Scéal

Abstract: Story collected by a student at Cill Mhuire (C.), Oileán Ciarraí school (Kilmurry, Co. Kerry) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0449/1/83

 Cill Mhuire (C.), Oileán Ciarraí [Vol. 0449, Chapter 0001]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Kerry Schools

Story text

transcribed at

 

Scéal  [duchas:4708996]

A certain old hag had a recipe for changing herself into a hare on May morning in order to carry butter.
The servant at length made up his mind to watch her. He remained up hiding in the kitchen May Even night. The old women got up early in the morning, much earlier than usual, took a bottle down from under the cobwebs over the fire, and took a "sup". 
Immediately she became a hare and made a dive out the windows. Jack took a "sup" of the bottle also and went after her. He noticed that she

Scéal  [duchas:4708997]

Firies Ghost Story.
A landlord living in Firies very many years ago had a great love for trees. For one very very old tree, planted near his residence he had a special reverence.
A troublesome tenant knew this and asked him for timber from the tree

Resource description

Origin information
Kilmurry, Co. Kerry
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 030-031
Volume 0449
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Máiréad Pléimeann.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Agriculture   linked data (lcsh)
Agriculture--Talmhaíocht
School location
Kilmurry Cill Mhuire Kilmurry Ballincuslane Trughanacmy Kerry
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4936118
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0449/1/83

Suggested credit
"Scéal"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4936118>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Máiréad Pléimeann.
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.
Record source
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.

School location

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