DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4742087
title: Droichead na Dóinne

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Droichead na Dóinne (school) (Blackwater Bridge, Co. Kerry), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Tadhg Ó Scolaidhe.
description: "Cad é an t-ainm atá ort?"... -- Dinnseanchas - Sliabh an Mharbhaithe -- Particulars of a Holy Well - Toberagrahig or Tobar a' Gathaigh -- Dinnseanchas - Loch Brainn (Lough Brin) -- Nicknames -- Unofficial Place Names - Parish of Tahilla -- The Old Road Kenmare to Sneem passes at western end of writer's home (teacher's house Blackwater Bridge)... -- Cúm an Aifrinn -- The ruling Irish family of the district was O'Sullivan Mór of Cappanacuss... -- Plás a' Rince -- Muingle Lot -- Names of Pupils on Rolls - Blackwater School -- Surnames of Pupils on Rolls in Blackwater Bridge N. School - Compiled from Old Roll Book -- To hear the cuckoo for the first time in the years in the right ear is regarded as a good sign of luck... -- To Mrs Scully N. T. Blackwater... -- If you meet a white horse when going to the fair it is regarded locally as a sign of bad luck... -- Bealach Bán: A rough stony field with white finnaun growing on it in farm of W. M. O Sullivan Derrinaclave Blackwater... -- Folk-Tales -- Folk-Tale -- Folk-Tale -- Folk-Tale - Mermaid -- School Games -- Gáirdín an Aitinn: a furzy field in farm of Patk. Shea, Doon, Tahilla... -- School Games - Blackwater Bridge -- Evil Eye -- Evil Eye -- Folk-Tale -- Gáirdín a' Líonta: a field west of J. C. O' Sullivan's house in Direenamacken Blackwater... -- Folk-Tale -- Two spoons ion the saucer or cup at tea-time is supposed to indicate that the owner will be left a widower (or widow) and will remarry!... -- Cnoch dubh: a hill of dark coloured shale rock above house of John Jones Blackwater... -- Signs of approaching death according to folk-lore of this locality vary after for different families... -- Folk-Tale -- Folk-Tale - Darby Gallivan -- Sean an iubhair: a hollow in farm of Daniel O Donoghue Direenamackion Blackwater... -- Cattle Cures -- Bolg an Uachra: Name of rack between Sherky Island and Mainland... -- Dún Coille - Dunkilla -- Folk-Tale -- A man was driving home from Sneem alone with horse and cart... -- A man was driving home from Sneem alone with horse and cart... -- I was sitting by window - it was open. Sergeant Dwyer of Sneem and a constable called on me and said "You are up very late at night."... -- A part of the strand near Derrynane supplies many of local inhabitants with "wrecked weeds" - seaweed torn up by tide or storm... -- Fairy Story -- Poll na Móna: a hole in the River Blackwater in John Moriarty's farm in Direendaragh Blackwater... -- Aimsear a bhídh a rugadh tú... -- Morgans (Murcadh) is a Christian name still surviving in this district... -- Folk-Tale -- Folk-Tale -- Faill a' Triple: a cliff in Derryvillane farm of John O Connell Derryvillane Moulcallee, Blackwater... -- He has a scar (scar = share or portion) in the boat... -- Folk-Tale -- Folk-Tale -- Folk-Tale -- Carraig an Aifrinn: Tradition says this was a Mass rock... -- Folk-Tale -- Folk-Tale -- Folk-Tale -- Monday is regarded as an unlucky day for killing pigs... -- Classification of pupils according to hair colour at Blackwater National School... -- Folk-Tale -- Folk-Tale -- Famine Period -- Folk-Tale -- Esge Coinlig - a hollow east of Mrs Con Sullivan's (Durraghi) house at Scott's Hill, Tahilla... -- Lough Brin -- Long Lake -- Folk-Tale -- Folk-Tale -- Folk-Tale -- Folk-Tale -- Folk-Tale -- Folk-Tale -- Folk-Tale -- Folk-Tale -- Folk-Tale -- The word "sprecket" (pronounced as spelled) is applied to a piebald or speckled animal or to even a brindled dog... -- One of the local estates is the Warden estate around Sneem. Prior to Warden, Bland owned it... -- Late Managers of Schools and Parish Priests of Sneem -- Appointed 1:10:'26 Tadhg O Scolaidhe (T. Scully) Present Principal... -- The "singalum" was a stick given to a pupil of school as he left school in the evening... -- The bata scór was a stick used by labourers (or others) for leckoning number of days worked... -- A common practice with the older inhabitants of this area when leaving a house late at night was to take a "coal" of fire with them as a protection against evil... -- Folk-Tale -- On St John's night June 23rd the people light the bonfire in honour of St John... -- Folk-Tale -- Folk-Tale -- Old Folk-Tale -- Folk-Tale -- Folk-Tale -- Folk-Tale -- Folk-Tale -- Folk-Tale -- Folk-Tale -- "He has made great way" (meaning headway or progress) It is said of a person who has journeyed well or quickly... -- Prior to February the 2nd every year the young men of this locality congregate at some house and decorate and disguise themselves... -- The exact age of deceased is not put on coffin plate. He or she is made a year older or a year younger... -- Funeral Customs -- Local Signs of Good or Bad Luck -- Bean na Scadán -- Faill Dubh -- Lizard as a Cure for Burns and Scalds -- Toby Butler, a shoemaker residing near Sneem, great grandfather of Denis Delahunty,... -- Ferret's Leavings -- Blood of Cat -- Coomnapeiste - Cúm na Péiste -- Circ-ím: Eggs boiled hard, shelled and cut... -- Ferret's Leavings
description: Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.