Camross, Mountrath

Abstract: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Camross, Mountrath (school) (Camross, Co. Laois), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Pádraig Ó Heifernáin.

Original reference: 0826/4

In collection The Schools’ Collection : Laois county schools

  1. Once upon a time there lived an old man... (p. 293)
  2. There is a house not far from Roscrea. ... (p. 293-294)
  3. One evening a little girl was going home from school. ... (p. 295)
  4. There was a man coming home from town. ... (p. 295)
  5. I shall never forget the night myself and my comrade went to a wake... (p. 296-297)
  6. This was an old fellow named Dennie... (p. 297-298)
  7. Saturday's Moon (p. 298)
  8. John Breen found a key in his field... (p. 298-299)
  9. I often heard the Mrs talk about a little old man... (p. 299-300)
  10. Worm's Knot (p. 300)
  11. Saying Here: Paying back ... (p. 300)
  12. Johnny Carroll Shrahane & Ned Cordial were rambling... (p. 301)
  13. I shall never forget the day I was first... (p. 301-303)
  14. When the English were in Ireland there... (p. 303-305)
  15. Fame Delour (p. 306-308)
  16. Cure for Toothache (p. 309)
  17. Long ago there lived a king. ... (p. 309-310)
  18. Long ago there lived a Protestant man. ... (p. 310-311)
  19. Once there was a man who had a house... (p. 311)
  20. Once there was a man. ... (p. 311-312)
  21. There was a rich farmer... (p. 312-315)
  22. There was a man one time... (p. 316)
  23. One night a man was coming home from... (p. 316)
  24. One day an old woman went to the door of a house. ... (p. 317)
  25. Long ago there was a house... (p. 317-318)
  26. One a night a man was coming home... (p. 319)
  27. Once there was a doctor. ... (p. 319)
  28. Some years ago an old woman... (p. 320)
  29. I know a very stout rambler. ... (p. 320-321)
  30. Once there was a priest... (p. 322)
  31. There was a rabbit trapper... (p. 322)
  32. Jack Hooley was once going into the town. ... (p. 323)
  33. Once upon a time a man named Jack Hooley... (p. 323)
  34. One night a man was coming home from a fair... (p. 324)
  35. One night a man was coming up by Longford. ... (p. 324)
  36. One night a man was coming from Mountrath. ... (p. 324)
  37. One time a man was going home through... (p. 325)
  38. One night a man was going home... (p. 325)
  39. One time a man Jimmy Maher... (p. 326)
  40. There is an old Gentleman's estate by the name of... (p. 326-327)
  41. A man was going across the mountain... (p. 328)
  42. A man was going home from rambling and... (p. 328)
  43. Long long ago when the Danes were travelling... (p. 328)
  44. In the Land League times... (p. 329)
  45. Once upon a time when Rody Phelan of... (p. 329)
  46. There is a light that comes up and down the road every night. ... (p. 330)
  47. There was once a woman named Mrs Stanley who went to... (p. 330)
  48. After Cromwell's war in Ireland... (p. 331)
  49. There was a copper pot found in... (p. 332)
  50. One night a man was coming home from rambling. ... (p. 332)
  51. One night a man was coming home from rambling. ... (p. 333)
  52. One night a man was coming home from a fair. ... (p. 333)
  53. One evening a man was coming home from working. ... (p. 334)
  54. One night a man was coming home from town. ... (p. 334)
  55. One night a man was coming from working. ... (p. 335)
  56. There was once a man who used to stay up late at night. ... (p. 335)
  57. One night a man was minding a sick cow... (p. 336)
  58. One night a man was in a house rambling. ... (p. 336)
  59. There was once a boy who was very wild. ... (p. 337)
  60. Once upon a time there was a man who had always a deck of cards... (p. 337)
  61. Once upon a time there was a Priest living in Camross Parish... (p. 338)
  62. Once upon a time a man was going home from rambling. ... (p. 338)
  63. When St. Molua of Kyle died, the people got a coffin... (p. 339)
  64. When St. Molua of Kyle was a young man... (p. 339)
  65. Once a man was killed in Cranagh and after that... (p. 340)
  66. Once upon a time there was a man shot in Ballaghmore. ... (p. 340)
  67. Once upon a time there was a family of people living in Caher. ... (p. 341)
  68. There is a house in Caher and there is a... (p. 341)
  69. Once upon a time there was a family of people living in Windsor. ... (p. 342)
  70. Once upon a time there was a man coming home from Coolrain. ... (p. 342)
  71. Once upon a time a man was coming home from Coolrain. .... (p. 342)
  72. Once upon a time a man was ploughing near a wood... (p. 343)
  73. Once upon a time a man named Mr. Hyde was herding his cattle... (p. 343)
  74. Once there was a man living in Mount Salem. ... (p. 344)
  75. Once upon a time a lot of men were in a house playing cards. ... (p. 344-345)
  76. Long long ago there was a rath on Phelan's land... (p. 346)
  77. Once upon a time a crowd of men started to play cards. ... (p. 346)
  78. Long long ago there was an old Catholic Church in Brooklawn. ... (p. 347)
  79. Once upon a time a Protestant man went for a Priest... (p. 347)
  80. Once upon a time there was a lot of people waiting to kill a Priest. ... (p. 348)
  81. There was a man coming home from rambling one night. ... (p. 348)
  82. There were people living in Ireland named Despart. ... (p. 349)
  83. One day a little girl was coming home from school. ... (p. 350)
  84. One night a man was coming home from a fair. ... (p. 350)
  85. Once upon a time a man was getting up early... (p. 351)
  86. One night a woman was coming home late from the shop. ... (p. 351)
  87. There was once a priest with two hounds... (p. 352)
  88. St. Augustine was always trying to solve the mystery of the Trinity. ... (p. 353)
  89. John Breen (72) was rambling at Tim Dooley's Derries on the night of... (p. 354)
  90. He was a great "bárrseach"... (p. 355)
  91. One time a mouse got into a brewery and once fell into a vat of beer. ... (p. 355)
  92. A Cock once up on a branch of a tree. ... (p. 356)
  93. A woman of Camross was once complaining that... (p. 357)
  94. The old Irish of Leix... (p. 357)
  95. One day a fly lit on a bulls' horn. ... (p. 358)
  96. Curds of milk and lime... (p. 358)
  97. I shall never forget the night I spent listening to three famed story tellers... (p. 359-362)
  98. Brave Boys of Upperwoods (p. 363-366)
  99. Work According to the Month on a Leix Farm (p. 367-369)
  100. Description of Con Delaney's Rosnaclonan (p. 370-371)
  101. Stock on Con Delaney's Farm (p. 372)
  102. Stock on Jim Kilmartin - Derries - Camross (p. 373)
  103. Indoor List (p. 374)
  104. Indoor List (p. 375)
  105. There is a thatched house in Ballinrally... (p. 376)
  106. Work on the Farm (p. 377)
  107. How Turf is Cut in Camross (p. 377-378)
  108. Description of Mrs Coady's House - Rosnaclonan (p. 379-380)
  109. Patsy Ryan Ballyvoneen Pallasgreen Co.Limerick was one day coming from Mass... (p. 381)
  110. There is a rath on Dick Phelan's land of Tourthane. ... (p. 382)
  111. Long long ago there was a chapel in Brooklawn. ... (p. 382)
  112. Long long ago there was a pot of gold in... (p. 383)
  113. Once upon a time a woman was living in... (p. 383)
  114. One night a man was at a fair. ... (p. 384)
  115. Once upon a time there lived a family on ground called the Fairies ground. ... (p. 384)
  116. One night a man was at a wake. ... (p. 385)
  117. Once upon a time there lived a man. ... (p. 385-386)
  118. Once upon a time two men were coming home from rambling. ... (p. 387)
  119. Once upon a time there was a woman working in a shop. ... (p. 388)
  120. Once upon a time two people were living in Shrahane... (p. 389)
  121. There was once a very rich lady who was blessed with... (p. 389-390)
  122. Pat O'Donnell (p. 391-393)
  123. Once upon a time there lived a woman who had one daughter. ... (p. 394)
  124. One night a priest got a call to go to a man who was dying. ... (p. 395)
  125. At one time the fairs used to be very early in the morning. ... (p. 395-396)
  126. One night a man went to a dance. ... (p. 397)
  127. A few miles outside Roscrea there is a big house. ... (p. 397-398)
  128. One there lived a man whose brother was dead. ... (p. 398-399)
  129. Once there lived three people in a house in Loughmore... (p. 399-400)
  130. There was once a man who was living by himself. ... (p. 400-401)
  131. Long ago there was a witch living somewhere... (p. 401-402)
  132. Grissit (p. 402-403)
  133. There was a man coming home from rambling... (p. 403)
  134. Obair an Fheirmeora i gCamros (p. 404)
  135. One time there was a man going home late... (p. 405)
  136. One time there was a girl who was working in a great business shop. ... (p. 405-406)
  137. It is unlucky to cut your nails of a Friday or Sunday. ... (p. 406-407)
  138. Birds of feather flocks together. ... (p. 407)
  139. To dream of the dead is a sign of a letter from the living. ... (p. 407)
  140. Once there lived a man and he was married. ... (p. 407-408)
  141. A man found a pot of Gold in Garryduff... (p. 409)
  142. There were two brothers living together. ... (p. 409)
  143. Once when my Grandfather was working in... (p. 410)
  144. We have a hatchet at home. ... (p. 410)
  145. A long long time ago there was an old thatched house in Bacca. ... (p. 411)
  146. My father has a slane at home. ... (p. 411)
  147. Churn (p. 412)
  148. Churn (p. 413-414)
  149. Long ago there lived a saint in Kyle. ... (p. 415)
  150. One night a man was going home from rambling. ... (p. 416)
  151. Once upon a time a man was shot named Cally. ... (p. 416-417)
  152. Scythe (p. 418)
  153. Long ago there were people who lived at the end of the lane... (p. 418)
  154. Long long ago there was a land League meeting in Borris-in-Ossory. ... (p. 419)
  155. One time there lived a miller. ... (p. 419-421)
  156. Killeen (p. 421-422)
  157. Song (p. 423-424)
  158. Rounders (p. 426)
  159. Rounders - Played in County Limerick (p. 427)
  160. Game (p. 428)
  161. Game of Marbles (p. 429)
  162. There was once a girl who had a lot of money. ... (p. 430)
  163. One night a man was coming home from rambling. ... (p. 431)
  164. There was once a girl who had a lot of money. ... (p. 431)
  165. One night a man was coming home rambling. ... (p. 432)
  166. Once upon a time there lived two men in the mountain. ... (p. 433)
  167. One day a man was coming home from town. ... (p. 434)
  168. One night two girls were coming home from their grandmother's. ... (p. 435)
  169. One night a man was coming home from a fair. ... (p. 435)
  170. Two hundred and nine years ago... (p. 436)
  171. One night a priest got a sick call. ... (p. 436)
  172. Once there was a man coming home from a fair which was in Roscrea. ... (p. 437)
  173. Once upon a time there lived a man in Mundrehid. ... (p. 438)
  174. There was once a woman and her husband. ... (p. 439)
  175. There is a bridge near Hamiltons of Roundwood. ... (p. 440)
  176. One night there was woman coming home very late... (p. 441)
  177. One night a man was coming home from Killinure... (p. 441)
  178. Long long ago the people around used to go to the castle... (p. 442)
  179. In the County Tipperary there lived a priest who appealed to his... (p. 442)
  180. One Autumn evening years ago a person was walking around... (p. 443)
  181. A Lorry load of people came from Templemore to dig for gold at... (p. 443)
  182. Song (p. 444-446)
  183. One night a man was going home from rambling. ... (p. 447)
  184. Once upon a time there lived a man in Ballaghmore. ... (p. 448-449)
  185. Stock on a Leix Farm (p. 450)
  186. Last Verse of Plains of Aghaboe (p. 451)
  187. When the cock crows three times... (p. 451)
  188. Plains of Aghaboe - Achadh Dá Bhó (p. 452-453)
  189. Brosna's Banks (p. 454-455)
  190. In Pratt's yard in Camross there is a... (p. 456-457)
  191. Signs of Storm (p. 458)
  192. There is more in your head than... (p. 458)
  193. Up here in the mountain... (p. 458)
  194. Toast (p. 459)
Origin information
Camross, Co. Laois
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 chapter (vol. 826, p. 291-459)
Languages
English  
Genre
Chapter
Subject
Folklore--Ireland--Laois (Ireland)
Supernatural beings   linked data (afset)
Verbal arts and literature   linked data (afset)
Treasure troves--Folklore
Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852
Schools   linked data (lcsh)
Traditional medicine   linked data (lcsh)
Dissenters, Religious--Legal status, laws, etc.
Jokes   linked data (lcsh)
   linked data (viaf)
Manners and customs   linked data (lcsh)
Ringforts   linked data (lcsh)
Religion   linked data (lcsh)
Agriculture   linked data (lcsh)
Historic sites   linked data (lcsh)
Giants--Folklore
Recreation   linked data (lcsh)
Roads   linked data (lcsh)
Folk poetry   linked data (lcsh)
Folk beliefs   linked data (afset)
Weather--Folklore
School location
CamrossCamrosCamrossOfferlaneUpperwoodsLaois
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4769999
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0826/4

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"The Schools' Manuscript Collection: Laois county 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:47699995>
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.
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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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