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Gleannach (Glenough)

A collection of folklore and local history stories from Gleannach (Glenough) (school) (Glenough Lower, Co. Tipperary), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Bean Uí Bhreasail.

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Some years ago there lived a family named Bradshaw.

Story collected by a student at Gleannach (Glenough) school (Glenough Lower, Co. Tipperary) (no informant identified).

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We may live without poetry, music and art.

Story collected by a student at Gleannach (Glenough) school (Glenough Lower, Co. Tipperary) (no informant identified).

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There was a house in Upperchurch and it was haunted.

Story collected by a student at Gleannach (Glenough) school (Glenough Lower, Co. Tipperary) (no informant identified).

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In olden days in Shrove-time parties about to be married started to matchmake in the following way.

Story collected by a student at Gleannach (Glenough) school (Glenough Lower, Co. Tipperary) (no informant identified).

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Once upon a time a man and his wife were living in a haunted house.

Story collected by a student at Gleannach (Glenough) school (Glenough Lower, Co. Tipperary) (no informant identified).

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Once upon a time there was a little girl coming home from school.

Story collected by a student at Gleannach (Glenough) school (Glenough Lower, Co. Tipperary) (no informant identified).

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There is a rath near the village of Hollyford and it is said that there is gold hidden in it and there were soldiers minding in the old times.

Story collected by a student at Gleannach (Glenough) school (Glenough Lower, Co. Tipperary) (no informant identified).

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Once upon a time a woman went to a well to work a pisheog on a May morning (1st of May).

Story collected by a student at Gleannach (Glenough) school (Glenough Lower, Co. Tipperary) (no informant identified).

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One evening in the spring of a certain year, two youths went for a walk.

Story collected by a student at Gleannach (Glenough) school (Glenough Lower, Co. Tipperary) (no informant identified).

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There was a house in Hollyford and it was haunted.

Story collected by a student at Gleannach (Glenough) school (Glenough Lower, Co. Tipperary) (no informant identified).

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There was a man living in Hollyford and one morning he went for the cows he saw a man walking though the field towards the cows.

Story collected by a student at Gleannach (Glenough) school (Glenough Lower, Co. Tipperary) (no informant identified).

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There was a great weight-thrower in the parish of Cappawhite some few years ago.

Story collected by a student at Gleannach (Glenough) school (Glenough Lower, Co. Tipperary) (no informant identified).

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On the main Dublin-Limerick road about eighteen miles from Thurles and five from Newport stands a large circular fort.

Story collected by a student at Gleannach (Glenough) school (Glenough Lower, Co. Tipperary) (no informant identified).

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People usually get married in Shrove.

Story collected by a student at Gleannach (Glenough) school (Glenough Lower, Co. Tipperary) (no informant identified).

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Have you seen Tipperary champions hurl Clare in Corks own town.

Story collected by a student at Gleannach (Glenough) school (Glenough Lower, Co. Tipperary) (no informant identified).

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There was a big pisheohg worked on certain people one time.

Story collected by a student at Gleannach (Glenough) school (Glenough Lower, Co. Tipperary) (no informant identified).

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Pishogues are generally made on May Eve and May morning.

Story collected by a student at Gleannach (Glenough) school (Glenough Lower, Co. Tipperary) (no informant identified).

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When I'm a man I'll be a teacher, if I can.

Story collected by a student at Gleannach (Glenough) school (Glenough Lower, Co. Tipperary) (no informant identified).

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There was a man living in Glenannar who was a great weight-thrower.

Story collected by a student at Gleannach (Glenough) school (Glenough Lower, Co. Tipperary) (no informant identified).

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Ned of the hill lived in a valley in Foilacloig.

Story collected by a student at Gleannach (Glenough) school (Glenough Lower, Co. Tipperary) (no informant identified).

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Two Irishmen went for a trip to London.

Story collected by a student at Gleannach (Glenough) school (Glenough Lower, Co. Tipperary) (no informant identified).

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One night a man living near our house was coming home from a neighbour's house about 10:30 P.M.

Story collected by a student at Gleannach (Glenough) school (Glenough Lower, Co. Tipperary) (no informant identified).

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There is a house near Hollyford and there is a fort near it.

Story collected by a student at Gleannach (Glenough) school (Glenough Lower, Co. Tipperary) (no informant identified).

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