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Cill Beathach

Abstract: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Cill Beathach (school) (Kilbaha Middle, Co. Kerry), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Tomás Ó Ceallacháin.

Original reference: 0405/2

In collection  The Schools’ Collection : County Kerry schools

Stories

  1. One night a man near Abbeyfeale was dying. (p. 011)
  2. Long ago a man was going home from a neighbours house and when he was crossing a ditch a man put out his hand and the man said "Fág an áit sin"... (p. 011-012)
  3. Garret Stack went to confession Christmas Eve and he was to go to communion Christmas morning and the clock stopped during the night... (p. 012-013)
  4. One evening Dan Stack went into Newtown for flour with an ass and car. (p. 013-014)
  5. In some parish long ago a priest died and the bell was heard ringing a few nights after by the clerk. (p. 015)
  6. There is a well in Knockanure belonging to the Carrols and Mr Carrol dreamt that there was gold in a piece of ground coming out over the well. (p. 015-016)
  7. One day below in Mick Hanrahan's field there was a hurling match and a lorgadán came out of the ditch with a hurley... (p. 016-017)
  8. A great storm blew over this locality in the month of February 1893 (p. 017)
  9. There is a Conucaan in Mrs Ahern's place in Dirreen... (p. 018)
  10. There was a blessed well in Jim Woulfe's field and one day they washed clothes in it and that night the well changed out to Tom O'Connor field which was two fields away. (p. 018-019)
  11. There is a fort in Direen and one day Jack Shine and some others went digging it. (p. 019-020)
  12. There is a cnocán in Ned Ahearn's field in Direen. (p. 020)
  13. People usually get married during Lent. (p. 021)
  14. There was a blessed well in Jim Barrett's field and people washed clothes at the mouth of it and one day a bird came... (p. 021-022)
  15. Poll na portaigh ¶ Gort na quille... (p. 022-023)
  16. My grandmother used make candles out of the fat of cows. (p. 023-024)
  17. During shrove people generally get married. (p. 024-025)
  18. The square meadow ¶ The garden field... (p. 025)
  19. Poll buí ¶ Poll dubh... (p. 025-026)
  20. Stephen Kennelly, Leitrim, used to make baskets for carrying eggs and holding potatoes. (p. 026-027)
  21. People generally get married during Shrove. (p. 027)
  22. There was a forth in Michael Sullivan's field and about seven years ago Con cut it down. (p. 028)
  23. A great snow storm occurred in the year 1893, in the month of February. (p. 028-029)
  24. A great storm blew over this district in the month of October 1882. (p. 029-030)
  25. If a person having the chin cough drank the leavings of a ferret's milk, he would be cured. (p. 030-031)
  26. Falling soot is a sign of rain. (p. 031-032)
  27. A great snow storm occurred about forty five years ago on the eleventh of February. (p. 032-033)
  28. The longer you live the more you see. (p. 033-034)
  29. Michael Shine in Direen used make nails, he is dead about thirty years. (p. 034-035)
  30. Mr Hudson was the landlord over Upper Kilbaha and George Kitchenor was the landlord over lower Kilbaha. (p. 035-036)
  31. There was a house in Timmy Buckley's meadow and Mr Garvey was the name of the man that was living in it. (p. 036-037)
  32. People say that it is unlucky to pick flowers or throw out the ashes on May day. (p. 037-038)
  33. A great storm blew over this this district on the month of February 1907. (p. 038-039)
  34. 'Tis better be sure than sorry. (p. 040-041)
  35. If a robin came into the house. (p. 041-042)
  36. Black-tea if rubbed to sore eyes, would cure them. (p. 042-043)
  37. Necessity is the mother of invention. (p. 043-044)
  38. It is said that Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays are unlucky days to get married. (p. 044-045)
  39. Swallows when flying high are a sign of good weather. (p. 045-046)
  40. The cure for a toothache is a piece of cloth when burned and inhale it up your nose. (p. 046-047)
  41. A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. (p. 048)
  42. About a hundred years ago there lived a man by the name of Casey. (p. 048-049)
  43. There was a girl going for her milk in the evening. (p. 049-050)
  44. The following are the names of our cows. (p. 050)
  45. Tinkers we generally call the travellers that go around from house to house in our district. (p. 051)
  46. Long ago there lived a man whose name was Julian in a plot of ground now owned by James Shine. (p. 051-052)
  47. The place where unbaptised children are buried in Murhur Churchyard is at the right hand side of the yard. (p. 052-053)
  48. People often swap and sometimes one gives the other boot. (p. 053)
  49. The following are names for money. (p. 054)
  50. The name of our home district is Kilbaha. (p. 054-055)
  51. Each year in the winter time some of the potato crop is selected and stored for the coming year to plant. (p. 056)
  52. Old Sayings (p. 057)
  53. Old Crafts (p. 057-058)
  54. In planting bawn, ridges have to be made. (p. 058-059)
  55. There are many travellers in this locality and there is welcome for them always. (p. 059)
  56. Names for Money (p. 059-060)
  57. The well known birds in this locality are: the crow, magpie... (p. 060-061)
  58. Games (p. 061-062)
  59. The following are the names of wild birds: The wren, the cuckoo... (p. 063)
  60. The cuckoo comes to this country about the end of July. (p. 063-064)
  61. There was a head-school in Kilbaha and another in Shreahan. (p. 065-066)
  62. The following is a list of wild birds. (p. 066-067)
  63. Games (p. 067)
  64. Kilbaha is located in the North-East of Kerry. (p. 068)
  65. Very seldom travellers stay in this district, but they often come around begging food and clothes. (p. 068)
  66. Very often in this locality farmers plant their potatoes in ridges. (p. 068-069)
  67. The west field. The rick field... (p. 069-070)
  68. Very often potatoes are sown in drills. (p. 070)
  69. Tinkers are the names of travellers that go around this locality. (p. 071)
  70. There are 91 people and 14 servants in our district. (p. 071)
  71. There was a fair about once a forthnight long ago in Listowel. (p. 072)
  72. The following are our games for past-time: playing marbles, in Spring... (p. 072)
  73. The commoniest names of the birds are: blackbird... (p. 073)
  74. About a hundred years ago there was a hedge school in lower Dirreen. (p. 073-074)
  75. Long ago there lived a Couple whose names were Mary and John. (p. 074-077)
  76. Some time ago there lived a boy whose name was Dick Whittington. (p. 077-078)
  77. A great storm blew over this district in the year 1907 in the month of February. (p. 078-079)
  78. There was once a woman coming back from the other life. (p. 080)
  79. There was a man by the name of Patrick Brooderick, he built his house on a mass path. (p. 080-081)
  80. People generally do not get married during the month of May, August, September and October, for these are unlucky times during the year for marrying. (p. 082)
  81. There is a blessed well in Wolf's field. (p. 082-083)
  82. The travellers always come begging before a big fair. (p. 083-084)
  83. There were two shops in all Newtown long ago. (p. 084-085)
  84. When the day for planting the potatoes come we generally have a number of the neighbours. (p. 085-086)
  85. In this district Travellers are called tinkers. (p. 086)
  86. The commonest of the birds around this district are, the black bird, the thrush... (p. 087)
  87. In this district travellers are called tinkers. (p. 087-088)

Resource description

Origin information
Kilbaha Middle, Co. Kerry
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 chapter (vol. 405, p. 10-88)
Languages
English  irish  
Genre
Chapter
Subject
Folklore--Ireland--Kerry
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
Treasure troves--Folklore
Leprechauns   linked data (lcsh)
Weather--Folklore
Manners and customs   linked data (lcsh)
Rites and ceremonies   linked data (lcsh)
Candlemaking   linked data (lcsh)
Basket making   linked data (lcsh)
Frost   linked data (lcsh)
Whooping cough   linked data (lcsh)
Nail craft   linked data (lcsh)
May (Month)--Folklore
Eye--Diseases
Toothache   linked data (lcsh)
Verbal arts and literature   linked data (afset)
Agriculture   linked data (lcsh)
Irish Travellers (Nomadic people)   linked data (lcsh)
Commerce   linked data (lcsh)
Potatoes   linked data (lcsh)
Proverbs   linked data (lcsh)
Occupations   linked data (lcsh)
Recreation   linked data (lcsh)
Birds--Folklore
Animals--Folklore
Schools   linked data (lcsh)
Dwellings--Folklore
Dissenters, Religious--Legal status, laws, etc.
School location
Kilbaha Middle Cill Bheathach Mhéanach Kilbaha Middle Murher Iraghticonnor Kerry
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4613711
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0405/2

Suggested credit
"The Schools' Manuscript Collection: County Kerry schools," held by the National Folklore Collection UCD. © Digital content by University College Dublin, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <http://digital.ucd.ie/view/duchas:46137115>
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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