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When the Danes were in Ireland they used to make a wonderful drink called Mead.

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

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Local Traditions - Historical and Otherwise - The Last Public Hanging in Ireland

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

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The legend of how a glen, near Kilogholehane named "Gleann-a-capaill", got its name is proof that in early Christian times in Ireland the laity received the Blessed Sacrament under both species.

Story collected by a student at Cromadh (C.) school (Croom, Co. Limerick) from informant Reverend Fr Kirby.

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The Blakes and the Barrys were big people around here long ago.

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

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There was a widow one time and she had one son. He was a wild, headstrong young fellow and nothing for him but divartin' himself.

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

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Lúbánaidhe = fundamentally, a long thin rineálaidhe who has a facilty for twisting himself physically, but is now applied to a person who, tall and thin in stature, is equal to twisting his arguments to suit the circumstances of the moment.

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

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There was one of the C___s and he was stretching into a man, they knew there was something wrong with him.

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

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When I was a mere lad I used to hear of a certain spirit, and I don't think it used be called a ghost, that used make attacks, and fatal attacks, on people in a certain place whose exact location I have long since forgotten.

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

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Bonn-leac = bownlock and boinn leac = binelock, that is, a hardening of the skin ...

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

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Eels, I learn from various sources formed a staple part of the diet of the country people in this district up to about forty years ago.

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

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And when great deeds are for the telling, let there be a man from Croom to tell of the glory of cutting a seventy acre field of waving golden wheat and that in a reaper's day.

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

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"A leibide married to a laidhb" is a saying still rather common in Croom, and signifying the acme of mis-marriages.

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

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There's a cobbler in Croom and his name is John Quinn.

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

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Fragment of a Song Composed by Kelly the Poet

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

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There was a man in Fedamore one time and he could turn ivy leaves into money.

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

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A dog or a horse which occurs in your dream is a sign of a friend.

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

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St Martin's Day is the 11th of November.

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

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With regard to "thanawaulees" there is another thing that I forgot to tell you.

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

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Tugtaí - agus tugtar fós - an ainm Cill ar an áit a adhlachtaí páisdí nár baisdeadh.

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

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Excavations in the Lough Laur district (Co Lim) are presently being conducted by Dr. Seán O Riordáin, Professor of Archaeology Cork Univeristy College.

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

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When the Danes were in Ireland they used to make a wonderful drink called Mead.

Local Traditions - Historical and Otherwise - The Last Public Hanging in Ireland

The legend of how a glen, near Kilogholehane named "Gleann-a-capaill", got its name is proof that in early Christian times in Ireland the laity received the Blessed Sacrament under both species.

The Blakes and the Barrys were big people around here long ago.

There was a widow one time and she had one son. He was a wild, headstrong young fellow and nothing for him but divartin' himself.

Lúbánaidhe = fundamentally, a long thin rineálaidhe who has a facilty for twisting himself physically, but is now applied to a person who, tall and thin in stature, is equal to twisting his arguments to suit the circumstances of the moment.

There was one of the C___s and he was stretching into a man, they knew there was something wrong with him.

When I was a mere lad I used to hear of a certain spirit, and I don't think it used be called a ghost, that used make attacks, and fatal attacks, on people in a certain place whose exact location I have long since forgotten.

Bonn-leac = bownlock and boinn leac = binelock, that is, a hardening of the skin ...

Eels, I learn from various sources formed a staple part of the diet of the country people in this district up to about forty years ago.

And when great deeds are for the telling, let there be a man from Croom to tell of the glory of cutting a seventy acre field of waving golden wheat and that in a reaper's day.

"A leibide married to a laidhb" is a saying still rather common in Croom, and signifying the acme of mis-marriages.

There's a cobbler in Croom and his name is John Quinn.

Fragment of a Song Composed by Kelly the Poet

There was a man in Fedamore one time and he could turn ivy leaves into money.

A dog or a horse which occurs in your dream is a sign of a friend.

St Martin's Day is the 11th of November.

With regard to "thanawaulees" there is another thing that I forgot to tell you.

Tugtaí - agus tugtar fós - an ainm Cill ar an áit a adhlachtaí páisdí nár baisdeadh.

Excavations in the Lough Laur district (Co Lim) are presently being conducted by Dr. Seán O Riordáin, Professor of Archaeology Cork Univeristy College.

There were three brothers in company passing by a graveyard.

A child who is born after his father's death is able when grown to cure the chin-cough.

The Gobán Saor

Boherabassee

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