Killorglin (B.)

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

Original reference: 0435/1

In collection  The Schools’ Collection : County Kerry schools

Stories

  1. Tomhaiseanna (p. 002-005)
  2. Seanfhocail (p. 006-007)
  3. Seanfhocail (p. 008-013)
  4. Teagasc Críostaí (p. 014-017)
  5. Amadán (p. 018-020)
  6. Long ago there was a woman who was going to bed late when twelve old hags came to the door, and told her to go for water... (p. 021)
  7. There was a woman long ago who was knitting a pullover for her husband when the hags came in... (p. 021)
  8. Bhí feirmeóir ann fadó agus bhí gá líos sa bhfeírim, Aon maidin d'irigh sé ar a seacht a clóg... (p. 022)
  9. Cill Orglan (p. 022)
  10. Long ago two men were going to Tralee. They saw a man at the graveyard gate and he walked by the side of the car... (p. 023)
  11. Long ago two men went out on a field to break a big stone when they began to break it a witch appeared to them and said, "do not take that stone from that field."... (p. 024)
  12. There was a woman and a girl there long ago one day while she was working around the house the girl went down to a stream of water... (p. 024-025)
  13. Folklore (p. 026)
  14. St Gobnet was born in Bally ferriter. One night, she had a vision of a white deer and she made up her mind... (p. 026)
  15. It is black it is white and read all over... (p. 026)
  16. Long ago there was a man coming home from Tralee and he was drunk... (p. 027)
  17. There is a church over in Johnston's in Dungeel, and it is said that Ambrose Pearse is buried there, and that his grave is yet to be seen... (p. 027)
  18. Long ago an old man was coming home from Killarney when he was near Beaufort, he saw a man on the road... (p. 027)
  19. There was a woman and her baby ther long ago. The woman was sitting near the fire and she had the baby in her lap... (p. 028)
  20. There was a man there long ago, and he commited a most awful crime, So he was to be hanged... (p. 028)
  21. Cloch í seo thuas atá le feiscint... (p. 029)
  22. Long ago a man was going home from town and his brother was with him... (p. 030)
  23. A man was going out hunting with his dog, and they went into a wood... (p. 030)
  24. Long ago a man was going home from town, and it was about four o'clock in the morning. (p. 030-031)
  25. Folklore (p. 032)
  26. Folklore (p. 033)
  27. Folklore (p. 034)
  28. Folklore (p. 035)
  29. Folklore (p. 036)
  30. Folklore (p. 037)
  31. A snail climbed a ten foot pole. If he climbed three feet every day... (p. 037-038)
  32. Bhí fear ann agus bhí líos sa phairch, agus bhí chóirce ag fás ann. (p. 039)
  33. There was a man there once and there was a fort in the field and there was oats growing on it. (p. 039)
  34. There was a farmer there once and he had a fort in his field he did not like it to be there, he filled it with earth. (p. 040)
  35. On the road to our bog there is a big tall stone on the road and there is a sheep printed on it. (p. 040)
  36. Folklore (p. 041)
  37. Long ago a man was going home and he was drunk. When he reached home he went to bed, and in the middle if the night he woke up and he went out to the garden. (p. 042)
  38. Bhí féirmeoir ann fadó agus bhí féirm mhór bhréag aige... (p. 043)
  39. Tom Eager when he was working in the road to our bog a pool of blood hardend into a ball of earth and he gave it to the stured. (p. 043)
  40. There was a man and he had a dream that fairies were talking to him and they said to him to go to the fort behind his house and to dig five inches under the ground near the big stone that is in the fort. (p. 044)
  41. Folklore (p. 045)
  42. Monument in Killorglin (p. 046)
  43. Folklore (p. 047)
  44. Bhí fear ann fadó, agus bhí sé obair i dTráigh Lí. Aon oidhche amháin bhí sé ag dul abhaile ar a leath uair tar éis a haon. (p. 048)
  45. Bhí beirt buachaillí ann fadó agus cuaidh siadh isteach sa líos agus bhí blúaire cailce in a laímh... (p. 049)
  46. There was a donkey and he was very old and his Master was going to kill him so he ran away and he met a dog. (p. 050)
  47. Long ago a man was hunting with five of his sons, and they got very thirsty. The father went home, and the five sons went to a well. (p. 051)
  48. There was a man who had a crock of gold and he used to rise very early, because he was afraid before the the crock of gold would be stolen... (p. 051)

Resource description

Origin information
Killorglin, Co. Kerry
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 chapter (vol. 435, p. 1-51)
Languages
English  irish  
Genre
Chapter
Subject
Folklore--Ireland--Kerry
Proverbs   linked data (lcsh)
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
Ringforts   linked data (lcsh)
Treasure troves--Folklore
Manners and customs   linked data (lcsh)
Riddles   linked data (lcsh)
Clothing and dress   linked data (lcsh)
Historic sites   linked data (lcsh)
Jokes   linked data (lcsh)
Land use   linked data (lcsh)
Dissenters, Religious--Legal status, laws, etc.
Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852
School location
Killorglin Cill Orglan Killorglin Killorglin Trughanacmy Kerry
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4687716
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0435/1

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:46877165>
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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