. 066)
  184. Year after year in a farm in the district of Tipperary... (p. 067-068)
  185. One night as two of my aunts were coming home from a certain town... (p. 069)
  186. Years ago a peasant woman had a very handsome baby of two years. (p. 070-071)
  187. One Night as Tom Banin was looking out through his window... (p. 072)
  188. Once when a rich lord was sitting on his favourite chair... (p. 073)
  189. Once upon a time there lived a man whose name was Jack Ryan. (p. 074)
  190. Many old people have old customs and this is one which I heard. (p. 075)
  191. Many years ago Brien Boru was coming home from the battle of Sologhead. (p. 075)
  192. Many years ago a woman was making her own butter when she noticed that it was not coming to the top... (p. 076)
  193. Many people believe in old stories of the past and these are some. (p. 077)
  194. There is an old custom in every town in which there is a Crib. (p. 077)
  195. Many old cures are found to be very useful and this is one. (p. 078)
  196. When any old person is dead and is laid out in a bed... (p. 078)
  197. When new houses are built and the tenents are going into them... (p. 079)
  198. If you have a blood-poisened finger... (p. 079)
  199. Many old people have old cures and they are quite simple and they are easy. (p. 080)
  200. If you go into a house where there is an old woman or an old man... (p. 080-081)
  201. Long long ago the hills of Oola were full of fairies... (p. 082)
  202. One night a boy had a dream that there was a crock of gold hid under a certain tree. (p. 082-083)
  203. This shoe-maker lived in a lonely mountain and he was very happy. (p. 083-093)
  204. Lying at the edge of Lowe's wood is one old well. (p. 084)
  205. I am not certain who told me this story but it is about a mean lepreachan... (p. 085-086)
  206. One day a priest was passing through Lowes wood... (p. 087)
  207. One night a man was coming home from Kilfeacle. (p. 087)
  208. In years gone Pettie coat loose was supposed to be possessed by the Devil... (p. 088)
  209. Old Cuss (p. 088-089)
  210. New Tipperary (p. 090)
  211. Somewhere on the farm of Mr Mc Namara in Kilfeacle... (p. 090)
  212. On the land of Mr Cavanagh an underground passage is situated. (p. 091)
  213. During the time that the Normans in Ireland... (p. 091-092)
  214. In the olden times the people had any amount of customs... (p. 094)
  215. In the olden times there used be a big hare in Ryan's field... (p. 094-095)
  216. One night my mother who lived in the Bansha Road... (p. 096)

Resource description

Origin information
Tipperary, Co. Tipperary
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 chapter (vol. 579, p. 1a-96)
Languages
English  irish  
Genre
Chapter
Subject
Folklore--Ireland--Tipperary
Manners and customs   linked data (lcsh)
Roads   linked data (lcsh)
Historic sites   linked data (lcsh)
belief   linked data (afset)
Schools   linked data (lcsh)
Death--Folklore
Ringforts   linked data (lcsh)
Patrick, Saint, 373?-463?  
legendary creatures   linked data (afset)
Chilblains   linked data (lcsh)
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
Treasure troves--Folklore
Jokes   linked data (lcsh)
Animals--Folklore
local legends   linked data (afset)
Traditional medicine   linked data (lcsh)
Whooping cough   linked data (lcsh)
Dwellings--Folklore
Agriculture   linked data (lcsh)
Folk beliefs   linked data (afset)
Land use   linked data (lcsh)
School location
Tipperary Tiobraid Árann Tipperary Clanwilliam Tipperary
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4922294
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0579/1

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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.

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