Volume: CBÉ 0630 (Part 1) Date 1934–1939Collector John O'Donoghue Location Kilgarvan, Co. Kerry List Browse Titles (173) 1. Lisses, and what the People Think of them Lore 2. Care of the Feet Lore 3. Clothes Made Locally Lore 4. Historical Tradition Lore 5. Local Phrases and Sayings Lore 6. Old Stories Lore 7. Lough Namweela Lore 8. The Five Wonderful Servants Lore 9. Carool O'Daly Lore 10. Adventures of Owen Rue Lore 11. "Wicked" Lore 12. Mac Oulive Óge Lore 13. The Boolahs of Kilgarvan Lore 14. The Three Wise Men Lore 15. The Three Gifts from the Gentry Lore 16. The Tailor and the Fairy Child, etc. Lore 17. “Four brothers went scureecthing of a time and were returning home late at night.” Lore 18. Local Songs Lore 19. “If a person sweeps the dirt of a floor towards the fireplace the luck will be turned into the house...” Lore 20. “Pat Healy told me that he heard of a superstition about cattle dying and a strange thing which was done to stop it.” Lore 21. “There is a great round paid at this church of St. Gobnait every Whit Sunday.” Lore 22. “There are many fabulous stories told about St. Gobnait...” Lore 23. “There was a school-teacher called Dan (Agreene) O'Sullivan arrested in Kenmare in connection with Fenianism.” Lore 24. “Until quite recently an implement called a "Gearhóir" was used for cutting up furze for horses...” Lore 25. “Here is what Goddard Henry Orpen says about the flagstone in "The Orpen Family":” Lore 26. “There is a widepread belief that incidents occurring during the woman's pregnacny have an impression on the coming child.” Lore 27. “There is a strange and curious link in the world between certain people, thoughts and events.” Lore 28. “Jerry Dorrihy also told me (9 April, 1939) how the wife of Jerh Bawn (O'Sullivan) of Ruseechtra...” Lore 29. “Maurice Padd Healy of Ardtully told me (4 May, 1939) that Mick Lucy of Slaghts had a sister married to Dermod...” Lore 30. “I knew a young man called Simon Lovett who lived at Coomclougherane, Kilgarvan.” Lore 31. “One night Pat Healy of Ardtully had a dream, he told me, in which...” Lore 32. “Maurice Padd Healy told me that his father was once talking to old Tim Connor on their way home from the bog.” Lore 33. “Pat Healy of Ardtully told me (4 May, 1939) that he heard of a man called Delaney who was called out of his bed...” Lore 34. “About fifty years ago there was a great swimmer at Kilgarvan.” Lore 35. Father Tom O'Neill Lore 36. Of the tunes commonly hummed, lilted, or sung by the people the following were the most popular among my friends... Lore 37. The following song relating an incident during the search of a young girl for her lover was given to me by Bill... Lore 38. There is a spot near Bunane graveyard where rounds are paid in honour of St' Feechna. Lore 39. Jeremiah Healy of Derrymaclavode, Clayduck, Glenflesk, told me that "Caher Craiv Yarrag" means in English... Lore 40. Jerh Healy told me (14 May, 1939) that on the 4 August, 1831, the Clayduck river became suddenly flooded... Lore 41. Connie O'Brien of Kilbanow told me of a superstition relating to the mating of horses. Lore 42. “One wet stormy night three men were playing cards at a neighbour's house.” Lore 43. “Mary Doyle was a niece to Bridget Doyle.” Lore 44. “A woman named Kate Wallace of Limerick was married to an O'Mahony of Dromore Castle.” Lore 45. “Dan O'Reilly of Coologues (aged about forty-two) told me that he heard of how the rats were sent away from the house...” Lore 46. “The beggarman who was known in Kilgarvan as Dan Gallivan and who used to eat dry flour and lick cream from his fingers was...” Lore 47. “When I was stationed in the Civic Guards at Raheny, Co. Dublin, in 1931, a woman named Mrs. Collins came to do the cooking.” Lore 48. “The fact that "coming events cast their shadows before them" has been proved to me personally on several occasions.” Lore 49. “When I was stationed at Roundwood, Co. Wicklow, a drowning was reported at Lough Dan, two or three iles from the barrack.” Lore 50. “In Kilmurray graveyard I was shown the grave of a priest.” Lore 51. “In the Kilmurray district I heard a ghost story of the first Gallivan man who left the place to live in County Kerry.” Lore 52. “Mrs. Mary O'Shea was a well known seller of fish at the Kenmare and Kilgarvan butter markets.” Lore 53. “Remains of the "Bluck Nullog" is used for keeping down high winds.” Lore 54. “Mrs. Healy told me that the substance of the person from whose house the first smoke arose on May Day would be carried.” Lore 55. “Some months ago I was talking to some friends by the gate in front of a house in the town of Kenmare.” Lore 56. “All these things may seem odd to many people, yet they are so natural when we think over the matter.” Lore 57. “It was in the year A.D. 1917 that the first aeroplane was seen flying over Kilgarvan Parish.” Lore 58. “The spilling of salt by accident at the table is said to foreshow bad luck for the person who spills it.” Lore 59. “A priest is always buried with his head to the north and his feet to the south while his parishioners are...” Lore 60. “If wild birds fly into a dwelling house it is regarded as a sign of bad luck.” Lore 61. “Shannagorry Castle stood near Cleady, Kenmare.” Lore 62. “The people preserve a curious tradition in connection with the founding of the Poor Clare Convent beside the church already mentioned.” Lore 63. “Michael Mac Carty, N.T., Kenmare, told me that James Stephens and Micheal Doheny stayed a night in the house...” Lore 64. “Mike Mac Cann told me of a hare in the Mangerton mountain which could never be caught.” Lore 65. “Denis Darby O'Sullivan told me that the old people used to pound up riloaguch...” Lore 66. “I think it was in Maurice Healy's of Ardtully I heard that if an unchurched mother goes into a house she brings bad luck with her.” Lore 67. “There is a certain type of cockroach which goes about with its tail up in the air.” Lore 68. “If St. Smithin's Day (15th July) is fine, the people here have a firm belief that forty days of fine weather will follow.” Lore 69. “I visited a very big Liss at a place called Droumnadeelish near Kilgarvan on yesterday.” Lore 70. “I heard at the O'Suillivan Dorrihey's house that night as Dr. O'Callaghan, the medical officer for Kilgarvan...” Lore 71. “My brother told me a curious story of how he went to Cork one time and met himself there.” Lore 72. “Paddy Gallivan of Kilbanow, who is fairly good at old stories, told me that Biddy Doyle was once taken...” Lore 73. The old women had a habit in this ditrict (Glenerought) of sitting by the fire when their work was done... Lore 74. Schoolgirls in Kilgarvan parish play a game in which they join hands and sing... Lore 75. Jerry Healy told me the story of how, on another occasion, a thief came in the night and stole a bullock from the enclosure. Lore 76. Jerh Healy's wife says that the baby born with a caul will be either a saint, a priest, or a nun. Lore 77. I heard some men from Ballingeary talking about Con na Bookee last year at a funeral in Kilgarvan. Lore 78. Some people around Kilgarvan think it is unlucky to count fowl or animals in their possession. Lore 79. Urine was used for washing clothes in this parish up to about forty yeares ago. Lore 80. It is thought an unlucky sign for a married couple if their wedding procession meets with a funeral. Lore 81. “At the gap of Dunloe a headless coach used to be seen every night.” Lore 82. “Ellie O'Sullivan (Dorrihey), of the same address, told me (on the same date) that when the fairies come to carry off a living...” Lore 83. “Bill Gaine of Lomanaugh (aged eighty) remembers to see weddings take place in houses instead of in the chapel.” Lore 84. “Dhónal Mór O'Donoghue of Gurteens, Kilgarvan, was a cattle dealer.” Lore 85. “In Kilgarvan parish a certain woman died about five years ago.” Lore 86. “There is a general belief among the people of Kilgarvan parish that if a dormouse happens to run over a person's foot...” Lore 87. “I heard it said somewhere in Ireland that if two stones were struck together before Noah's flood it is water which would...” Lore 88. “I kissed the Blarney Stone several times about ten years ago and I had such unbounded faith in its power that I tried my gifts on...” Lore 89. “I heard at Healys'of Ardtully that there once lived a man at Knockeens named Doctor Harmon.” Lore 90. “At Faughbawn near Clasheen,Killarney, John Casey showed me the ruin of an old house in which the Fransciscans used to live...” Lore 91. “The "dip" was usulaly some liquid such as gravy or new milk into which potatoes were dipped to flavour them before eating.” Lore 92. A young pig intended to be kept for breeding is called "the pattern of a sow" in Kilgarvan. Lore 93. Pigs are sometimes called home by use of the words "Wahey, wahey, wahey". Lore 94. “A little plant about eighteen inches high grows in the mountains and moors.” Lore 95. “On May Day it was usual for some people to stick a branch of quickbeam in fields where crops were planted...” Lore 96. “I often heard the old people to say it was not right to play games outside in the night.” Lore 97. “In my young days it was customary in country houses to peel potatoes with the finger nails.” Lore 98. “There is a little forked bone under the breast in fowl...” Lore 99. “When motor cars first began to enter these lonely valleys I remember what an awful fright a certain young girl...” Lore 100. “It is wrong to open an umbrella inside in a house.” Lore 101. “There is a rock called Corrig-anoir on the side of the road near Morley's Bridge.” Lore 102. “When Mary Doyle used to be in convulsions it was considered unlucky to cross her path.” Lore 103. “A weather-cock stands over the cross on the top of the R. C. Church in Kenmare.” Lore 104. “Denis Darby O'Sullivan told me that he heard there was an Ogham stone in the wall of the ruined church at Kenmare graveyard.” Lore 105. “Bill Gaine told me of a spirit called "Petticoat Loose".” Lore 106. “My mother heard an old woman, Mrs. Kate O'Leary, of Gurteens, Kilgarvan, to say that the good luck leaves...” Lore 107. “He said that the whooping cough would be cured by driving the patient outside of his or her parish.” Lore 108. “Several families by the name of O'Reirdon live together in a little valley high up in the mountains near Kilgarvan.” Lore 109. “Biddy Doyle (the best-known of the women of Kilgarvan reputed to be in the Good People), had a son...” Lore 110. “Johnnie Duill of Gurthlouchra told me that there is a hollow in the hill at Inchincoosh...” Lore 111. “Murty O' Sullivan (Dorrihey) of Cahirnaboorka, Kilgarvan, told me that the O'Donoghue Mór...” Lore 112. “Jerry O'Sullivan Dorrihey told me (9th April, 1939) the story of how the young wife of a man named Pat...” Lore 113. “This brother told me that he knew that Lame Dan Murphy, the poet, was living in great poverty in the town...” Lore 114. “I have heard it said in this parish that when the Good People wish to play a game of football or hurling...” Lore 115. In my young days Charles Kickham's song, "Patrick Sheehan" was extremely popular about Lomanaugh. Lore 116. Dennis O'Sullivan, ex N.T. of Kenmare told me the story of how eight men from the Bantry side came in olden times... Lore 117. In Pagan times, it seems, the Two-pap mountain was looked upon as representing production and prosperity. Lore 118. Jerry O'Sullivan (Dorrihy) of Cahernaboorka, told me that when a person dreams of a crock of gold he must be... Lore 119. Eugene O'Sullivan (Junior) of Cahernaboorka told me that sometimes when the young children of a family are dying... Lore 120. When "Foxeen" Callaghan of Cummeen was getting married in Kenmare, over thirty years ago... Lore 121. On 21 June, 1939, I visited the house of Patrick O'Sullivan of Gorthaloughane, Kilgarvan to collect folklore. Lore 122. Conney O'Brien of Kilbannow told me that the first bicylce ever seen in Kilgarvan... Lore 123. “One day a man was searching for sheep on Mangerton Mountain.” Lore 124. “Some months ago Denny O'Connor, of Market Street, Kenmare, told me that he had a sister...” Lore 125. “My mother (aged seventy-three) says that her brother Peter was baptised by the priest in his parent's house...” Lore 126. “Money left as a legacy is unlucky and always goes bad" is a belief among many country people in South Kerry.” Lore 127. “When Dannie Healy's first wife died in Rayuchaslaugh, it was said that a strange bird kept flapping its wings...” Lore 128. “I have heard it said here that it isn't right to return for a forgotten article when starting a journey.” Lore 129. “Bill Gaine of Lomanaugh had a daughter named Mary Ellen.” Lore 130. “During the days of the great famine of 1847-1848 there was a soup house at The Rockfield, Kilgarvan.” Lore 131. “It is said that if one cricket is taken from a house the others will follow.” Lore 132. “In Roundwood, Co. Wicklow, I heard an old man called John Mason say the following verse predicting the weather about April...” Lore 133. “When my sisters and I were young my father amused us by reciting the following verse...” Lore 134. Portion of the top of Mangerton mountain is called "The Hungry Ground". Lore 135. I am told that there is the ruin of an old castle or lodge on the mountain at Mweeing, Kilgarvan, but I have never seen it myself. Lore 136. “If a churn was made on May Eve it was usual to put a little of the butter from that particular churn into...” Lore 137. “Mrs. Healy told me that it is not right to take the measure of a corpse for a coffin.” Lore 138. “The old people were fond of telling a story about how the English tried to poison Daniel Ó'Connell at a party.” Lore 139. “Blackberries are said to be definitely out of season after Michaelmas Night.” Lore 140. “Whenever my father saw a star fall he said "I wish my soul to heaven.” Lore 141. “There is a field in Lomanaugh called "Clashtee-louhglin".” Lore 142. “My mother also heard it said that any house harbouring a priest as a constant visitor will be unlucky.” Lore 143. “Water which has washed the dead in the night should not be thrown out until the day dawns.” Lore 144. “I have been listening for many years to the story of a priest whose head is said to have been cut off...” Lore 145. Until quite lately there was a spring well in the corner of Jerry Healy's kitchen near the fire. Lore 146. Dan Callaghan of Lomanaugh (aged about sixty years) told me that his mother, Julia Gleeson, attended a hedge-school in Glenflesk. Lore 147. “James Tuohy, N.T., Cahir, Kenmare told me of a holy well at Cahir which is called Thubber na Finiha (The well of the warts)...” Lore 148. “The old people used to warn children that if they robbed birds' nests their hands would get sore.” Lore 149. “I heard it said that it was not right to bury a child on Monday, or to begin any work on that day.” Lore 150. “I heard my father tell of how a hare and a porcupine once arranged to test the speed of each other at running.” Lore 151. “At Minish, Killarney, I was shown an opening in the ground near the railway by John Casey of Clasheen on 5 May, 1939.” Lore 152. “I have heard it said that when a picture falls from a wall without any visible reason it is the sign of a coming death.” Lore 153. “I have heard it said that it isn't right to have three lights in the one room at the same time.” Lore 154. There is a field in Lomanaugh called "Herlihy's Lot". Lore 155. Girls used to play a game when I was going to school called "Eena, deena, dína, doe". Lore 156. “In the old thatched houses it was usual to see a little piece of butter stuck on to one of the shining black...” Lore 157. “The four-leaf shamrock is said to bring un-told luck the the person who finds it.” Lore 158. “There is a belief among the people here that if a person licks the belly of a live assloughra nothing will ever...” Lore 159. “A great many people here make the sign of the cross when they see a new moon for the first time.” Lore 160. “Mrs. Mike O'Sullivan Mac Cann of Kilgarvan told me that the last Saturday in April is the "Cross Day" of the year.” Lore 161. “Roughty Bridge was the first bridge built in Kenmare parish.” Lore 162. “The Desmond family of Currabeigh House, Crookstown, Co. Cork, told me last July of a travelling woman who visits the district...” Lore 163. “It is said to be an unlucky sign for a person if a hare crosses his path.” Lore 164. “I often heard my mother sing the following verse...” Lore 165. “Denny O'Connor of Market Street, Kenmare, told me that there is a well near the ruin of the castle of the O'Sullivan Mór...” Lore 166. A girl is touched as each syllable is repeated and when the "doe" is reached, that girl must hunt the "toucher and counter"... Lore 167. “There was a man in this parish (Kilgarvan) long ago and he was the devil out for having his way with the women.” Lore 168. “Long ago my father used to tell us, children, how the man got up into the moon.” Lore 169. “If a pregnant woman stands sponsor at the baptism of a child that child will soon die.” Lore 170. “Thomas Taylor of Fossa, Kilgarvan told me that there is still to be seen near his house the large soup pot...” Lore 171. There is a stone at Inchimore, Kilgarvan, called Corrigathooma. Lore 172. “Some old people in the parish would never burn alder.” Lore 173. “If a candle drops all to one side in the form of a shroud it is the sign of a coming wake.” Lore Mode: Magnify Zoom Jump to page / 193 Archival Reference The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0630, Page 193 Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD. See copyright details. Download On this page Pigs are sometimes called home by use of the words "Wahey, wahey, wahey". Share Share Post I am told that there is the ruin of an old castle or lodge on the mountain at Mweeing, Kilgarvan, but I have never seen it myself. Share Share Post Date 1939Item type LoreLanguage English Writing mode Handwritten Writing script Roman script Girls used to play a game when I was going to school called "Eena, deena, dína, doe". 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19. “If a person sweeps the dirt of a floor towards the fireplace the luck will be turned into the house...” Lore
20. “Pat Healy told me that he heard of a superstition about cattle dying and a strange thing which was done to stop it.” Lore
23. “There was a school-teacher called Dan (Agreene) O'Sullivan arrested in Kenmare in connection with Fenianism.” Lore
24. “Until quite recently an implement called a "Gearhóir" was used for cutting up furze for horses...” Lore
26. “There is a widepread belief that incidents occurring during the woman's pregnacny have an impression on the coming child.” Lore
27. “There is a strange and curious link in the world between certain people, thoughts and events.” Lore
28. “Jerry Dorrihy also told me (9 April, 1939) how the wife of Jerh Bawn (O'Sullivan) of Ruseechtra...” Lore
29. “Maurice Padd Healy of Ardtully told me (4 May, 1939) that Mick Lucy of Slaghts had a sister married to Dermod...” Lore
32. “Maurice Padd Healy told me that his father was once talking to old Tim Connor on their way home from the bog.” Lore
33. “Pat Healy of Ardtully told me (4 May, 1939) that he heard of a man called Delaney who was called out of his bed...” Lore
36. Of the tunes commonly hummed, lilted, or sung by the people the following were the most popular among my friends... Lore
37. The following song relating an incident during the search of a young girl for her lover was given to me by Bill... Lore
39. Jeremiah Healy of Derrymaclavode, Clayduck, Glenflesk, told me that "Caher Craiv Yarrag" means in English... Lore
40. Jerh Healy told me (14 May, 1939) that on the 4 August, 1831, the Clayduck river became suddenly flooded... Lore
45. “Dan O'Reilly of Coologues (aged about forty-two) told me that he heard of how the rats were sent away from the house...” Lore
46. “The beggarman who was known in Kilgarvan as Dan Gallivan and who used to eat dry flour and lick cream from his fingers was...” Lore
47. “When I was stationed in the Civic Guards at Raheny, Co. Dublin, in 1931, a woman named Mrs. Collins came to do the cooking.” Lore
48. “The fact that "coming events cast their shadows before them" has been proved to me personally on several occasions.” Lore
49. “When I was stationed at Roundwood, Co. Wicklow, a drowning was reported at Lough Dan, two or three iles from the barrack.” Lore
51. “In the Kilmurray district I heard a ghost story of the first Gallivan man who left the place to live in County Kerry.” Lore
52. “Mrs. Mary O'Shea was a well known seller of fish at the Kenmare and Kilgarvan butter markets.” Lore
54. “Mrs. Healy told me that the substance of the person from whose house the first smoke arose on May Day would be carried.” Lore
55. “Some months ago I was talking to some friends by the gate in front of a house in the town of Kenmare.” Lore
56. “All these things may seem odd to many people, yet they are so natural when we think over the matter.” Lore
57. “It was in the year A.D. 1917 that the first aeroplane was seen flying over Kilgarvan Parish.” Lore
58. “The spilling of salt by accident at the table is said to foreshow bad luck for the person who spills it.” Lore
59. “A priest is always buried with his head to the north and his feet to the south while his parishioners are...” Lore
62. “The people preserve a curious tradition in connection with the founding of the Poor Clare Convent beside the church already mentioned.” Lore
63. “Michael Mac Carty, N.T., Kenmare, told me that James Stephens and Micheal Doheny stayed a night in the house...” Lore
66. “I think it was in Maurice Healy's of Ardtully I heard that if an unchurched mother goes into a house she brings bad luck with her.” Lore
68. “If St. Smithin's Day (15th July) is fine, the people here have a firm belief that forty days of fine weather will follow.” Lore
70. “I heard at the O'Suillivan Dorrihey's house that night as Dr. O'Callaghan, the medical officer for Kilgarvan...” Lore
72. “Paddy Gallivan of Kilbanow, who is fairly good at old stories, told me that Biddy Doyle was once taken...” Lore
73. The old women had a habit in this ditrict (Glenerought) of sitting by the fire when their work was done... Lore
75. Jerry Healy told me the story of how, on another occasion, a thief came in the night and stole a bullock from the enclosure. Lore
76. Jerh Healy's wife says that the baby born with a caul will be either a saint, a priest, or a nun. Lore
77. I heard some men from Ballingeary talking about Con na Bookee last year at a funeral in Kilgarvan. Lore
78. Some people around Kilgarvan think it is unlucky to count fowl or animals in their possession. Lore
80. It is thought an unlucky sign for a married couple if their wedding procession meets with a funeral. Lore
82. “Ellie O'Sullivan (Dorrihey), of the same address, told me (on the same date) that when the fairies come to carry off a living...” Lore
83. “Bill Gaine of Lomanaugh (aged eighty) remembers to see weddings take place in houses instead of in the chapel.” Lore
86. “There is a general belief among the people of Kilgarvan parish that if a dormouse happens to run over a person's foot...” Lore
87. “I heard it said somewhere in Ireland that if two stones were struck together before Noah's flood it is water which would...” Lore
88. “I kissed the Blarney Stone several times about ten years ago and I had such unbounded faith in its power that I tried my gifts on...” Lore
89. “I heard at Healys'of Ardtully that there once lived a man at Knockeens named Doctor Harmon.” Lore
90. “At Faughbawn near Clasheen,Killarney, John Casey showed me the ruin of an old house in which the Fransciscans used to live...” Lore
91. “The "dip" was usulaly some liquid such as gravy or new milk into which potatoes were dipped to flavour them before eating.” Lore
95. “On May Day it was usual for some people to stick a branch of quickbeam in fields where crops were planted...” Lore
97. “In my young days it was customary in country houses to peel potatoes with the finger nails.” Lore
99. “When motor cars first began to enter these lonely valleys I remember what an awful fright a certain young girl...” Lore
104. “Denis Darby O'Sullivan told me that he heard there was an Ogham stone in the wall of the ruined church at Kenmare graveyard.” Lore
106. “My mother heard an old woman, Mrs. Kate O'Leary, of Gurteens, Kilgarvan, to say that the good luck leaves...” Lore
107. “He said that the whooping cough would be cured by driving the patient outside of his or her parish.” Lore
108. “Several families by the name of O'Reirdon live together in a little valley high up in the mountains near Kilgarvan.” Lore
109. “Biddy Doyle (the best-known of the women of Kilgarvan reputed to be in the Good People), had a son...” Lore
110. “Johnnie Duill of Gurthlouchra told me that there is a hollow in the hill at Inchincoosh...” Lore
111. “Murty O' Sullivan (Dorrihey) of Cahirnaboorka, Kilgarvan, told me that the O'Donoghue Mór...” Lore
112. “Jerry O'Sullivan Dorrihey told me (9th April, 1939) the story of how the young wife of a man named Pat...” Lore
113. “This brother told me that he knew that Lame Dan Murphy, the poet, was living in great poverty in the town...” Lore
114. “I have heard it said in this parish that when the Good People wish to play a game of football or hurling...” Lore
115. In my young days Charles Kickham's song, "Patrick Sheehan" was extremely popular about Lomanaugh. Lore
116. Dennis O'Sullivan, ex N.T. of Kenmare told me the story of how eight men from the Bantry side came in olden times... Lore
117. In Pagan times, it seems, the Two-pap mountain was looked upon as representing production and prosperity. Lore
118. Jerry O'Sullivan (Dorrihy) of Cahernaboorka, told me that when a person dreams of a crock of gold he must be... Lore
119. Eugene O'Sullivan (Junior) of Cahernaboorka told me that sometimes when the young children of a family are dying... Lore
120. When "Foxeen" Callaghan of Cummeen was getting married in Kenmare, over thirty years ago... Lore
121. On 21 June, 1939, I visited the house of Patrick O'Sullivan of Gorthaloughane, Kilgarvan to collect folklore. Lore
124. “Some months ago Denny O'Connor, of Market Street, Kenmare, told me that he had a sister...” Lore
125. “My mother (aged seventy-three) says that her brother Peter was baptised by the priest in his parent's house...” Lore
126. “Money left as a legacy is unlucky and always goes bad" is a belief among many country people in South Kerry.” Lore
127. “When Dannie Healy's first wife died in Rayuchaslaugh, it was said that a strange bird kept flapping its wings...” Lore
128. “I have heard it said here that it isn't right to return for a forgotten article when starting a journey.” Lore
130. “During the days of the great famine of 1847-1848 there was a soup house at The Rockfield, Kilgarvan.” Lore
132. “In Roundwood, Co. Wicklow, I heard an old man called John Mason say the following verse predicting the weather about April...” Lore
135. I am told that there is the ruin of an old castle or lodge on the mountain at Mweeing, Kilgarvan, but I have never seen it myself. Lore
136. “If a churn was made on May Eve it was usual to put a little of the butter from that particular churn into...” Lore
138. “The old people were fond of telling a story about how the English tried to poison Daniel Ó'Connell at a party.” Lore
142. “My mother also heard it said that any house harbouring a priest as a constant visitor will be unlucky.” Lore
143. “Water which has washed the dead in the night should not be thrown out until the day dawns.” Lore
144. “I have been listening for many years to the story of a priest whose head is said to have been cut off...” Lore
145. Until quite lately there was a spring well in the corner of Jerry Healy's kitchen near the fire. Lore
146. Dan Callaghan of Lomanaugh (aged about sixty years) told me that his mother, Julia Gleeson, attended a hedge-school in Glenflesk. Lore
147. “James Tuohy, N.T., Cahir, Kenmare told me of a holy well at Cahir which is called Thubber na Finiha (The well of the warts)...” Lore
148. “The old people used to warn children that if they robbed birds' nests their hands would get sore.” Lore
149. “I heard it said that it was not right to bury a child on Monday, or to begin any work on that day.” Lore
150. “I heard my father tell of how a hare and a porcupine once arranged to test the speed of each other at running.” Lore
151. “At Minish, Killarney, I was shown an opening in the ground near the railway by John Casey of Clasheen on 5 May, 1939.” Lore
152. “I have heard it said that when a picture falls from a wall without any visible reason it is the sign of a coming death.” Lore
153. “I have heard it said that it isn't right to have three lights in the one room at the same time.” Lore
156. “In the old thatched houses it was usual to see a little piece of butter stuck on to one of the shining black...” Lore
158. “There is a belief among the people here that if a person licks the belly of a live assloughra nothing will ever...” Lore
159. “A great many people here make the sign of the cross when they see a new moon for the first time.” Lore
160. “Mrs. Mike O'Sullivan Mac Cann of Kilgarvan told me that the last Saturday in April is the "Cross Day" of the year.” Lore
162. “The Desmond family of Currabeigh House, Crookstown, Co. Cork, told me last July of a travelling woman who visits the district...” Lore
165. “Denny O'Connor of Market Street, Kenmare, told me that there is a well near the ruin of the castle of the O'Sullivan Mór...” Lore
166. A girl is touched as each syllable is repeated and when the "doe" is reached, that girl must hunt the "toucher and counter"... Lore
167. “There was a man in this parish (Kilgarvan) long ago and he was the devil out for having his way with the women.” Lore
170. “Thomas Taylor of Fossa, Kilgarvan told me that there is still to be seen near his house the large soup pot...” Lore
173. “If a candle drops all to one side in the form of a shroud it is the sign of a coming wake.” Lore
I am told that there is the ruin of an old castle or lodge on the mountain at Mweeing, Kilgarvan, but I have never seen it myself. Share Share Post Date 1939Item type LoreLanguage English Writing mode Handwritten Writing script Roman script
Girls used to play a game when I was going to school called "Eena, deena, dína, doe". Share Share Post
A girl is touched as each syllable is repeated and when the "doe" is reached, that girl must hunt the "toucher and counter"... Share Share Post