1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Glaise an Choinnlín (B.), Áth Treasna

School: Glaise an Choinnlín (B.), Áth Treasna (roll number 12320)

Location:
Glais an Choinlín Thiar, Co. Chorcaí
Teacher:
E. Ó Ríordáin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0351, Page 311

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0351, Page 311

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: Glaise an Choinnlín (B.), Áth Treasna
  2. XML Page 311
  3. XML (no title)
  4. XML (no title)

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. (no title) (continued)

    “There are a great number of beliefs and customs regarding births of people and animals also.”

    Share Share Post
    You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.
    (continued from previous page)
    Cancel
    Transcription guide »
    By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.

  2. (no title)

    “When I was going to school in Taur with my sister, my brother was teaching at Rockchapel and he died and left books and a slate to my mother and she gave away all his books to his friends who asked for them until his slate was only left.”

    Share Share Post
    Mrs Biddy lane, Scarteen Rd. Newmarket Co Cork aged 85 years told me these stories.
    When I was going to school in Taur with my sister, my brother was teaching at Rockchapel and he died and left books and a slate to my mother and she gave away all his books to his friends who asked for them until his slate only was left. Then one evening I came home with my slate broken and I asked my mother for a penny to buy one but she gave me my brother's one and warned me that if ever I forgot it in school or anywhere else if it was twelve o'clock I would have to go back again for it. So I was very careful not to forget it until one evening when I was coming home with six or seven other children from school. It was a fine Summer's evening and we decided to play games for a while. We played Duck and Granny etc. until it was getting dark
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit