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An Stiogán

Story collected by Dáithí Ó Ceanntabhail, a student at Cromadh (B.) school (Croom, Co. Limerick) (no informant identified).

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There was a man from the Ballycahan side coming home from Limerick one night.

Story collected by Joseph O Farrell, a student at Cromadh (B.) school (Croom, Co. Limerick) from informant an unidentified informant.

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How a Plumb Bob was Made

Story collected by a student at Cromadh (B.) school (Croom, Co. Limerick) from informant Denis Sheehan.

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Local Traditions - Historical and Otherwise

Story collected by Daithí O Ceanntabhail, a student at Cromadh (B.) school (Croom, Co. Limerick) (no informant identified).

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There was a cooper where Manister chapel is now, a cooper in Yellowtown, twas Parkaree that time, three coopers at Coolavincin, and three coopers in Carnane but I never heard of one in Moinéar a-hille.

Story collected by a student at Cromadh (B.) school (Croom, Co. Limerick) from informant Patsy Kennedy.

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Béaloideas

Story collected by M. O' D., a student at Cromadh (B.) school (Croom, Co. Limerick) (no informant identified).

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"Croom House", which has had various stages of enlargement, reconstruction and renovation, since it was first occupied by a Lyons before the middle of the eighteenth century has, within the past fortnight - on Sept 1st 1936 - passed into the possession, on a three years lease, of a Major Waller.

Story collected by a student at Cromadh (B.) school (Croom, Co. Limerick) from informant Miss M. O Connell.

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Láithreachán = a smooth level place, a threshing floor.

Story collected by Gearoid O h Aodha, a student at Cromadh (B.) school (Croom, Co. Limerick) from informant an unidentified informant.

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There was a certain man in Manister and he used beat the pishogues.

Story collected by a student at Cromadh (B.) school (Croom, Co. Limerick) (no informant identified).

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Trades and Crafts in Croom in Olden Days

Story collected by Daithí O Ceanntabhail, a student at Cromadh (B.) school (Croom, Co. Limerick) from informant Johnnie Connors.

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Fee, faw, fum, I smell the blood of an Irishman's son.

Story collected by a student at Cromadh (B.) school (Croom, Co. Limerick) (no informant identified).

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Local Traditions - Historical and Otherwise

Story collected by Micheál O h Artagáin, a student at Cromadh (B.) school (Croom, Co. Limerick) (no informant identified).

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Local Traditions - Historical and Otherwise

Story collected by Daithí O Ceanntabhail, a student at Cromadh (B.) school (Croom, Co. Limerick) (no informant identified).

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There was a man one time and he used be out late every night.

Story collected by Michael O Hartigan, a student at Cromadh (B.) school (Croom, Co. Limerick) (no informant identified).

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Local Traditions - Historical and Otherwise

Story collected by Micheál O h Artagáin, a student at Cromadh (B.) school (Croom, Co. Limerick) (no informant identified).

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A cure for bald patches on the head is to make a cap of ivy-leaves by stitching them together (in cap formation) and wearing them.

Story collected by a student at Cromadh (B.) school (Croom, Co. Limerick) from informant Miss Manning.

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An Stiogán

There was a man from the Ballycahan side coming home from Limerick one night.

How a Plumb Bob was Made

Local Traditions - Historical and Otherwise

There was a cooper where Manister chapel is now, a cooper in Yellowtown, twas Parkaree that time, three coopers at Coolavincin, and three coopers in Carnane but I never heard of one in Moinéar a-hille.

Béaloideas

"Croom House", which has had various stages of enlargement, reconstruction and renovation, since it was first occupied by a Lyons before the middle of the eighteenth century has, within the past fortnight - on Sept 1st 1936 - passed into the possession, on a three years lease, of a Major Waller.

Láithreachán = a smooth level place, a threshing floor.

There was a certain man in Manister and he used beat the pishogues.

Trades and Crafts in Croom in Olden Days

Fee, faw, fum, I smell the blood of an Irishman's son.

Local Traditions - Historical and Otherwise

Local Traditions - Historical and Otherwise

There was a man one time and he used be out late every night.

Local Traditions - Historical and Otherwise

A cure for bald patches on the head is to make a cap of ivy-leaves by stitching them together (in cap formation) and wearing them.

Sketch - actual size - of iron hay fork in use in this district from 80 to 100 years ago.

Side view - actual size - of harness-maker's "crease".

Trades and Crafts etc.

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