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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 a blacksmith living one time below the Sruhaon near where the blue gate is now.

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

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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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Once near Carrigogunnel, a man was out very late on his way home from a neighbour's house in which he had been playing cards.

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

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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.

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 a blacksmith living one time below the Sruhaon near where the blue gate is now.

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.

Once near Carrigogunnel, a man was out very late on his way home from a neighbour's house in which he had been playing cards.

Local Traditions - Miscellaneous

Local Traditions - Miscellaneous

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

Once a number of men, who were very fond of card-playing, sat playing cards in the big drawing room of Croom Castle.

In a certain district in Clare there lived a landlord and his five sons.

There was a man living one time on the pass between two forts.

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

Boherabassee

There are some farms and the bull that is kept on them is bound to be a rogue.

There was a man one time and it was his business to go into a certain place that was full of rats.

There is a place in Kerry called Causeway and it is full of ghost stories and folklore.

A Ghost Story

Another incident in the career of Tamáisín was that he was changed into a duck by his master who was ould Nick himself.

Once upon a time there was a boy crossing a field where there was a fort.

Not all lights are Jackie's mischief.

Other Fairy Stories of the District

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There is a very lonely stretch of road near the pass between Cork and Limerick known as Gleann-a-capaill.

Fr. Blake was out late one night.

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