DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4922294
title: Tiobraid Árann (B.)

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Tiobraid Árann (B.) (school) (Tipperary, Co. Tipperary), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Mícheál Ó Floinn.
description: De réir cuid des na seandaoine sa bhaile seo... / Floinn, Micheál Ó -- One night as Tom was coming home from the little village of Moyne... / Flynn, Michael -- Some years ago a woman who had two beautiful children lived near Dundrum. / Hayes, John -- Lord Fermoy lived by the banks of the Blackwater. / Carthy, Dick Mc -- Tom Banin was a great story teller and at night it was a usual thing to see him... / Flynn, Michael -- There is a holy well near Kilshaine and there are many interesting stories... / Hayes, John -- In the townland of Bohercrowe outside this town (Tipperary) there is an old well... / Cunningham, Paddy -- There is an old dis-used road leading over the Slieve-Muc mountains... / Cunningham, Paddy -- Long ago there lived an old miser in the village of Lattin... / Cunningham, Paddy -- There is a stretch of road between the cross of Arravale... / Cunningham, Paddy -- One night a man was coming home from work across the fields... / Cunningham, Paddy -- Way up in the mountains near Tipperary town stands an old lake... / Hayden, Patrick -- Between Tipperary and Nenagh there stands a giant rock. / Hayden, Patrick -- Long ago when the Abbey in Tipperary was Catholic it was inhabited by... / Hayden, Patrick -- It was late one night began old Henry Connor... / Hayden, Patrick -- A few hundred years ago old Kerry farmer was told that he would die... / Flanagan, Dan -- Long ago there was a college in Lattin... / Flanagan, Dan -- Years ago near Clonmel there was a big potatoe garden... -- When a person dies in a house there is always a "wake" the night after he dies. / Cunningham, Paddy -- Once when my grandfather was going to a fair he saw a big big bird... / Cunningham, Paddy -- A few of the young from the locality of Clogheen were going out to America... / Cunningham, Paddy -- When my mother was a young girl she was in a hay-field one day... / Cunningham, Paddy -- Years ago near the town of Clonmel there was a big potatoe garden... / Flanagan, Dan -- Some years ago when my father was a young boy in county Galway... / Flanagan, Dan -- Not far from this town there stands an old fort... -- When St. Patrick was going through Munster preaching the Gospel... / Sullivan, Tim -- Every three years crowds of invalids flock to a holy well... / Sullivan, Timothy -- High up in the Galtee Mountain there lies a lake which holds the last Serpent... / Sullivan, Tim -- Long ago, when tinkers were plentiful, a crafty tinker came to an undertakers... / Sullivan, Tim -- A strange ailment came to a young man who owned a small farm in Garryduff. / Carthy, John Mac -- One day, my grandmother, who was born and reared in the country, paid a visit to us. / Carthy, John Mac -- Not far from the Rock of Thorm there is a hill called Slieve Muc. / Carthy, John Mac -- Long ago, before creameries were started, the country folk made their own butter. / Carthy, John Mac -- It is a popular legend in the vicinity of Aherlow that St. Patrick... / Carthy, John Mac -- One night a man who was a stranger was going down a road for a walk... / Fitzgerald, John -- Is is said that this cure would cure chilblains. / Fitzgerald, John -- One night a poor old man was coming home along the railway... / Fitzgerald, John -- The man of the house was after getting out teeth and he was very sick. / Fitzgerald, John -- About three hundred years ago there lived a Protestant in the County Waterford... / Fitzgerald, John -- One night a man was coming home after visiting a neighbour's house. / Fitzgerald, John -- A man was ploughing around a moate and he kicked a piece out of it. / Fitzgerald, John -- A man was going home one night about one o'clock... / Fitzgerald, John -- A priest was seen saying Mass in a field but was only a shadow. / Fitzgerald, John -- A cow was dying belonging to a very poor farmer. / Fitzgerald, John -- Years and years ago it was said that a small dog was always seen at a gap by the roadside. / Fitzgerald, John -- It is said that if you have luck in a small house you should not build another. / Fitzgerald, John -- Many years ago there lived a woman in the Glen of Aherlow... / Withero, Paddy -- Not long ago there lived a man who had three sons. / Withero, Paddy -- Not many years ago there lived a wealthy man in Lattin about four miles from the town... / Withero, Paddy -- Long ago there lived a wealthy Protestant in Tipperary town. / Withero, Paddy -- One night a young man was driving home from town... / Withero, Paddy -- Over half a century ago there lived a woman in Bishops Wood not very far from Dundrum. / Withero, Paddy -- One morning very early a man was going to work and on his way was going to call for another man... / Withero, Paddy -- In Spittal St. Tipperary there once stood a fever hospitable. / Moloney, Billy -- One dark night a farmer's son was coming from his neighbour's house. / Moloney, Billy -- One day an old country woman died and that night the neighbours of the district came to see the dead woman. / Moloney, Billy -- Years ago there lived a wicked man. / Moloney, Billy -- One day a man was shaving his face and all of sudden he cut off his nose. / Moloney, Billy -- Long ago the people believed that if you caught a frog... / Moloney, Billy -- Long ago there was a well in Tipperary called "The well of Ara"... / Moloney, Billy -- If a child had the whooping cough go and look for a man with a grey horse... / Moloney, Billy -- Long, long ago there lived a family in the country in which there were two boys and three girls... / Moloney, Billy -- The old people believed that if you cut a cloth 12 inches long... / Moloney, Billy -- The old people had a lot of customs... / Moloney, Billy -- This is an old cure that old people had for curing corn. / Moloney, Billy -- A crowing hen is seldom seen and the old people had a belief that if you kept one... / Moloney, Billy -- Some years ago a man who had 50 fine cows... / Hayes, John -- Damer Butler was a very rich man who lived near Emly. / Hayes, John -- There is a moate on the land of Mr. Deveraux... / Hayes, J. -- A certain farmer who lived near the town of Tipperary had a fine garden of potatoes. / Hayes, John -- Once when a man was out milking his cows... / Hayes, J. -- A travelling tailor was making clothes for a farmer's family. / Carthy, Dick Mc -- In the New Road at Tipperary a man heard a terrible noise at midnight. / Carthy, Dick Mc -- About two miles outside Golden there are ruins which were once called Athassal Abbey. / Carthy, Dick Mc -- Outside Tipperary town a hare used be seen. / Carthy, Dick Mc -- Year after year in a farm in the district of Tipperary... / Carthy, Dick Mc -- One night as two of my aunts were coming home from a certain town... / Flynn, Michael -- Years ago a peasant woman had a very handsome baby of two years. / Carthy, Dick Mc -- One Night as Tom Banin was looking out through his window... / Flynn, Michael -- Once when a rich lord was sitting on his favourite chair... / Flynn, Michael -- Once upon a time there lived a man whose name was Jack Ryan. / Brien, Terry O' -- Many old people have old customs and this is one which I heard. / Brien, Terry O' -- Many years ago Brien Boru was coming home from the battle of Sologhead. / Brien, Terry O' -- Many years ago a woman was making her own butter when she noticed that it was not coming to the top... / Brien, Terry O' -- Many people believe in old stories of the past and these are some. / Brien, Terry O' -- There is an old custom in every town in which there is a Crib. / Brien, Terry O' -- Many old cures are found to be very useful and this is one. / Brien, Terry O' -- When any old person is dead and is laid out in a bed... / Brien, Terry O' -- When new houses are built and the tenents are going into them... / Brien, Terry O' -- If you have a blood-poisened finger... / Brien, Terry O' -- Many old people have old cures and they are quite simple and they are easy. / Brien, Terry O' -- If you go into a house where there is an old woman or an old man... / Brien, Terry O' -- Long long ago the hills of Oola were full of fairies... / Mullins, Patrick -- One night a boy had a dream that there was a crock of gold hid under a certain tree. / Mullins, Patrick -- This shoe-maker lived in a lonely mountain and he was very happy. / Mullins, Patrick -- Lying at the edge of Lowe's wood is one old well. / Moloney, Billy -- I am not certain who told me this story but it is about a mean lepreachan... / Moloney, Billy -- One day a priest was passing through Lowes wood... / Moloney, Billy -- One night a man was coming home from Kilfeacle. / Hayes, John -- In years gone Pettie coat loose was supposed to be possessed by the Devil... / Daly, Patrick -- Old Cuss / Daly, Patrick -- New Tipperary / Daly, Paddy -- Somewhere on the farm of Mr Mc Namara in Kilfeacle... / Hayes, John -- On the land of Mr Cavanagh an underground passage is situated. / Hayes, J. -- During the time that the Normans in Ireland... / Withero, Paddy -- In the olden times the people had any amount of customs... / Mullins, Patrick -- In the olden times there used be a big hare in Ryan's field... / Mullins, Patrick -- One night my mother who lived in the Bansha Road... / Hayes, John -- De réir cuid des na seandaoine sa bhaile seo... / Floinn, Micheál Ó -- One night as Tom was coming home from the little village of Moyne... / Flynn, Michael -- Some years ago a woman who had two beautiful children lived near Dundrum. / Hayes, John -- Lord Fermoy lived by the banks of the Blackwater. / Carthy, Dick Mc -- Tom Banin was a great story teller and at night it was a usual thing to see him... / Flynn, Michael -- There is a holy well near Kilshaine and there are many interesting stories... / Hayes, John -- In the townland of Bohercrowe outside this town (Tipperary) there is an old well... / Cunningham, Paddy -- There is an old dis-used road leading over the Slieve-Muc mountains... / Cunningham, Paddy -- Long ago there lived an old miser in the village of Lattin... / Cunningham, Paddy -- There is a stretch of road between the cross of Arravale... / Cunningham, Paddy -- One night a man was coming home from work across the fields... / Cunningham, Paddy -- Way up in the mountains near Tipperary town stands an old lake... / Hayden, Patrick -- Between Tipperary and Nenagh there stands a giant rock. / Hayden, Patrick -- Long ago when the Abbey in Tipperary was Catholic it was inhabited by... / Hayden, Patrick -- It was late one night began old Henry Connor... / Hayden, Patrick -- A few hundred years ago old Kerry farmer was told that he would die... / Flanagan, Dan -- Long ago there was a college in Lattin... / Flanagan, Dan -- Years ago near Clonmel there was a big potatoe garden... -- When a person dies in a house there is always a "wake" the night after he dies. / Cunningham, Paddy -- Once when my grandfather was going to a fair he saw a big big bird... / Cunningham, Paddy -- A few of the young from the locality of Clogheen were going out to America... / Cunningham, Paddy -- When my mother was a young girl she was in a hay-field one day... / Cunningham, Paddy -- Years ago near the town of Clonmel there was a big potatoe garden... / Flanagan, Dan -- Some years ago when my father was a young boy in county Galway... / Flanagan, Dan -- Not far from this town there stands an old fort... -- When St. Patrick was going through Munster preaching the Gospel... / Sullivan, Tim -- Every three years crowds of invalids flock to a holy well... / Sullivan, Timothy -- High up in the Galtee Mountain there lies a lake which holds the last Serpent... / Sullivan, Tim -- Long ago, when tinkers were plentiful, a crafty tinker came to an undertakers... / Sullivan, Tim -- A strange ailment came to a young man who owned a small farm in Garryduff. / Carthy, John Mac -- One day, my grandmother, who was born and reared in the country, paid a visit to us. / Carthy, John Mac -- Not far from the Rock of Thorm there is a hill called Slieve Muc. / Carthy, John Mac -- Long ago, before creameries were started, the country folk made their own butter. / Carthy, John Mac -- It is a popular legend in the vicinity of Aherlow that St. Patrick... / Carthy, John Mac -- One night a man who was a stranger was going down a road for a walk... / Fitzgerald, John -- Is is said that this cure would cure chilblains. / Fitzgerald, John -- One night a poor old man was coming home along the railway... / Fitzgerald, John -- The man of the house was after getting out teeth and he was very sick. / Fitzgerald, John -- About three hundred years ago there lived a Protestant in the County Waterford... / Fitzgerald, John -- One night a man was coming home after visiting a neighbour's house. / Fitzgerald, John -- A man was ploughing around a moate and he kicked a piece out of it. / Fitzgerald, John -- A man was going home one night about one o'clock... / Fitzgerald, John -- A priest was seen saying Mass in a field but was only a shadow. / Fitzgerald, John -- A cow was dying belonging to a very poor farmer. / Fitzgerald, John -- Years and years ago it was said that a small dog was always seen at a gap by the roadside. / Fitzgerald, John -- It is said that if you have luck in a small house you should not build another. / Fitzgerald, John -- Many years ago there lived a woman in the Glen of Aherlow... / Withero, Paddy -- Not long ago there lived a man who had three sons. / Withero, Paddy -- Not many years ago there lived a wealthy man in Lattin about four miles from the town... / Withero, Paddy -- Long ago there lived a wealthy Protestant in Tipperary town. / Withero, Paddy -- One night a young man was driving home from town... / Withero, Paddy -- Over half a century ago there lived a woman in Bishops Wood not very far from Dundrum. / Withero, Paddy -- One morning very early a man was going to work and on his way was going to call for another man... / Withero, Paddy -- In Spittal St. Tipperary there once stood a fever hospitable. / Moloney, Billy -- One dark night a farmer's son was coming from his neighbour's house. / Moloney, Billy -- One day an old country woman died and that night the neighbours of the district came to see the dead woman. / Moloney, Billy -- Years ago there lived a wicked man. / Moloney, Billy -- One day a man was shaving his face and all of sudden he cut off his nose. / Moloney, Billy -- Long ago the people believed that if you caught a frog... / Moloney, Billy -- Long ago there was a well in Tipperary called "The well of Ara"... / Moloney, Billy -- If a child had the whooping cough go and look for a man with a grey horse... / Moloney, Billy -- Long, long ago there lived a family in the country in which there were two boys and three girls... / Moloney, Billy -- The old people believed that if you cut a cloth 12 inches long... / Moloney, Billy -- The old people had a lot of customs... / Moloney, Billy -- This is an old cure that old people had for curing corn. / Moloney, Billy -- A crowing hen is seldom seen and the old people had a belief that if you kept one... / Moloney, Billy -- Some years ago a man who had 50 fine cows... / Hayes, John -- Damer Butler was a very rich man who lived near Emly. / Hayes, John -- There is a moate on the land of Mr. Deveraux... / Hayes, J. -- A certain farmer who lived near the town of Tipperary had a fine garden of potatoes. / Hayes, John -- Once when a man was out milking his cows... / Hayes, J. -- A travelling tailor was making clothes for a farmer's family. / Carthy, Dick Mc -- In the New Road at Tipperary a man heard a terrible noise at midnight. / Carthy, Dick Mc -- About two miles outside Golden there are ruins which were once called Athassal Abbey. / Carthy, Dick Mc -- Outside Tipperary town a hare used be seen. / Carthy, Dick Mc -- Year after year in a farm in the district of Tipperary... / Carthy, Dick Mc -- One night as two of my aunts were coming home from a certain town... / Flynn, Michael -- Years ago a peasant woman had a very handsome baby of two years. / Carthy, Dick Mc -- One Night as Tom Banin was looking out through his window... / Flynn, Michael -- Once when a rich lord was sitting on his favourite chair... / Flynn, Michael -- Once upon a time there lived a man whose name was Jack Ryan. / Brien, Terry O' -- Many old people have old customs and this is one which I heard. / Brien, Terry O' -- Many years ago Brien Boru was coming home from the battle of Sologhead. / Brien, Terry O' -- Many years ago a woman was making her own butter when she noticed that it was not coming to the top... / Brien, Terry O' -- Many people believe in old stories of the past and these are some. / Brien, Terry O' -- There is an old custom in every town in which there is a Crib. / Brien, Terry O' -- Many old cures are found to be very useful and this is one. / Brien, Terry O' -- When any old person is dead and is laid out in a bed... / Brien, Terry O' -- When new houses are built and the tenents are going into them... / Brien, Terry O' -- If you have a blood-poisened finger... / Brien, Terry O' -- Many old people have old cures and they are quite simple and they are easy. / Brien, Terry O' -- If you go into a house where there is an old woman or an old man... / Brien, Terry O' -- Long long ago the hills of Oola were full of fairies... / Mullins, Patrick -- One night a boy had a dream that there was a crock of gold hid under a certain tree. / Mullins, Patrick -- This shoe-maker lived in a lonely mountain and he was very happy. / Mullins, Patrick -- Lying at the edge of Lowe's wood is one old well. / Moloney, Billy -- I am not certain who told me this story but it is about a mean lepreachan... / Moloney, Billy -- One day a priest was passing through Lowes wood... / Moloney, Billy -- One night a man was coming home from Kilfeacle. / Hayes, John -- In years gone Pettie coat loose was supposed to be possessed by the Devil... / Daly, Patrick -- Old Cuss / Daly, Patrick -- New Tipperary / Daly, Paddy -- Somewhere on the farm of Mr Mc Namara in Kilfeacle... / Hayes, John -- On the land of Mr Cavanagh an underground passage is situated. / Hayes, J. -- During the time that the Normans in Ireland... / Withero, Paddy -- In the olden times the people had any amount of customs... / Mullins, Patrick -- In the olden times there used be a big hare in Ryan's field... / Mullins, Patrick -- One night my mother who lived in the Bansha Road... / Hayes, John
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.