Volume: CBÉ 0608 (Part 02) Date 1939Collector John O'Donoghue Location Kilgarvan, Co. Kerry List Browse Titles (107) 1. Death and Disease Lore 2. “The following poem, sung to the same air...” Lore 3. “I was told a story by Mary Ellen Gallivan of Lomanaugh about an uncle of hers, O'Sullivan (Owen) of Lower Cummeen.” Lore 4. “Two young men named Buckley and Sweeney were very fond of poaching game, and one night after a tiring day's travelling...” Lore 5. “A man named Ouliveen Lynch of Gorralethir, Morley's Bridge, had a daughter married to Robert Gaine...” Lore 6. “Some forty or fifty years ago there lived at Meelick a woman called Mary Doyle who was said to go about in company with the Good People.” Lore 7. “My grandmother believed in the return of the dead. She always swept the hearth clean with a bunch of heather...” Lore 8. “There is a family called O'Sullivan (McCann) living at the foot of Mangerton Mountain, and when a death is to...” Lore 9. “About a year ago a middle-aged man named Jerry Dineen of Inchees (whom I knew well) went up for the night with...” Lore 10. “A young man named Ned Sweeney died about a month ago. I heard this day that his first cousin is feeling very...” Lore 11. “When people here find occasion to speak of a dead person, they pray for his soul.” Lore 12. “I remember my mother telling of a dream she had about an awful big coffin.” Lore 13. “I had once the distinction of having been mistaken for one of the Good People without having the slightest intention of representing myself as one of them.” Lore 14. “My grandmother could speak Irish as fluently as English and she was deeply versed in ancient lore. ” Lore 15. “There is a man living a few miles from here whom we call Big Denis.” Lore 16. “The celebrated Mary Doyle, local ambassador to fairy-land, who was consulted in all cases of serious diseases...” Lore 17. “I got the following story from a woman in Kilgarvan some years ago. I'll re-tell it here in the way the old people would do it...” Lore 18. “There was a family living in Lomanaugh, too, but because some of their descendants still live there and are close relations and friends of my own...” Lore 19. “By far the most romantic figure among the charm workers was Pahd Bwee (Lynch), a wandering musician who flourished in these valleys some fifty years ago or more.” Lore 20. “There is a field in a neighbour's farm near us and it goes by the very poetic name of Gaurdeen Owen na Knapee Bawn.” Lore 21. “Whenever the young asked the old people for the reason why the pookees don't appear so often now as they used to...” Lore 22. “Shaun Flynn's wife, known locally as Molly Vaun, was a great friend of my Grandmother's.” Lore 23. “Once an old man came in the middle of the night for the habit to put on his son who was said to be dying...” Lore 24. “There are no amusements of any kind carried on in wakes in this locality.” Lore 25. “On the day of my grandmother's funeral a crowd of people gathered into the house and about the yard.” Lore 26. “There was a man named Tim Dineen living in this parish some years ago.” Lore 27. “Corpses are always laid in the grave with the feet towards the east...” Lore 28. “I often heard my grandmother speak of "a bad wind" in which the Good People went about.” Lore 29. O'Reilly's Penance Lore 30. Four Yellow Boards and I Lore 31. “There is an old belief that if a person is murdered and the murderer happens to stoop over the corpse of the victim it will spatter blood over him.” Lore 32. “In the matter of laments for the dead I will now give one which came directly from my heart while I worked...” Lore 33. Lament for John and Tom O'Connor, who were Murdered on September the 9th, 1922, at Kenmare. (At the Graveyard). Lore 34. “There is a belief that it is unlucky to bring a corpse to a dwelling house.” Lore 35. “There is a lovely old Irish song called in English "The Nice Girl Milking her Cow", which is said to have been cursed by a priest...” Lore 36. “Once upon a time" it is said that Kilgarvan village was startled out of its wits by the sight of a human skull coming of its own accord, it seemed...” Lore 37. In the Lone Hours of Night Lore 38. “My Grandmother used to tell me that death was "a small little black maneen" who went about the world choking people.” Lore 39. Death and Disease (Continued) Lore 40. “A little shower of blood is said to fall now and again on members of Bill Gaine's family.” Lore 41. “Bill has a brother named Pats. He was a great huntsman in his day and once his dogs tracked something which ran into the two lisses at Lounihan.” Lore 42. “A friend of mine named Pat Reidy from near Kilgarvan village was talking to me some years ago at a house in which it was the custom to play cards.” Lore 43. “The young people are fond of dancing "The Highland Fling" to a tune called "Some Say the Devil's Dead".” Lore 44. “A big black dog from the other world is said to follow certain people by night.” Lore 45. “Animals play a large part in the lore of the people, and since the old people, especially the old women, have a great affection for them when they are...” Lore 46. The Old Kerry Cow that Escaped from Roscrea. Lore 47. “When a neighbour or a relation dies, the old people will not allow any music to be played in their houses or a dance to be held, out of "respect for the dead".” Lore 48. “My grandmother used to tell me that "the corpse makes the finest medicine going" and doctors were always anxious to get one for the purpose.” Lore 49. The Following Methods were Adopted for the Cure of Some Diseases: Lore 50. “In the matter of religious cures we are not behind time in this parish.” Lore 51. “The people have great faith in religious medals.” Lore 52. “The old people believed that a hazel stick was a powerful defence against attack from the pookees and were fond of offering one to visitors if they were departing late at night.” Lore 53. “Flannel was often coloured by a home-made dye which the old women picked off the rocks.” Lore 54. “When two or more people are to be buried on the same day we are all curious to know which of them is the last...” Lore 55. “It is said that if a person happens to fall in a graveyard it is a sign that he or she will be the next to go in there as a corpse.” Lore 56. “When a grave sinks it is a sign that a death will soon occur in the family to whom it belongs.” Lore 57. “The tomb of the O'Sullivan Christians in Kilgarvan graveyard is peculiar from the fact that it opens directly into the street...” Lore 58. “Whenever a member of the O'Sullivan Caols happens to die a door in a great rock in The Bird mountain is said to open and roar out like thunder.” Lore 59. “An account of how a dead man returned to admit his own guilt and save the name of a young priest...” Lore 60. “Old people fear the cold of March and expect death in that month more than any other.” Lore 61. “My grandmother used to dislike the idea of disturbing beds from their positions near the walls.” Lore 62. “There is a man living in Kilgarvan village at present wo is said to have power to cure certain ones such as ringworm, farcy, etc.” Lore 63. “Since I wrote about Pahd Bwee I learned that when he did cures he used to say to the people about him: "I'll go to hell for this.” Lore 64. “The old people always said that "Collin is never without a light at night.” Lore 65. “My grandmother used to tell me that it wasn't right to look into a mirror at night "or if you do you might see something bad and not yourself at all.” Lore 66. “Two other families came from Kilmurray, Co. Cork, with my great-grandfather.” Lore 67. “Jude Shea told me the following story about Kilmurray graveyard.” Lore 68. “The old women took a great pride in their dark blue hood-cloaks, hence this one's warning that the receiver was to be careful of it.” Lore 69. “Dan Sweeney of Glenlough, now over seventy years of age, (nephew to the man who head the hair was said to have fallen from), told me that a very long time ago...” Lore 70. “The dead are believed to come back when they have left some work undone, some penance unperformed or some promise unfulfilled.” Lore 71. “When men get their hair cut in this parish they are careful to gather it up from the ground and put it away into a hole in a wall or ditch...” Lore 72. “Whenever an article of food fell from a person's hand accidentally at the table, when tea was spilled...” Lore 73. “If a young fellow came into a house with a spade on his shoulder the old people warned him not to do so again or else he'd grow no more.” Lore 74. “When ordering a coffin the old people usually measureed the corpse with the whip used for driving the horse...” Lore 75. “Jack of the Lantern is believed to have been a spirit not good enough for Heaven nor bad enough for Hell, so his fate is to be kept out of both.” Lore 76. “When travelling over these moors by night one sometimes comes across a patch of phosphorescent light in the gutter.” Lore 77. “Parish priests make it their business to stop night dances in the parish. They are fond of tracing local scandals to them.” Lore 78. “When the distance from the dead person's home is long the coffin is usually put on a common cart and tied there with ropes...” Lore 79. “I have often heard it said that the reason why no more spirits are seen is that the people of long ago were very wicked...” Lore 80. “Some of the old people used to keep a cock in the kitchen as protection against the bad spirits...” Lore 81. “Cattle and horses were also kept inside in the kitchens.” Lore 82. Social Grades Lore 83. “1. The parish priest rules the whole parish with the exception of two or three protestant families.” Lore 84. “2. The medical doctor comes next to the priest in the estimation of the people, but the respect which he gets is of a more hearty and genuine nature...” Lore 85. “3. National School teachers are respected generally by all classes, but of course not always loved by their pupils.” Lore 86. “4. The Civic Guards are respected according to the way in which they act towards the people.” Lore 87. “5. The shopkeepers, as already explianed are nearly all either farmers' sons come in from the hills or the sons of people who came in during the previous generation...” Lore 88. “6. The farmers make up about four fifths of the population. Their holdings consist of from fifteen to forty acres of tilling land as an average.” Lore 89. “7. The Labourers form the lowest rank in the social grading. They are usually the sons of small farmers who go about working for others when the work at their own homes is done.” Lore 90. Marriages Lore 91. “Bill Gaine told me the following story of how a match was made for a young man who had never worn a shoe or stocking...” Lore 92. “Many of the couples to be married never see each other until the match is made for them.” Lore 93. “I will now record a song which was written in the last generation by a poet called Johnie Norah Aedh (Twoomey)...” Lore 94. “When the speakers would come to the house of a young girl it was usual for her to go in hiding from shyness.” Lore 95. “When it becomes known that a marriage has been arranged and that a wedding party will be held in the night-time, the young men who have not been invited...” Lore 96. “There are some young men who wish to remain bachelors and yet enjoy the idea of letting the match-makers get busy on their behalf.” Lore 97. “Up to about the end of the first quarter of the present century the wedding party used to begin at the bride's home early in the morning.” Lore 98. “There is one man still living in this parish who completely ignored the conventions and customs following marriages.” Lore 99. To Return to Weddings: Lore 100. “Marriages usually take place in Shrove.” Lore 101. “The young and old couples often disagree when living in the one house, so there is now a part of the marriage agreement which provides for such an emergency...” Lore 102. Births Lore 103. “Midwifes attended at births in olden times and until within the past twenty years or so.” Lore 104. “A newly-married couple must not make the cradle themselves nor get others to make one for their first child but must borrow one...” Lore 105. “When referring to a coming birth in a family the neighbours say of the mother when conversing: "This one above will soon fall asunder" or...” Lore 106. “When a baby was born in the last generation it was customary for the mother's friends to come to visit her, bringing usually a bottle of whiskey,...” Lore 107. 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3. “I was told a story by Mary Ellen Gallivan of Lomanaugh about an uncle of hers, O'Sullivan (Owen) of Lower Cummeen.” Lore
4. “Two young men named Buckley and Sweeney were very fond of poaching game, and one night after a tiring day's travelling...” Lore
5. “A man named Ouliveen Lynch of Gorralethir, Morley's Bridge, had a daughter married to Robert Gaine...” Lore
6. “Some forty or fifty years ago there lived at Meelick a woman called Mary Doyle who was said to go about in company with the Good People.” Lore
7. “My grandmother believed in the return of the dead. She always swept the hearth clean with a bunch of heather...” Lore
8. “There is a family called O'Sullivan (McCann) living at the foot of Mangerton Mountain, and when a death is to...” Lore
9. “About a year ago a middle-aged man named Jerry Dineen of Inchees (whom I knew well) went up for the night with...” Lore
10. “A young man named Ned Sweeney died about a month ago. I heard this day that his first cousin is feeling very...” Lore
13. “I had once the distinction of having been mistaken for one of the Good People without having the slightest intention of representing myself as one of them.” Lore
14. “My grandmother could speak Irish as fluently as English and she was deeply versed in ancient lore. ” Lore
16. “The celebrated Mary Doyle, local ambassador to fairy-land, who was consulted in all cases of serious diseases...” Lore
17. “I got the following story from a woman in Kilgarvan some years ago. I'll re-tell it here in the way the old people would do it...” Lore
18. “There was a family living in Lomanaugh, too, but because some of their descendants still live there and are close relations and friends of my own...” Lore
19. “By far the most romantic figure among the charm workers was Pahd Bwee (Lynch), a wandering musician who flourished in these valleys some fifty years ago or more.” Lore
20. “There is a field in a neighbour's farm near us and it goes by the very poetic name of Gaurdeen Owen na Knapee Bawn.” Lore
21. “Whenever the young asked the old people for the reason why the pookees don't appear so often now as they used to...” Lore
23. “Once an old man came in the middle of the night for the habit to put on his son who was said to be dying...” Lore
25. “On the day of my grandmother's funeral a crowd of people gathered into the house and about the yard.” Lore
31. “There is an old belief that if a person is murdered and the murderer happens to stoop over the corpse of the victim it will spatter blood over him.” Lore
32. “In the matter of laments for the dead I will now give one which came directly from my heart while I worked...” Lore
33. Lament for John and Tom O'Connor, who were Murdered on September the 9th, 1922, at Kenmare. (At the Graveyard). Lore
35. “There is a lovely old Irish song called in English "The Nice Girl Milking her Cow", which is said to have been cursed by a priest...” Lore
36. “Once upon a time" it is said that Kilgarvan village was startled out of its wits by the sight of a human skull coming of its own accord, it seemed...” Lore
38. “My Grandmother used to tell me that death was "a small little black maneen" who went about the world choking people.” Lore
41. “Bill has a brother named Pats. He was a great huntsman in his day and once his dogs tracked something which ran into the two lisses at Lounihan.” Lore
42. “A friend of mine named Pat Reidy from near Kilgarvan village was talking to me some years ago at a house in which it was the custom to play cards.” Lore
43. “The young people are fond of dancing "The Highland Fling" to a tune called "Some Say the Devil's Dead".” Lore
45. “Animals play a large part in the lore of the people, and since the old people, especially the old women, have a great affection for them when they are...” Lore
47. “When a neighbour or a relation dies, the old people will not allow any music to be played in their houses or a dance to be held, out of "respect for the dead".” Lore
48. “My grandmother used to tell me that "the corpse makes the finest medicine going" and doctors were always anxious to get one for the purpose.” Lore
52. “The old people believed that a hazel stick was a powerful defence against attack from the pookees and were fond of offering one to visitors if they were departing late at night.” Lore
54. “When two or more people are to be buried on the same day we are all curious to know which of them is the last...” Lore
55. “It is said that if a person happens to fall in a graveyard it is a sign that he or she will be the next to go in there as a corpse.” Lore
56. “When a grave sinks it is a sign that a death will soon occur in the family to whom it belongs.” Lore
57. “The tomb of the O'Sullivan Christians in Kilgarvan graveyard is peculiar from the fact that it opens directly into the street...” Lore
58. “Whenever a member of the O'Sullivan Caols happens to die a door in a great rock in The Bird mountain is said to open and roar out like thunder.” Lore
59. “An account of how a dead man returned to admit his own guilt and save the name of a young priest...” Lore
61. “My grandmother used to dislike the idea of disturbing beds from their positions near the walls.” Lore
62. “There is a man living in Kilgarvan village at present wo is said to have power to cure certain ones such as ringworm, farcy, etc.” Lore
63. “Since I wrote about Pahd Bwee I learned that when he did cures he used to say to the people about him: "I'll go to hell for this.” Lore
65. “My grandmother used to tell me that it wasn't right to look into a mirror at night "or if you do you might see something bad and not yourself at all.” Lore
68. “The old women took a great pride in their dark blue hood-cloaks, hence this one's warning that the receiver was to be careful of it.” Lore
69. “Dan Sweeney of Glenlough, now over seventy years of age, (nephew to the man who head the hair was said to have fallen from), told me that a very long time ago...” Lore
70. “The dead are believed to come back when they have left some work undone, some penance unperformed or some promise unfulfilled.” Lore
71. “When men get their hair cut in this parish they are careful to gather it up from the ground and put it away into a hole in a wall or ditch...” Lore
72. “Whenever an article of food fell from a person's hand accidentally at the table, when tea was spilled...” Lore
73. “If a young fellow came into a house with a spade on his shoulder the old people warned him not to do so again or else he'd grow no more.” Lore
74. “When ordering a coffin the old people usually measureed the corpse with the whip used for driving the horse...” Lore
75. “Jack of the Lantern is believed to have been a spirit not good enough for Heaven nor bad enough for Hell, so his fate is to be kept out of both.” Lore
76. “When travelling over these moors by night one sometimes comes across a patch of phosphorescent light in the gutter.” Lore
77. “Parish priests make it their business to stop night dances in the parish. They are fond of tracing local scandals to them.” Lore
78. “When the distance from the dead person's home is long the coffin is usually put on a common cart and tied there with ropes...” Lore
79. “I have often heard it said that the reason why no more spirits are seen is that the people of long ago were very wicked...” Lore
80. “Some of the old people used to keep a cock in the kitchen as protection against the bad spirits...” Lore
83. “1. The parish priest rules the whole parish with the exception of two or three protestant families.” Lore
84. “2. The medical doctor comes next to the priest in the estimation of the people, but the respect which he gets is of a more hearty and genuine nature...” Lore
85. “3. National School teachers are respected generally by all classes, but of course not always loved by their pupils.” Lore
86. “4. The Civic Guards are respected according to the way in which they act towards the people.” Lore
87. “5. The shopkeepers, as already explianed are nearly all either farmers' sons come in from the hills or the sons of people who came in during the previous generation...” Lore
88. “6. The farmers make up about four fifths of the population. Their holdings consist of from fifteen to forty acres of tilling land as an average.” Lore
89. “7. The Labourers form the lowest rank in the social grading. They are usually the sons of small farmers who go about working for others when the work at their own homes is done.” Lore
91. “Bill Gaine told me the following story of how a match was made for a young man who had never worn a shoe or stocking...” Lore
93. “I will now record a song which was written in the last generation by a poet called Johnie Norah Aedh (Twoomey)...” Lore
94. “When the speakers would come to the house of a young girl it was usual for her to go in hiding from shyness.” Lore
95. “When it becomes known that a marriage has been arranged and that a wedding party will be held in the night-time, the young men who have not been invited...” Lore
96. “There are some young men who wish to remain bachelors and yet enjoy the idea of letting the match-makers get busy on their behalf.” Lore
97. “Up to about the end of the first quarter of the present century the wedding party used to begin at the bride's home early in the morning.” Lore
98. “There is one man still living in this parish who completely ignored the conventions and customs following marriages.” Lore
101. “The young and old couples often disagree when living in the one house, so there is now a part of the marriage agreement which provides for such an emergency...” Lore
104. “A newly-married couple must not make the cradle themselves nor get others to make one for their first child but must borrow one...” Lore
105. “When referring to a coming birth in a family the neighbours say of the mother when conversing: "This one above will soon fall asunder" or...” Lore
106. “When a baby was born in the last generation it was customary for the mother's friends to come to visit her, bringing usually a bottle of whiskey,...” Lore