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Coill Bheithne, Baile Mhistéala

A collection of folklore and local history stories from Coill Bheithne, Baile Mhistéala (school) (Kilbeheny, Co. Limerick), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Micheál Ó Cathasaigh.

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About twenty years ago two boys were coming home after being cardplaying.

Story collected by Maggie Walshe, a student at Coill Bheithne (C.), Baile Mhistéala school (Kilbeheny, Co. Limerick) (no informant identified).

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Long ago a man was coming home with a load of oats. As soon as he was at the hollow...

Story collected by Kate O Brien, a student at Coill Bheithne (C.), Baile Mhistéala school (Kilbeheny, Co. Limerick) (no informant identified).

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Long ago there was a man very fond of stealing timber. The night the Forester was waking the man said...

Story collected by Maggie Myers, a student at Coill Bheithne (C.), Baile Mhistéala school (Kilbeheny, Co. Limerick) (no informant identified).

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Long ago a man was alseep in bed. He heard someone calling at the window, he got up and went over to it.

Story collected by Margaret O' Donnell, a student at Coill Bheithne (C.), Baile Mhistéala school (Kilbeheny, Co. Limerick) (no informant identified).

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A man and his wife lived middling happy together. It was November Night and the wife went lighting the candles...

Story collected by Margaret Noonan, a student at Coill Bheithne (C.), Baile Mhistéala school (Kilbeheny, Co. Limerick) (no informant identified).

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There were once a showmaker and his wife. They went to bed one night.

Story collected by Mary Kate O' Brien, a student at Coill Bheithne (C.), Baile Mhistéala school (Kilbeheny, Co. Limerick) (no informant identified).

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The ruins of the White Knight's castle are situated in our farm.

Story collected by Mary Noonan, a student at Coill Bheithne (C.), Baile Mhistéala school (Kilbeheny, Co. Limerick) (no informant identified).

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Some time ago a man was returning home at about ten o'clock one night when at a little distance from home...

Story collected by Bridget O Dwyer, a student at Coill Bheithne (C.), Baile Mhistéala school (Kilbeheny, Co. Limerick) (no informant identified).

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There was a man on his way to the town one day As he was passing the fort fairies danced round him.

Story collected by Mary Kate O' Brien, a student at Coill Bheithne (C.), Baile Mhistéala school (Kilbeheny, Co. Limerick) (no informant identified).

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This is a true story which happened a woman and a young child.

Story collected by Mary Lewis, a student at Coill Bheithne (C.), Baile Mhistéala school (Kilbeheny, Co. Limerick) (no informant identified).

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One day a man was standing in his yard near his house, when he saw seven wild geese flying towards him overhead.

Story collected by Mary Noonan, a student at Coill Bheithne (C.), Baile Mhistéala school (Kilbeheny, Co. Limerick) (no informant identified).

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Once upon a time there were two brothers and they used to go away cardplaying and one of them was jolly...

Story collected by Maggie Walshe, a student at Coill Bheithne (C.), Baile Mhistéala school (Kilbeheny, Co. Limerick) (no informant identified).

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There is situated near our house a glen which is said to be terribly haunted.

Story collected by Maura Birrane, a student at Coill Bheithne (C.), Baile Mhistéala school (Kilbeheny, Co. Limerick) (no informant identified).

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Story collected by Josie Coshe, a student at Coill Bheithne (C.), Baile Mhistéala school (Kilbeheny, Co. Limerick) (no informant identified).

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One day a man was working very hard so he went to bed early that night as he was very tired.

Story collected by Margaret Noonan, a student at Coill Bheithne (C.), Baile Mhistéala school (Kilbeheny, Co. Limerick) (no informant identified).

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There was a certain man going along the road one night about twelve oclock.

Story collected by Bridie O Brien, a student at Coill Bheithne (C.), Baile Mhistéala school (Kilbeheny, Co. Limerick) (no informant identified).

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This is a true story that happened down in Ballinatona. A man was going home and it was late so he said...

Story collected by Maggie Walshe, a student at Coill Bheithne (C.), Baile Mhistéala school (Kilbeheny, Co. Limerick) (no informant identified).

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This story proves that there were wolves at the other end of the parish too.

Story collected by Maura Walshe, a student at Coill Bheithne (C.), Baile Mhistéala school (Kilbeheny, Co. Limerick) (no informant identified).

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Long ago there was a church in Teampall-Mologa which is about four miles north west of Kilbehenny.

Story collected by Maggie Myers, a student at Coill Bheithne (C.), Baile Mhistéala school (Kilbeheny, Co. Limerick) (no informant identified).

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This is a true story. There was one time a woman who got very ill and died after giving birth to a baby.

Story collected by Mary Mahony, a student at Coill Bheithne (C.), Baile Mhistéala school (Kilbeheny, Co. Limerick) (no informant identified).

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Once upon a time there lived a man and a woman. They had no family so they had to work very hard.

Story collected by Margaret Noonan, a student at Coill Bheithne (C.), Baile Mhistéala school (Kilbeheny, Co. Limerick) (no informant identified).

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A man who lived near here was going in the yard to his house he saw through the window a fine blazing fire.

Story collected by Maura Walshe, a student at Coill Bheithne (C.), Baile Mhistéala school (Kilbeheny, Co. Limerick) (no informant identified).

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This is a true story about a man who lived in Kiltankin (in a settle bed) One night he was sleeping...

Story collected by Mary Lewis, a student at Coill Bheithne (C.), Baile Mhistéala school (Kilbeheny, Co. Limerick) (no informant identified).

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