Eatharlach (Aherlow)

Abstract: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Eatharlach (Aherlow) (school) (Aherlow, Co. Tipperary), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Énrí Mac Eochaidh.

Original reference: 0581/2

In collection The Schools’ Collection : County Tipperary schools

  1. Dane's Rock (p. 125)
  2. Fort - Walshe's Fort (p. 125-127)
  3. Basket-Making in this District (p. 127-128)
  4. Cooper (p. 129-130)
  5. Football Match Played 50 Years Ago (p. 131-132)
  6. Holy Wells (p. 133)
  7. A Story in Connection with St Shean's Wall (p. 134)
  8. Local Embrocation or Liniment Used Specially for Sprains (p. 135)
  9. Cure for Warts (p. 135)
  10. Embrocation for Rheumatism (p. 136)
  11. Local Hedge Schools (p. 137)
  12. 1867 Attack on Local Police Barracks (p. 138-139)
  13. Tom Crowe (p. 140-141)
  14. Games Played in this District (p. 142)
  15. Story - Mr Bell and James Dillon Arlamon (p. 143-145)
  16. Signs and Superstitions (p. 146)
  17. Soup House (p. 147-149)
  18. Altar Stone or Mass Rock (p. 150)
  19. Old Graveyard (p. 151)
  20. Easter Sunday (p. 152)
  21. Prayers Heard at Home (p. 153)
  22. A Prayer (p. 153)
  23. St Stephen's Day (p. 154)
  24. Cures I Heard at Home (p. 155)
  25. Fort (p. 156)
  26. Customs Connected with St Brigid's Night (p. 157)
  27. Local Cures (p. 158-159)
  28. Hidden Treasure (p. 160)
  29. Hidden Treasure (p. 161)
  30. Riddles and Answers (p. 161-163)
  31. Hidden Treasure (p. 164-165)
  32. Riddles (p. 166)
  33. Fairy Hunt (p. 167-172)
  34. Woolen Mill in Galbally (p. 173-174)
  35. Signs and Superstitions (p. 175)
  36. Story (p. 176)
  37. Piseogs (p. 177-179)
  38. Superstitions in Card-Playing (p. 180-181)
  39. Land League (p. 182)
  40. Blessed Virgin's Well Ballylanders Co Limerick (p. 183)
  41. Turf-Cutting (p. 184)
  42. Enchanted Hare (p. 185-186)
  43. Mill in Dungrot (p. 187)
  44. Tucking Mill (p. 188)
  45. Weavers (p. 188)
  46. Death Wakes Funerals etc (p. 189-193)
  47. Match-Making (p. 194-195)
  48. Games I Play (p. 197)
  49. Follow (p. 198)
  50. Donkey (p. 199)
  51. Saint Patrick and the Snake (p. 200)
  52. Halloween (p. 201)
  53. A man named Nicholas Hill was killed for trying to grab a farm. (p. 202)
  54. Names of the Peaks on the Galtees (p. 203)
  55. Story About the Banshee (p. 204)
  56. Robert's Cross (p. 205)
  57. Names of Places - Not Townlands (p. 205-206)
  58. Sliabh na Muc (p. 207)
  59. Tyler Corcoran a Blacksmith who used to make spades and sleáns for cutting turf... (p. 208)
  60. The following family names have disappeared from the Glen... (p. 208)
  61. Wren Song (p. 209)
  62. About a hundred and forty years ago three men were hanged on our stream which divides Gurtavoher east and Gurtavoher West. (p. 210)
  63. Kyle Graveyard (p. 211)
  64. Boula (p. 212)
  65. Local Song (p. 215-214)
  66. Dane's Rock (p. 125)
  67. Fort - Walshe's Fort (p. 125-127)
  68. Basket-Making in this District (p. 127-128)
  69. Cooper (p. 129-130)
  70. Football Match Played 50 Years Ago (p. 131-132)
  71. Holy Wells (p. 133)
  72. A Story in Connection with St Shean's Wall (p. 134)
  73. Local Embrocation or Liniment Used Specially for Sprains (p. 135)
  74. Cure for Warts (p. 135)
  75. Embrocation for Rheumatism (p. 136)
  76. Local Hedge Schools (p. 137)
  77. 1867 Attack on Local Police Barracks (p. 138-139)
  78. Tom Crowe (p. 140-141)
  79. Games Played in this District (p. 142)
  80. Story - Mr Bell and James Dillon Arlamon (p. 143-145)
  81. Signs and Superstitions (p. 146)
  82. Soup House (p. 147-149)
  83. Altar Stone or Mass Rock (p. 150)
  84. Old Graveyard (p. 151)
  85. Easter Sunday (p. 152)
  86. Prayers Heard at Home (p. 153)
  87. A Prayer (p. 153)
  88. St Stephen's Day (p. 154)
  89. Cures I Heard at Home (p. 155)
  90. Fort (p. 156)
  91. Fort (p. 156)
  92. Customs Connected with St Brigid's Night (p. 157)
  93. Local Cures (p. 158-159)
  94. Hidden Treasure (p. 160)
  95. Hidden Treasure (p. 161)
  96. Riddles and Answers (p. 161-163)
  97. Hidden Treasure (p. 164-165)
  98. Riddles (p. 166)
  99. Fairy Hunt (p. 167-172)
  100. Woolen Mill in Galbally (p. 173-174)
  101. Signs and Superstitions (p. 175)
  102. Story (p. 176)
  103. Piseogs (p. 177-179)
  104. Superstitions in Card-Playing (p. 180-181)
  105. Land League (p. 182)
  106. Blessed Virgin's Well Ballylanders Co Limerick (p. 183)
  107. Turf-Cutting (p. 184)
  108. Enchanted Hare (p. 185-186)
  109. Mill in Dungrot (p. 187)
  110. Tucking Mill (p. 188)
  111. Weavers (p. 188)
  112. Death Wakes Funerals etc (p. 189-193)
  113. Match-Making (p. 194-195)
  114. Games I Play (p. 197)
  115. Follow (p. 198)
  116. Donkey (p. 199)
  117. Saint Patrick and the Snake (p. 200)
  118. Halloween (p. 201)
  119. A man named Nicholas Hill was killed for trying to grab a farm. (p. 202)
  120. Names of the Peaks on the Galtees (p. 203)
  121. Story About the Banshee (p. 204)
  122. Robert's Cross (p. 205)
  123. Names of Places - Not Townlands (p. 205-206)
  124. Sliabh na Muc (p. 207)
  125. Tyler Corcoran a Blacksmith who used to make spades and sleáns for cutting turf... (p. 208)
  126. The following family names have disappeared from the Glen... (p. 208)
  127. Wren Song (p. 209)
  128. About a hundred and forty years ago three men were hanged on our stream which divides Gurtavoher east and Gurtavoher West. (p. 210)
  129. Kyle Graveyard (p. 211)
  130. Boula (p. 212)
  131. Local Song (p. 215-214)
Origin information
Aherlow, Co. Tipperary
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 chapter (vol. 581, p. 124-215)
Languages
English  
Genre
Chapter
Subject
Folklore--Ireland--Tipperary
Ringforts   linked data (lcsh)
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
Basket making   linked data (lcsh)
Coopering   linked data (afset)
Recreation   linked data (lcsh)
Manners and customs   linked data (lcsh)
Sprains   linked data (lcsh)
Warts   linked data (lcsh)
Rheumatism   linked data (lcsh)
Schools   linked data (lcsh)
Fenians   linked data (lcsh)
Land use   linked data (lcsh)
Folk beliefs   linked data (afset)
Dissenters, Religious--Legal status, laws, etc.
Cemeteries   linked data (lcsh)
Historic sites   linked data (lcsh)
Easter   linked data (lcsh)
Prayers   linked data (lcsh)
Verbal arts and literature   linked data (afset)
Saint Stephen's Day   linked data (lcsh)
Traditional medicine   linked data (lcsh)
Saint Brigid's Day   linked data (lcsh)
Treasure troves--Folklore
Riddles   linked data (lcsh)
Dwellings--Folklore
Occupations   linked data (lcsh)
Food--Folklore
Clothing and dress   linked data (lcsh)
Textile industry   linked data (lcsh)
Death--Folklore
Marriage   linked data (lcsh)
Patrick, Saint, 373?-463?  
Halloween   linked data (lcsh)
Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852
Secret societies--Ireland
Banshees   linked data (lcsh)
local legends   linked data (afset)
legendary creatures   linked data (afset)
Smithing   linked data (afset)
Sarsfield, Patrick, Earl of Lucan, d. 1693   linked data (viaf)
Folk poetry   linked data (lcsh)
School location
AherlowEatharlachAherlowClonbegClanwilliamTipperary
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4922303
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0581/2

Suggested credit
"The Schools' Manuscript Collection: County Tipperary 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:49223035>
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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