Baile an Londraigh (C.)

Abstract: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Baile an Londraigh (C.) (school) (Ballylanders, Co. Limerick), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Eibhlís, Bean Uí Shíoda.

Original reference: 0512/2

In collection  The Schools’ Collection : County Limerick schools

Stories

  1. Forts (p. 101-102)
  2. Moats (p. 103)
  3. Moats (p. 103-104)
  4. Moats (p. 104-107)
  5. Riddles (p. 108-112)
  6. Local Cures (p. 113-116)
  7. Old Sayings (p. 117)
  8. Weather-Lore (p. 118-120)
  9. The farm now belonging to Jim Hourigan in Spittle (Ballylanders) formerly belonged to Oliver's from whom Hourigan bought it... (p. 121)
  10. A Storm (p. 121-122)
  11. About ninety years ago people were very poor. They used to give the butter they made to the butter merchants in Cork... (p. 122-123)
  12. My great grandmother was a great story teller. Her name was Bridget Cusack... (p. 124)
  13. Once upon a time there lived a man and woman who were very poor... (p. 124)
  14. Funny Stories (p. 125)
  15. Funny Stories (p. 125-126)
  16. Old Prayers (p. 127)
  17. Prayer for Toothache (p. 128)
  18. God bless Friday and Good Friday too... (p. 128)
  19. Story (p. 129)
  20. Tom the Mower of Glenlara (at the foot of the Sliabh Rí in Co. Limerick) was a wonderful mower... (p. 130-131)
  21. Pat Hannan told me also about a man named Bill Griffaun who used to fish for salmon in the Morning Star river and in Garrynalina... (p. 132)
  22. John Harty of Ballyfruta about a mile from the village was a poet and also a great mower... (p. 132)
  23. Great pipers. Dinny Lee and son who lived in Ballyfaskin were wonderful pipers and musicians... (p. 133)
  24. Football matches in olden times were often played with two furze bushes as goals... (p. 133-135)
  25. Local Place Names (p. 136-138)
  26. Holy Wells (p. 139-142)
  27. This is Pat Hannan's account of how the houses were built some fifty to eighty years ago... (p. 143-144)
  28. At William Dwyer's house in Fahansoodra in the parish of Ballylanders there was a "poor scholar" called Donovan who taught the children of the house only... (p. 145)
  29. A Quilter - Mrs Heffernan - lived in Ballyfruta about a mile from Ballylanders... (p. 145-146)
  30. Pat Hannan was an allround sportsman - runner, footballer, jumper and won several competitions in several towns in Munster... (p. 146-147)
  31. Father Browne once lived here a P.P. in Ballylanders. He lived in a house near the village and near the house was a vein of sand... (p. 147)
  32. An old superstition connected with crows is that crows lodge only in certain places - in Kilfrush near Knocklong in Co. Limerick a crow was never known to build a nest in the lands of Gubbins... (p. 147-148)
  33. The following piece was supposed to be composed by Dawson a poet of Cullane Co. Limerick... (p. 149-150)
  34. Farm Animals in the District (p. 151)
  35. Social Ballylanders (p. 152-153)
  36. Calm Morning Star (p. 154)
  37. Re Fashions (p. 154)
  38. To Mary (p. 155)
  39. Nameless (p. 156-157)
  40. Farewell to Glenbrohane (p. 157-158)
  41. Holy Well in the Graveyard at Ballylanders (p. 159)
  42. Ruins in the District (p. 160-162)

Resource description

Origin information
Ballylanders, Co. Limerick
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
1 chapter (vol. 512, p. 100-162)
Languages
English  
Genre
Chapter
Subject
Folklore--Ireland--Limerick (County)
Ringforts   linked data (lcsh)
Riddles   linked data (lcsh)
Traditional medicine   linked data (lcsh)
Proverbs   linked data (lcsh)
Weather--Folklore
local legends   linked data (afset)
Severe storms   linked data (lcsh)
Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852
Jokes   linked data (lcsh)
Prayers   linked data (lcsh)
Toothache   linked data (lcsh)
Good Friday   linked data (lcsh)
Folk poetry   linked data (lcsh)
Recreation   linked data (lcsh)
Manners and customs   linked data (lcsh)
Schools   linked data (lcsh)
Dissenters, Religious--Legal status, laws, etc.
Animals--Folklore
Animal culture   linked data (lcsh)
Historic sites   linked data (lcsh)
School location
Ballylanders Baile an Londraigh Ballylanders Ballylanders Coshlea Limerick
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4922053
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0512/2

Suggested credit
"The Schools' Manuscript Collection: County Limerick schools," held by the National Folklore Collection UCD. © Digital content by University College Dublin, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <http://digital.ucd.ie/view/duchas:49220535>
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.

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