1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Tervoe (B.)

School: Tervoe (B.) (roll number 5564)

Location:
Kilkeedy, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Liam S. Ó Ciardha
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0527, Page 265

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0527, Page 265

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Tervoe (B.)
  2. XML Page 265
  3. XML “History of Parish”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. History of Parish (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    (54) Large upright pillar in district
    - in townland known as Corcamore - impress of five fingers of human hand on Stone.
    Legend - That this stone was thrown from Carrig Rock by the witch Grána at O Regan when he endeavoured to quench the Magic Candle
    (56). Pisreoga:- (Survivals.)
    (1) People would not like to meet two magpies
    Verse got from old man
    "One (magpie) for Anger
    Two for Mirth
    Three for Sorrow
    Four for Death"
    (2) People would not like to meet a red-haired woman when going on a journey
    (3). Connected with Wakes and funerals
    (1). Keeping the 'parings' of the
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Location
    Tervoe, Co. Limerick