DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4921856
title: Cnoc na Biolaraighe

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Cnoc na Biolaraighe (school) (Watergrasshill, Co. Cork), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Dll. Mac Carrthaigh.
description: Barony - Barrymore - Réamhrá - Stair -- Funny Stories and Ghost Stories - A Story of Corrin / Connell, Kitty O -- Ghost Story / Riordan, Crissie O' -- Ghost Story / Curtin, Joseph -- Story of a Bean Sí / Curtin, James -- Story of a Phantom Funeral / Carthy, William Mc -- Eel of Temple Uisque Graveyard / Driscoll, Michael O -- Scéal Spiride / Curtáin, Seosamh Mac -- Historical Stories -- Historical Stories -- Stories of the Famine Years -- Story of the Famine / Driscoll, Michael O -- Story of the Battle of Gortroe near Bartlemy in 1834 -- Story of the Eviction of Mitchel's Fort in 1904 / Sarsfield, Mary -- Another Account of the Battle of Gortroe-1834 / Sarsfield, Mary -- Great Horse Fairs of Bartlemy / Sarsfield, Peggy -- Old Village and Church of Kilshanahan / Carthy, William Mc -- Stories of the Great Famine of '47 / Sarsfield, May -- Old Dublin-Cork Road -- Story of Boithrín a' Black / Ahern, Andrew -- Old Paper Mill of Trantstown and the 'Mill Well' also Called St Valentine's Well / Harte, Bina -- Story of a Tory Called the 'Bricleach' / Driscoll, Michael O -- Feat of Strength / Curtin, Joseph -- Great Runner / Riordan, Crissie O' -- Stories of Watergrasshill and District from Old Inhabitants / Hayes, Mrs -- Stories of Watergrasshill and District from Old Inhabitants - A Feat of Strength / Hayes, Mrs -- Pike Closed and Subsequent Evictions / Hayes, Mrs -- Stories of Watergrasshill and District from Old Inhabitants - Ardnageehy / Hayes, Mrs -- Stories of Watergrasshill and District from Old Inhabitants - Crosaire na gCon / Hayes, Mrs -- Stories of Watergrasshill and District from Old Inhabitants - Petticoat Loose / Hayes, Mrs -- Stories of Watergrasshill and District from Old Inhabitants - Another Cure for Warts / Hayes, Mrs -- Stories of Watergrasshill and District from Old Inhabitants - Athletic Feats / Hayes, Mrs -- Stories of Watergrasshill and District from Old Inhabitants - Weavers / Hayes, Mrs -- Stories of Watergrasshill and District from Old Inhabitants / Manning, Mrs -- Stories of Watergrasshill and District from Old Inhabitants - Big Snowfalls / Hayes, Mrs -- Stories of Watergrasshill and District from Old Inhabitants - Hand-Woven Clothes / Manning, Mrs -- Stories of Watergrasshill and District from Old Inhabitants - A Weird Experience / Hayes, Mrs -- Stories of Watergrasshill and District from Old Inhabitants - Stories of the Famine / Hayes, Mrs -- Stories of Watergrasshill and District from Old Inhabitants - Stories of the Famine / Hayes, Mrs -- Stories of Watergrasshill and District from Old Inhabitants - Another Story of the Famine / Manning, Mrs -- Stories of Watergrasshill and District from Old Inhabitants - Robáird of Cronin / Hayes, Mrs -- Stories of Watergrasshill and District from Old Inhabitants / Hayes, Mrs -- Stories of Watergrasshill and District from Old Inhabitants / Hayes, Mrs -- Stories of Watergrasshill and District from Old Inhabitants - Porridge / Hayes, Mrs -- Stories of Watergrasshill and District from Old Inhabitants / Hayes, Mrs -- Stories of Watergrasshill and District from Old Inhabitants - Story / Hayes, Mrs -- Stories of Watergrasshill and District from Old Inhabitants - Some Old Sayings with Local Reference / Hayes, Mrs -- Stories of Watergrasshill and District from Old Inhabitants - A Charm / Hayes, Mrs -- Stories of Watergrasshill and District from Old Inhabitants - Snaidhm na Péiste / Hayes, Mrs -- Stories of Watergrasshill and District from Old Inhabitants - Cure for Whooping Cough / Hayes, Mrs -- Stories of Watergrasshill and District from Old Inhabitants - Cure for Thrush / Hayes, Mrs -- Stories of Watergrasshill and District from Old Inhabitants - Candles / Hayes, Mrs -- Stories of Watergrasshill and District from Old Inhabitants - A Story Relating to Daniel O'Connell / Hayes, Mrs -- Historical Stories-The Battle of Ballinacleithe / Connell, Kitty O -- Brenan the Outlaw / Carthy, Willie Mc -- Brenan on the Moor -- Old Customs Observed in the Locality in the Past - The Caoining Women / Sarsfield, Peggy -- Old Cures for Man and Beast / Carthy, Willie Mc -- Old Irish Customs Associated with May Morning / Sarsfield, Peggy -- Pishogues Associated with May Morning / Riordan, Crissie -- St Brigid's Night / Sarsfield, Peggy -- Customs of Saint John's Eve / Carthy, Willie Mc -- Pishogues / Harte, Bina -- Wrenboys / Carthy, Eileen Mc -- Shrove and its Customs / Riordan, Crissie O -- Old Crafts in the Locality - Homemade Candles / Flaherty, William -- Old Crafts in the Locality - The Old Spinning Wheel / Flaherty, William -- Use of the Spinning Wheel / Driscoll, Bessie -- How Paper was made in the Local Paper Mills / Harte, Bina -- Old System of Butter Making / Flaherty, Willam O -- Weaving / Riordan, Crissie O' -- Turf Cut in the Watergrasshill District -- Cooper of Condonstown / Carthy, Willie Mc -- Bakery in Watergrasshill Village / Riordan, Crissie O' -- Story of Sheela Bhuí na Scian and Her Buried Treasure / Carthy, Willie Mc -- Punishment of a Priest Hunter / Driscoll, Michael O' -- Another Story of Priest Hunting / Driscoll, Michael O' -- Battle at Shanbally on the Banks of the Bride / Connell, Kitty O -- How Tubbereen-Mire is Supposed to have gotten its Name / Driscoll, Bessie -- Bóithrín an Phíobaire / Connell, Kitty O -- Stories of Buried Treasure / Driscoll, Michael O -- Legend of Bay Lough / Sarsfield, Peggy -- History of Castlelyons Castle / Riordan, Crissie O -- Old Methods of Cooking - Griddle Cakes / Curtin, James -- Old Methods of Cooking - Stirabout / Keeffe, Eileen O' -- Story of Michael's / Driscoll, Michael O -- Old Method of Cooking a Goose / Connell, Kitty O -- Legend of Rathcormack / Connor, Patrick O -- Story of the Gobán Saor / Sarsfield, May -- Legend of Bartlemy Well / Connell, Kitty -- Leaba na Bó Báine / Fitzgerald, Maureen -- Sheaf of Straw / Connolly, Mary -- Story of a Graveyard that Removed / Driscoll, Michael O -- Athletic Feats / Connell, Kitty O -- Feat of Strength / Sarsfield, Peggy -- Great Runner / Harte, Bina -- Step Dancers -- Taking of the Siege Train / Curtin, James -- Games we Play in the Playground / Riordan, Crissie O' -- Stone Circle of Condonstown / Sarsfield, Peggy -- History of Watergrasshill Village / Connell, Kitty O
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.