Imleabhar: CBÉ 0630 (Cuid 1) Dáta 1934–1939Bailitheoir John O'Donoghue Suíomh Cill Gharbháin, Co. Chiarraí Liosta Brabhsáil Teidil (173) 1. Lisses, and what the People Think of them Seanchas 2. Care of the Feet Seanchas 3. Clothes Made Locally Seanchas 4. Historical Tradition Seanchas 5. Local Phrases and Sayings Seanchas 6. Old Stories Seanchas 7. Lough Namweela Seanchas 8. The Five Wonderful Servants Seanchas 9. Carool O'Daly Seanchas 10. Adventures of Owen Rue Seanchas 11. "Wicked" Seanchas 12. Mac Oulive Óge Seanchas 13. The Boolahs of Kilgarvan Seanchas 14. The Three Wise Men Seanchas 15. The Three Gifts from the Gentry Seanchas 16. The Tailor and the Fairy Child, etc. Seanchas 17. “Four brothers went scureecthing of a time and were returning home late at night.” Seanchas 18. Local Songs Seanchas 19. “If a person sweeps the dirt of a floor towards the fireplace the luck will be turned into the house...” Seanchas 20. “Pat Healy told me that he heard of a superstition about cattle dying and a strange thing which was done to stop it.” Seanchas 21. “There is a great round paid at this church of St. Gobnait every Whit Sunday.” Seanchas 22. “There are many fabulous stories told about St. Gobnait...” Seanchas 23. “There was a school-teacher called Dan (Agreene) O'Sullivan arrested in Kenmare in connection with Fenianism.” Seanchas 24. “Until quite recently an implement called a "Gearhóir" was used for cutting up furze for horses...” Seanchas 25. “Here is what Goddard Henry Orpen says about the flagstone in "The Orpen Family":” Seanchas 26. “There is a widepread belief that incidents occurring during the woman's pregnacny have an impression on the coming child.” Seanchas 27. “There is a strange and curious link in the world between certain people, thoughts and events.” Seanchas 28. “Jerry Dorrihy also told me (9 April, 1939) how the wife of Jerh Bawn (O'Sullivan) of Ruseechtra...” Seanchas 29. “Maurice Padd Healy of Ardtully told me (4 May, 1939) that Mick Lucy of Slaghts had a sister married to Dermod...” Seanchas 30. “I knew a young man called Simon Lovett who lived at Coomclougherane, Kilgarvan.” Seanchas 31. “One night Pat Healy of Ardtully had a dream, he told me, in which...” Seanchas 32. “Maurice Padd Healy told me that his father was once talking to old Tim Connor on their way home from the bog.” Seanchas 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...” Seanchas 34. “About fifty years ago there was a great swimmer at Kilgarvan.” Seanchas 35. Father Tom O'Neill Seanchas 36. Of the tunes commonly hummed, lilted, or sung by the people the following were the most popular among my friends... Seanchas 37. The following song relating an incident during the search of a young girl for her lover was given to me by Bill... Seanchas 38. There is a spot near Bunane graveyard where rounds are paid in honour of St' Feechna. Seanchas 39. Jeremiah Healy of Derrymaclavode, Clayduck, Glenflesk, told me that "Caher Craiv Yarrag" means in English... Seanchas 40. Jerh Healy told me (14 May, 1939) that on the 4 August, 1831, the Clayduck river became suddenly flooded... Seanchas 41. Connie O'Brien of Kilbanow told me of a superstition relating to the mating of horses. Seanchas 42. “One wet stormy night three men were playing cards at a neighbour's house.” Seanchas 43. “Mary Doyle was a niece to Bridget Doyle.” Seanchas 44. “A woman named Kate Wallace of Limerick was married to an O'Mahony of Dromore Castle.” Seanchas 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...” Seanchas 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...” Seanchas 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.” Seanchas 48. “The fact that "coming events cast their shadows before them" has been proved to me personally on several occasions.” Seanchas 49. “When I was stationed at Roundwood, Co. Wicklow, a drowning was reported at Lough Dan, two or three iles from the barrack.” Seanchas 50. “In Kilmurray graveyard I was shown the grave of a priest.” Seanchas 51. “In the Kilmurray district I heard a ghost story of the first Gallivan man who left the place to live in County Kerry.” Seanchas 52. “Mrs. Mary O'Shea was a well known seller of fish at the Kenmare and Kilgarvan butter markets.” Seanchas 53. “Remains of the "Bluck Nullog" is used for keeping down high winds.” Seanchas 54. “Mrs. Healy told me that the substance of the person from whose house the first smoke arose on May Day would be carried.” Seanchas 55. “Some months ago I was talking to some friends by the gate in front of a house in the town of Kenmare.” Seanchas 56. “All these things may seem odd to many people, yet they are so natural when we think over the matter.” Seanchas 57. “It was in the year A.D. 1917 that the first aeroplane was seen flying over Kilgarvan Parish.” Seanchas 58. “The spilling of salt by accident at the table is said to foreshow bad luck for the person who spills it.” Seanchas 59. “A priest is always buried with his head to the north and his feet to the south while his parishioners are...” Seanchas 60. “If wild birds fly into a dwelling house it is regarded as a sign of bad luck.” Seanchas 61. “Shannagorry Castle stood near Cleady, Kenmare.” Seanchas 62. “The people preserve a curious tradition in connection with the founding of the Poor Clare Convent beside the church already mentioned.” Seanchas 63. “Michael Mac Carty, N.T., Kenmare, told me that James Stephens and Micheal Doheny stayed a night in the house...” Seanchas 64. “Mike Mac Cann told me of a hare in the Mangerton mountain which could never be caught.” Seanchas 65. “Denis Darby O'Sullivan told me that the old people used to pound up riloaguch...” Seanchas 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.” Seanchas 67. “There is a certain type of cockroach which goes about with its tail up in the air.” Seanchas 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.” Seanchas 69. “I visited a very big Liss at a place called Droumnadeelish near Kilgarvan on yesterday.” Seanchas 70. “I heard at the O'Suillivan Dorrihey's house that night as Dr. O'Callaghan, the medical officer for Kilgarvan...” Seanchas 71. “My brother told me a curious story of how he went to Cork one time and met himself there.” Seanchas 72. “Paddy Gallivan of Kilbanow, who is fairly good at old stories, told me that Biddy Doyle was once taken...” Seanchas 73. The old women had a habit in this ditrict (Glenerought) of sitting by the fire when their work was done... Seanchas 74. Schoolgirls in Kilgarvan parish play a game in which they join hands and sing... Seanchas 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. Seanchas 76. Jerh Healy's wife says that the baby born with a caul will be either a saint, a priest, or a nun. Seanchas 77. I heard some men from Ballingeary talking about Con na Bookee last year at a funeral in Kilgarvan. Seanchas 78. Some people around Kilgarvan think it is unlucky to count fowl or animals in their possession. Seanchas 79. Urine was used for washing clothes in this parish up to about forty yeares ago. Seanchas 80. It is thought an unlucky sign for a married couple if their wedding procession meets with a funeral. Seanchas 81. “At the gap of Dunloe a headless coach used to be seen every night.” Seanchas 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...” Seanchas 83. “Bill Gaine of Lomanaugh (aged eighty) remembers to see weddings take place in houses instead of in the chapel.” Seanchas 84. “Dhónal Mór O'Donoghue of Gurteens, Kilgarvan, was a cattle dealer.” Seanchas 85. “In Kilgarvan parish a certain woman died about five years ago.” Seanchas 86. “There is a general belief among the people of Kilgarvan parish that if a dormouse happens to run over a person's foot...” Seanchas 87. “I heard it said somewhere in Ireland that if two stones were struck together before Noah's flood it is water which would...” Seanchas 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...” Seanchas 89. “I heard at Healys'of Ardtully that there once lived a man at Knockeens named Doctor Harmon.” Seanchas 90. “At Faughbawn near Clasheen,Killarney, John Casey showed me the ruin of an old house in which the Fransciscans used to live...” Seanchas 91. “The "dip" was usulaly some liquid such as gravy or new milk into which potatoes were dipped to flavour them before eating.” Seanchas 92. A young pig intended to be kept for breeding is called "the pattern of a sow" in Kilgarvan. Seanchas 93. Pigs are sometimes called home by use of the words "Wahey, wahey, wahey". Seanchas 94. “A little plant about eighteen inches high grows in the mountains and moors.” Seanchas 95. “On May Day it was usual for some people to stick a branch of quickbeam in fields where crops were planted...” Seanchas 96. “I often heard the old people to say it was not right to play games outside in the night.” Seanchas 97. “In my young days it was customary in country houses to peel potatoes with the finger nails.” Seanchas 98. “There is a little forked bone under the breast in fowl...” Seanchas 99. “When motor cars first began to enter these lonely valleys I remember what an awful fright a certain young girl...” Seanchas 100. “It is wrong to open an umbrella inside in a house.” Seanchas 101. “There is a rock called Corrig-anoir on the side of the road near Morley's Bridge.” Seanchas 102. “When Mary Doyle used to be in convulsions it was considered unlucky to cross her path.” Seanchas 103. “A weather-cock stands over the cross on the top of the R. C. Church in Kenmare.” Seanchas 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.” Seanchas 105. “Bill Gaine told me of a spirit called "Petticoat Loose".” Seanchas 106. “My mother heard an old woman, Mrs. Kate O'Leary, of Gurteens, Kilgarvan, to say that the good luck leaves...” Seanchas 107. “He said that the whooping cough would be cured by driving the patient outside of his or her parish.” Seanchas 108. “Several families by the name of O'Reirdon live together in a little valley high up in the mountains near Kilgarvan.” Seanchas 109. “Biddy Doyle (the best-known of the women of Kilgarvan reputed to be in the Good People), had a son...” Seanchas 110. “Johnnie Duill of Gurthlouchra told me that there is a hollow in the hill at Inchincoosh...” Seanchas 111. “Murty O' Sullivan (Dorrihey) of Cahirnaboorka, Kilgarvan, told me that the O'Donoghue Mór...” Seanchas 112. “Jerry O'Sullivan Dorrihey told me (9th April, 1939) the story of how the young wife of a man named Pat...” Seanchas 113. “This brother told me that he knew that Lame Dan Murphy, the poet, was living in great poverty in the town...” Seanchas 114. “I have heard it said in this parish that when the Good People wish to play a game of football or hurling...” Seanchas 115. In my young days Charles Kickham's song, "Patrick Sheehan" was extremely popular about Lomanaugh. Seanchas 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... Seanchas 117. In Pagan times, it seems, the Two-pap mountain was looked upon as representing production and prosperity. Seanchas 118. Jerry O'Sullivan (Dorrihy) of Cahernaboorka, told me that when a person dreams of a crock of gold he must be... Seanchas 119. Eugene O'Sullivan (Junior) of Cahernaboorka told me that sometimes when the young children of a family are dying... Seanchas 120. When "Foxeen" Callaghan of Cummeen was getting married in Kenmare, over thirty years ago... Seanchas 121. On 21 June, 1939, I visited the house of Patrick O'Sullivan of Gorthaloughane, Kilgarvan to collect folklore. Seanchas 122. Conney O'Brien of Kilbannow told me that the first bicylce ever seen in Kilgarvan... Seanchas 123. “One day a man was searching for sheep on Mangerton Mountain.” Seanchas 124. “Some months ago Denny O'Connor, of Market Street, Kenmare, told me that he had a sister...” Seanchas 125. “My mother (aged seventy-three) says that her brother Peter was baptised by the priest in his parent's house...” Seanchas 126. “Money left as a legacy is unlucky and always goes bad" is a belief among many country people in South Kerry.” Seanchas 127. “When Dannie Healy's first wife died in Rayuchaslaugh, it was said that a strange bird kept flapping its wings...” Seanchas 128. “I have heard it said here that it isn't right to return for a forgotten article when starting a journey.” Seanchas 129. “Bill Gaine of Lomanaugh had a daughter named Mary Ellen.” Seanchas 130. “During the days of the great famine of 1847-1848 there was a soup house at The Rockfield, Kilgarvan.” Seanchas 131. “It is said that if one cricket is taken from a house the others will follow.” Seanchas 132. “In Roundwood, Co. Wicklow, I heard an old man called John Mason say the following verse predicting the weather about April...” Seanchas 133. “When my sisters and I were young my father amused us by reciting the following verse...” Seanchas 134. Portion of the top of Mangerton mountain is called "The Hungry Ground". Seanchas 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. Seanchas 136. “If a churn was made on May Eve it was usual to put a little of the butter from that particular churn into...” Seanchas 137. “Mrs. Healy told me that it is not right to take the measure of a corpse for a coffin.” Seanchas 138. “The old people were fond of telling a story about how the English tried to poison Daniel Ó'Connell at a party.” Seanchas 139. “Blackberries are said to be definitely out of season after Michaelmas Night.” Seanchas 140. “Whenever my father saw a star fall he said "I wish my soul to heaven.” Seanchas 141. “There is a field in Lomanaugh called "Clashtee-louhglin".” Seanchas 142. “My mother also heard it said that any house harbouring a priest as a constant visitor will be unlucky.” Seanchas 143. “Water which has washed the dead in the night should not be thrown out until the day dawns.” Seanchas 144. “I have been listening for many years to the story of a priest whose head is said to have been cut off...” Seanchas 145. Until quite lately there was a spring well in the corner of Jerry Healy's kitchen near the fire. Seanchas 146. Dan Callaghan of Lomanaugh (aged about sixty years) told me that his mother, Julia Gleeson, attended a hedge-school in Glenflesk. Seanchas 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)...” Seanchas 148. “The old people used to warn children that if they robbed birds' nests their hands would get sore.” Seanchas 149. “I heard it said that it was not right to bury a child on Monday, or to begin any work on that day.” Seanchas 150. “I heard my father tell of how a hare and a porcupine once arranged to test the speed of each other at running.” Seanchas 151. “At Minish, Killarney, I was shown an opening in the ground near the railway by John Casey of Clasheen on 5 May, 1939.” Seanchas 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.” Seanchas 153. “I have heard it said that it isn't right to have three lights in the one room at the same time.” Seanchas 154. There is a field in Lomanaugh called "Herlihy's Lot". Seanchas 155. Girls used to play a game when I was going to school called "Eena, deena, dína, doe". Seanchas 156. “In the old thatched houses it was usual to see a little piece of butter stuck on to one of the shining black...” Seanchas 157. “The four-leaf shamrock is said to bring un-told luck the the person who finds it.” Seanchas 158. “There is a belief among the people here that if a person licks the belly of a live assloughra nothing will ever...” Seanchas 159. “A great many people here make the sign of the cross when they see a new moon for the first time.” Seanchas 160. “Mrs. Mike O'Sullivan Mac Cann of Kilgarvan told me that the last Saturday in April is the "Cross Day" of the year.” Seanchas 161. “Roughty Bridge was the first bridge built in Kenmare parish.” Seanchas 162. “The Desmond family of Currabeigh House, Crookstown, Co. Cork, told me last July of a travelling woman who visits the district...” Seanchas 163. “It is said to be an unlucky sign for a person if a hare crosses his path.” Seanchas 164. “I often heard my mother sing the following verse...” Seanchas 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...” Seanchas 166. A girl is touched as each syllable is repeated and when the "doe" is reached, that girl must hunt the "toucher and counter"... Seanchas 167. “There was a man in this parish (Kilgarvan) long ago and he was the devil out for having his way with the women.” Seanchas 168. “Long ago my father used to tell us, children, how the man got up into the moon.” Seanchas 169. “If a pregnant woman stands sponsor at the baptism of a child that child will soon die.” Seanchas 170. “Thomas Taylor of Fossa, Kilgarvan told me that there is still to be seen near his house the large soup pot...” Seanchas 171. There is a stone at Inchimore, Kilgarvan, called Corrigathooma. Seanchas 172. “Some old people in the parish would never burn alder.” Seanchas 173. “If a candle drops all to one side in the form of a shroud it is the sign of a coming wake.” Seanchas Modh: Formhéadú Zúmáil Léim chuig leathanach / 193 Tagairt chartlainne An Príomhbhailiúchán Lámhscríbhinní, Imleabhar 0630, Leathanach 007 Íomhá agus sonraí © Cnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann, UCD. Féach sonraí cóipchirt. Íoslódáil Ar an leathanach seo Care of the Feet (ar lean) Roinn Roinn Postáil Dáta Meitheamh 1939Cineál míre SeanchasTeanga Béarla Modh scríbhneoireachta Lámhscríofa Script scríbhneoireachta Cló Rómhánach
19. “If a person sweeps the dirt of a floor towards the fireplace the luck will be turned into the house...” Seanchas
20. “Pat Healy told me that he heard of a superstition about cattle dying and a strange thing which was done to stop it.” Seanchas
23. “There was a school-teacher called Dan (Agreene) O'Sullivan arrested in Kenmare in connection with Fenianism.” Seanchas
24. “Until quite recently an implement called a "Gearhóir" was used for cutting up furze for horses...” Seanchas
26. “There is a widepread belief that incidents occurring during the woman's pregnacny have an impression on the coming child.” Seanchas
27. “There is a strange and curious link in the world between certain people, thoughts and events.” Seanchas
28. “Jerry Dorrihy also told me (9 April, 1939) how the wife of Jerh Bawn (O'Sullivan) of Ruseechtra...” Seanchas
29. “Maurice Padd Healy of Ardtully told me (4 May, 1939) that Mick Lucy of Slaghts had a sister married to Dermod...” Seanchas
32. “Maurice Padd Healy told me that his father was once talking to old Tim Connor on their way home from the bog.” Seanchas
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...” Seanchas
36. Of the tunes commonly hummed, lilted, or sung by the people the following were the most popular among my friends... Seanchas
37. The following song relating an incident during the search of a young girl for her lover was given to me by Bill... Seanchas
39. Jeremiah Healy of Derrymaclavode, Clayduck, Glenflesk, told me that "Caher Craiv Yarrag" means in English... Seanchas
40. Jerh Healy told me (14 May, 1939) that on the 4 August, 1831, the Clayduck river became suddenly flooded... Seanchas
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...” Seanchas
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...” Seanchas
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.” Seanchas
48. “The fact that "coming events cast their shadows before them" has been proved to me personally on several occasions.” Seanchas
49. “When I was stationed at Roundwood, Co. Wicklow, a drowning was reported at Lough Dan, two or three iles from the barrack.” Seanchas
51. “In the Kilmurray district I heard a ghost story of the first Gallivan man who left the place to live in County Kerry.” Seanchas
52. “Mrs. Mary O'Shea was a well known seller of fish at the Kenmare and Kilgarvan butter markets.” Seanchas
54. “Mrs. Healy told me that the substance of the person from whose house the first smoke arose on May Day would be carried.” Seanchas
55. “Some months ago I was talking to some friends by the gate in front of a house in the town of Kenmare.” Seanchas
56. “All these things may seem odd to many people, yet they are so natural when we think over the matter.” Seanchas
57. “It was in the year A.D. 1917 that the first aeroplane was seen flying over Kilgarvan Parish.” Seanchas
58. “The spilling of salt by accident at the table is said to foreshow bad luck for the person who spills it.” Seanchas
59. “A priest is always buried with his head to the north and his feet to the south while his parishioners are...” Seanchas
62. “The people preserve a curious tradition in connection with the founding of the Poor Clare Convent beside the church already mentioned.” Seanchas
63. “Michael Mac Carty, N.T., Kenmare, told me that James Stephens and Micheal Doheny stayed a night in the house...” Seanchas
64. “Mike Mac Cann told me of a hare in the Mangerton mountain which could never be caught.” Seanchas
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.” Seanchas
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.” Seanchas
69. “I visited a very big Liss at a place called Droumnadeelish near Kilgarvan on yesterday.” Seanchas
70. “I heard at the O'Suillivan Dorrihey's house that night as Dr. O'Callaghan, the medical officer for Kilgarvan...” Seanchas
71. “My brother told me a curious story of how he went to Cork one time and met himself there.” Seanchas
72. “Paddy Gallivan of Kilbanow, who is fairly good at old stories, told me that Biddy Doyle was once taken...” Seanchas
73. The old women had a habit in this ditrict (Glenerought) of sitting by the fire when their work was done... Seanchas
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. Seanchas
76. Jerh Healy's wife says that the baby born with a caul will be either a saint, a priest, or a nun. Seanchas
77. I heard some men from Ballingeary talking about Con na Bookee last year at a funeral in Kilgarvan. Seanchas
78. Some people around Kilgarvan think it is unlucky to count fowl or animals in their possession. Seanchas
80. It is thought an unlucky sign for a married couple if their wedding procession meets with a funeral. Seanchas
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...” Seanchas
83. “Bill Gaine of Lomanaugh (aged eighty) remembers to see weddings take place in houses instead of in the chapel.” Seanchas
86. “There is a general belief among the people of Kilgarvan parish that if a dormouse happens to run over a person's foot...” Seanchas
87. “I heard it said somewhere in Ireland that if two stones were struck together before Noah's flood it is water which would...” Seanchas
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...” Seanchas
89. “I heard at Healys'of Ardtully that there once lived a man at Knockeens named Doctor Harmon.” Seanchas
90. “At Faughbawn near Clasheen,Killarney, John Casey showed me the ruin of an old house in which the Fransciscans used to live...” Seanchas
91. “The "dip" was usulaly some liquid such as gravy or new milk into which potatoes were dipped to flavour them before eating.” Seanchas
92. A young pig intended to be kept for breeding is called "the pattern of a sow" in Kilgarvan. Seanchas
95. “On May Day it was usual for some people to stick a branch of quickbeam in fields where crops were planted...” Seanchas
96. “I often heard the old people to say it was not right to play games outside in the night.” Seanchas
97. “In my young days it was customary in country houses to peel potatoes with the finger nails.” Seanchas
99. “When motor cars first began to enter these lonely valleys I remember what an awful fright a certain young girl...” Seanchas
102. “When Mary Doyle used to be in convulsions it was considered unlucky to cross her path.” Seanchas
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.” Seanchas
106. “My mother heard an old woman, Mrs. Kate O'Leary, of Gurteens, Kilgarvan, to say that the good luck leaves...” Seanchas
107. “He said that the whooping cough would be cured by driving the patient outside of his or her parish.” Seanchas
108. “Several families by the name of O'Reirdon live together in a little valley high up in the mountains near Kilgarvan.” Seanchas
109. “Biddy Doyle (the best-known of the women of Kilgarvan reputed to be in the Good People), had a son...” Seanchas
110. “Johnnie Duill of Gurthlouchra told me that there is a hollow in the hill at Inchincoosh...” Seanchas
111. “Murty O' Sullivan (Dorrihey) of Cahirnaboorka, Kilgarvan, told me that the O'Donoghue Mór...” Seanchas
112. “Jerry O'Sullivan Dorrihey told me (9th April, 1939) the story of how the young wife of a man named Pat...” Seanchas
113. “This brother told me that he knew that Lame Dan Murphy, the poet, was living in great poverty in the town...” Seanchas
114. “I have heard it said in this parish that when the Good People wish to play a game of football or hurling...” Seanchas
115. In my young days Charles Kickham's song, "Patrick Sheehan" was extremely popular about Lomanaugh. Seanchas
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... Seanchas
117. In Pagan times, it seems, the Two-pap mountain was looked upon as representing production and prosperity. Seanchas
118. Jerry O'Sullivan (Dorrihy) of Cahernaboorka, told me that when a person dreams of a crock of gold he must be... Seanchas
119. Eugene O'Sullivan (Junior) of Cahernaboorka told me that sometimes when the young children of a family are dying... Seanchas
120. When "Foxeen" Callaghan of Cummeen was getting married in Kenmare, over thirty years ago... Seanchas
121. On 21 June, 1939, I visited the house of Patrick O'Sullivan of Gorthaloughane, Kilgarvan to collect folklore. Seanchas
124. “Some months ago Denny O'Connor, of Market Street, Kenmare, told me that he had a sister...” Seanchas
125. “My mother (aged seventy-three) says that her brother Peter was baptised by the priest in his parent's house...” Seanchas
126. “Money left as a legacy is unlucky and always goes bad" is a belief among many country people in South Kerry.” Seanchas
127. “When Dannie Healy's first wife died in Rayuchaslaugh, it was said that a strange bird kept flapping its wings...” Seanchas
128. “I have heard it said here that it isn't right to return for a forgotten article when starting a journey.” Seanchas
130. “During the days of the great famine of 1847-1848 there was a soup house at The Rockfield, Kilgarvan.” Seanchas
132. “In Roundwood, Co. Wicklow, I heard an old man called John Mason say the following verse predicting the weather about April...” Seanchas
133. “When my sisters and I were young my father amused us by reciting the following verse...” Seanchas
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. Seanchas
136. “If a churn was made on May Eve it was usual to put a little of the butter from that particular churn into...” Seanchas
137. “Mrs. Healy told me that it is not right to take the measure of a corpse for a coffin.” Seanchas
138. “The old people were fond of telling a story about how the English tried to poison Daniel Ó'Connell at a party.” Seanchas
142. “My mother also heard it said that any house harbouring a priest as a constant visitor will be unlucky.” Seanchas
143. “Water which has washed the dead in the night should not be thrown out until the day dawns.” Seanchas
144. “I have been listening for many years to the story of a priest whose head is said to have been cut off...” Seanchas
145. Until quite lately there was a spring well in the corner of Jerry Healy's kitchen near the fire. Seanchas
146. Dan Callaghan of Lomanaugh (aged about sixty years) told me that his mother, Julia Gleeson, attended a hedge-school in Glenflesk. Seanchas
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)...” Seanchas
148. “The old people used to warn children that if they robbed birds' nests their hands would get sore.” Seanchas
149. “I heard it said that it was not right to bury a child on Monday, or to begin any work on that day.” Seanchas
150. “I heard my father tell of how a hare and a porcupine once arranged to test the speed of each other at running.” Seanchas
151. “At Minish, Killarney, I was shown an opening in the ground near the railway by John Casey of Clasheen on 5 May, 1939.” Seanchas
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.” Seanchas
153. “I have heard it said that it isn't right to have three lights in the one room at the same time.” Seanchas
156. “In the old thatched houses it was usual to see a little piece of butter stuck on to one of the shining black...” Seanchas
158. “There is a belief among the people here that if a person licks the belly of a live assloughra nothing will ever...” Seanchas
159. “A great many people here make the sign of the cross when they see a new moon for the first time.” Seanchas
160. “Mrs. Mike O'Sullivan Mac Cann of Kilgarvan told me that the last Saturday in April is the "Cross Day" of the year.” Seanchas
162. “The Desmond family of Currabeigh House, Crookstown, Co. Cork, told me last July of a travelling woman who visits the district...” Seanchas
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...” Seanchas
166. A girl is touched as each syllable is repeated and when the "doe" is reached, that girl must hunt the "toucher and counter"... Seanchas
167. “There was a man in this parish (Kilgarvan) long ago and he was the devil out for having his way with the women.” Seanchas
169. “If a pregnant woman stands sponsor at the baptism of a child that child will soon die.” Seanchas
170. “Thomas Taylor of Fossa, Kilgarvan told me that there is still to be seen near his house the large soup pot...” Seanchas
173. “If a candle drops all to one side in the form of a shroud it is the sign of a coming wake.” Seanchas
Care of the Feet (ar lean) Roinn Roinn Postáil Dáta Meitheamh 1939Cineál míre SeanchasTeanga Béarla Modh scríbhneoireachta Lámhscríofa Script scríbhneoireachta Cló Rómhánach