Cluain Meacan

Abstract: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Cluain Meacan (school) (Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Liam Ó Catháin.

Original reference: 0407/1

In collection The Schools’ Collection : County Kerry schools

  1. Reilig i gCluain Tiobrad (p. 001)
  2. Currach na Teine (p. 002-003)
  3. A man lived in Listowel once and he did not believe in the true religion. (p. 004)
  4. I know a man by the name of Jim Twomey and he is the best mower in Dromin. (p. 004-005)
  5. Another Funny Story (p. 005-006)
  6. Ghost Story (p. 006-007)
  7. Funny Story (p. 007-008)
  8. Accident (p. 008-009)
  9. Up to thirty years ago when the races would be on in the Island in Listowel there would be five or six tents made of rough poles and sacks. (p. 009-010)
  10. Hidden Treasure (p. 011)
  11. Hidden Treasure (p. 012-013)
  12. Hidden Treasure (p. 014)
  13. Hidden Treasure (p. 015)
  14. Hidden Treasure (p. 016)
  15. Hidden Treasure (p. 017)
  16. Hidden Treasure (p. 018-019)
  17. Riddles (p. 020-026)
  18. Weather Signs (p. 027)
  19. Cures (p. 028-031)
  20. Local Heroes (p. 032)
  21. Local Heroes (p. 033)
  22. Local Heroes (p. 034)
  23. Local Heroes (p. 034-035)
  24. Local Heroes (p. 035-036)
  25. Local Heroes (p. 036-037)
  26. Local Heroes (p. 037-038)
  27. Local Heroes (p. 039)
  28. Local Heroes (p. 040)
  29. Marriage Customs (p. 041-042)
  30. Marriage Customs (p. 042-043)
  31. Marriage Customs (p. 043-044)
  32. Sayings Concerning Marriage (p. 045)
  33. Births (p. 045)
  34. Sneezing (p. 046)
  35. There was an old woman rolled up in a blanket. (p. 046)
  36. Local Athletes (p. 047)
  37. Great Artist (p. 048)
  38. Games (p. 049)
  39. Games we play at school (p. 049-052)
  40. Famous Heroes (p. 053-054)
  41. Tralling Folk (p. 054-055)
  42. Proverbs (p. 056-057)
  43. Homemade Toys (p. 058-059)
  44. We get rushes and make chairs out of them. (p. 060)
  45. Travelling Folk (p. 060-061)
  46. Fairy Forts (p. 062)
  47. Fairy Forts (p. 063-064)
  48. Story (p. 064-065)
  49. Fairy Forts (p. 065-066)
  50. Fairy Forts (p. 066-067)
  51. Fairy Forts (p. 067-068)
  52. Fairy Forts (p. 068-069)
  53. Old Schools (p. 070)
  54. Old Schools (p. 070-071)
  55. Old Schools (p. 072)
  56. Old Schools (p. 073)
  57. Local Place Names (p. 074)
  58. Local Place Names (p. 075)
  59. Local Place Names (p. 075-076)
  60. Local Place Names (p. 077)
  61. Local Place Names (p. 078)
  62. Local Place Names (p. 079-080)
  63. Local Place Names (p. 081)
  64. On one occasion Blakeney Kitchener had no one living with him but a servant girl. (p. 082)
  65. Holy Wells (p. 083)
  66. Holy Wells (p. 084-085)
  67. Old Houses (p. 086)
  68. Penal Days (p. 087)
  69. Penal Days (p. 087-088)
  70. Penal Days (p. 088-089)
  71. Penal Days (p. 089-090)
  72. Fairy Story (p. 091-092)
  73. Funny Story (p. 092-093)
  74. It is said that an old witch lived in Bedford long ago. (p. 093)
  75. Lore of Certain Days (p. 094-095)
  76. Long ago a man by the name of Martin Kennelly was coming was coming home from town one night. (p. 096)
  77. Local Roads (p. 097)
  78. Long ago there were gentlemen in North Kerry who used to keep greyhounds for hunting at this time hares were very scarce there was a little boy living with his mother at the edge of a mountain. (p. 098-099)
  79. Story (p. 100)
  80. Story (p. 101)
  81. Stories of Leprechauns and Witches (p. 102)
  82. Stories of Leprechauns and Witches (p. 102-103)
  83. Stories of Leprechauns and Witches (p. 103-104)
  84. Stories of Leprechauns and Witches (p. 104-105)
  85. Famine (p. 106)
  86. Famine (p. 107-108)
  87. Famine (p. 108-109)
  88. One night there was a man coming from a dance about twelve o' clock. (p. 110-111)
  89. Long ago there was a chief in Ireland, and he owned an estate in Ireland. (p. 111-112)
  90. Bird-Lore (p. 113-114)
  91. There was a man named Hayes working at Bill Connor's and he cut down trees out of the fort and every morning they used see a cow dead at a gap near the fort. (p. 115)
  92. Once upon a time a landlord lived in Derry (p. 115-116)
  93. Land Agitation (p. 117-118)
  94. Saint Stephen's day falls on the 26th of December every year. (p. 119)
  95. Once upon a time a piper lived in Clountubrid, all the people used give him food, and let him stay at their house during the winter. (p. 120)
  96. Long ago there was a man and it used be said he had witch-craft. (p. 120-121)
  97. Long ago there lived a man and they used to call him Jack the Ghost killer he was he was a brave man and he used not be afraid of any fairies. (p. 121-122)
  98. Long ago there was a great lot of witchcraft in the people. (p. 123-124)
  99. Long ago about sixty years ago there was a man by the name of Gorgie Sands living in Newtown. (p. 124-125)
  100. At one time there was a ghost haunting an old building and if anybody come near the ghost would appear and the people used fly in terror. (p. 125)
  101. Long ago there were two farming women living in a townland. (p. 126-127)
  102. Once there was a man named Jack the spirit killer. (p. 128-130)
  103. Not long ago a little girl was going home from school on May Eve. (p. 130-131)
  104. One night a man was coming home from a wake. (p. 131-132)
  105. Long ago there was a man named Michael Driscoll who was a workman of old Raymonds in Dromin about a mile from Listowel. (p. 133-134)
  106. Long ago there was a girl going to school through through the fields. (p. 135)
  107. Long ago there was a very cruel king in Ireland. (p. 136-137)
  108. There was a man coming up Dromin one night and he heard a cry and terrible noise in the wood... (p. 138)
  109. There was once a priest; that lived in Kilbaha. (p. 139)
  110. Once upon a time there was an old woman who very ill and was in danger of death. (p. 140-141)
  111. Long ago there was a great lot of Witch craft, and the old people used to call it pishoges. (p. 142-143)
  112. In olden times during the winter months it was a great practice for men to go out at night torching for birds while they were asleep in the hedges. (p. 143-144)
  113. There is a fort in this neighbourhood which was famous some years ago for events taking place in it. (p. 145)
  114. A man named Dillon was returning from Listowel one night. (p. 146-147)
  115. Long ago in the bad times there was a lady in Listowel named Mrs Sheaver. (p. 147-148)
  116. Two boys went hunting rabbits one night. (p. 148-149)
  117. There was a woman and her son living in a cottage and they were very poor. (p. 150)
  118. Once upon a time there lived a man in Dirra and his name was Mc Connor and he was all devilment. (p. 151)
  119. At a certain cross road every night a woman used be dressed in white and used be seen. (p. 152)
  120. Once upon a time there was a servant girl in a farmer's house. (p. 153)
  121. Strange Animals (p. 154)
  122. Once upon a time a man was coming home from a gambling house. (p. 155)
  123. One day a man went to Banna strand near Tralee for a load of sand. (p. 155-156)
  124. I live in Clounmacon, three miles outside Listowel. (p. 156-157)
  125. About a hundred years ago there lived about two miles beyond. (p. 157-158)
  126. Long ago a man by the name of Jim Doyle was coming home from mowing in Bonk's field near Raymonds in Dromin. (p. 158-159)
  127. Long ago a man by the name of Thomas Daly was cutting hay in a meadow near Caherdown. (p. 160-161)
  128. Over 200 years ago it being about the penal times there lived a Catholic family about a mile outside Dublin. (p. 161-163)
  129. Once upon a time a man named Martin Beggins lived in a poor derelict place. (p. 163-164)
Origin information
Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 chapter (vol. 407, p. 1a-164)
Languages
English  irish  
Genre
Chapter
Subject
Folklore--Ireland--Kerry
Historic sites   linked data (lcsh)
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
Dissenters, Religious--Legal status, laws, etc.
Jokes   linked data (lcsh)
Poverty--Ireland
Recreation   linked data (lcsh)
Treasure troves--Folklore
Riddles   linked data (lcsh)
Weather--Folklore
Traditional medicine   linked data (lcsh)
Marriage   linked data (lcsh)
Childbirth--Folklore
Proverbs   linked data (lcsh)
Toys   linked data (lcsh)
Irish Travellers (Nomadic people)   linked data (lcsh)
Ringforts   linked data (lcsh)
Schools   linked data (lcsh)
Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852
local legends   linked data (afset)
Secret societies--Ireland
Manners and customs   linked data (lcsh)
Dwellings--Folklore
Roads   linked data (lcsh)
Agriculture   linked data (lcsh)
Leprechauns   linked data (lcsh)
Birds--Folklore
Land use   linked data (lcsh)
Saint Stephen's Day   linked data (lcsh)
School location
CloonmackonCluain Mhic CuinnCloonmackonListowelIraghticonnorKerry
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4613719
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0407/1

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:46137195>
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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