DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4921828
title: Graigue, Cill Dairbhe

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Graigue, Cill Dairbhe (school) (Graigue, Co. Cork), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Mícheál Ó Lionacháin.
description: Hidden Treasure / Durane, Patrick -- Hidden Treasure / Caplice, Anna -- Hidden Treasure / Carroll, Margaret -- Hidden Treasure / Fitzgibbon, William -- Weather-Lore / Durane, Patrick -- Severe Weather / Durane, Patrick -- Old Schools / Carthy, Elizabeth Mc -- Old Crafts / Durane, Patrick -- Marriage Customs / Carthy, Elizabeth Mc -- Mass Paths / Durane, Patrick -- Local Place Names / Caplice, Anna -- Local Place Names / Carthy, Elizabeth Mc -- Local Place Names / Durane, Patrick -- Local Place Names / Caplice, Anna -- Local Cures / Durane, Patrick -- Local Cures / Carthy, Elizabeth Mc -- Local Cures / Caplice, Anna -- Molaga Well / Durane, Patrick -- Bird-Lore / Durane, Patrick -- Lore of Certain Days / Durane, Patrick -- Lore of Certain Days / Caplice, Anna -- The Lore of Certain Days / Kelleher, Kitty -- Travelling Folk / Durane, Patrick -- Travelling Folk / Caplice, Anna -- Travelling Folk / Carroll, Margaret -- Travelling Folk / Fitzgibbon, William -- Fairy Forts / Durane, Patrick -- Fairy Forts / Fitzgibbon, William -- Fairy Forts / Carthy, Elizabeth Mc -- Fairy Forts / Caplice, Anna -- Fairy Forts / Kelleher, Kitty -- Fairy Forts / Carroll, Margaret -- Famine / Durane, Patrick -- Famine / Caplice, Anna -- Famine / Carroll, Margaret -- Games / Durane, Patrick -- Games / Carthy, Elizabeth Mc -- Games / Kelleher, Kitty -- Local Roads / Durane, Patrick -- Local Roads / Caplice, Anna -- Local Roads / Carthy, Elizabeth Mc -- Local Roads / Fitzgibbon, William -- My Home District / Carthy, Elizabeth Mc -- My Home District / Carroll, Margaret -- My Home District / Kelleher, Kitty -- My Home District / Fitzgibbon, William -- My Home District / Pyne, Bridget -- My Home District / Caplice, Anna -- My Home District / Durane, Patrick -- Herbs / Carthy, Elizabeth Mc -- Herbs / Carroll, Margaret -- Herbs / Fitzgibbon, William -- Potato Crop / Carroll, Margaret -- Proverbs / Kelleher, Kitty -- Proverbs / Fitzgibbon, William -- Proverbs / Carroll, Margaret -- Proverbs / Carthy, Dan Mc -- Proverbs / Caplice, Anna -- Riddles / Carthy, Elizabeth Mc -- Riddles / Kelleher, Kitty -- Riddles / Caplice, Anna -- Riddles / Fitzgibbon, William -- Festival Days / Caplice, Anna -- Festival Days / Carthy, Elizabeth Mc -- Care of the Feet / Carthy, Elizabeth Mc -- Care of Farm Animals / Durane, Patrick -- The name of our cows are: - The maol cow, the polly, Shorthorns, White-head, White legs Dexter... / Caplice, Anna -- On May eve night long ago witches would come and change the cream into froth so that no butter could be made out of it. / Carthy, Elizabeth Mc -- Local Forges / Durane, Patrick -- Long ago there was a forge on the lands of Mr. Michael Myers, Graigue, Kildorrery, Co. Cork, at Graigue Cross... / Caplice, Anna -- Clothes Made Locally / Carthy, Elizabeth Mc -- Local Fairs / Durane, Patrick -- Landlords / Durane, Patrick -- Anna, Countess of Kingston, who was the estate owner of our land... / Carthy, Elizabeth Mc -- Young was the name of the landlord of Graigue (Kildorrery Co Cork)... / Caplice, Anna -- Kingston was the name of the landlord in the townland of Oldcastletown. / Kelleher, Kitty -- Food in Olden Times / Durane, Patrick -- Food in Olden Times / Caplice, Anna -- Food in Olden Times / Carthy, Elizabeth Mc -- Hurling and Football Matches / Durane, Patrick -- Hurling and Football Matches / Carroll, Margaret -- Long ago the ball was kicked from one townland to another. / Caplice, Anna -- Mr Thomas Drake Oldcastletown Kildorrery Co. Cork kicked a foot-ball from Oldcastletown to Tankardstown... / Walsh, Lewis -- Bread / Caplice, Anna -- Bread / Durane, Patrick -- Bread / Fitzgibbon, William -- Buying and Selling / Durane, Patrick -- Buying and Selling / Caplice, Anna -- Buying and Selling / Carroll, Margaret -- Coins / Carthy, Elizabeth Mc -- At the present time the following coins are referred to by different names. / Durane, Patrick -- Old Houses / Durane, Patrick -- Old Houses / Carroll, Margaret -- The doors were locked by a long stick called the "batha bolaigh"... / Caplice, Anna -- Leprechaun / Carthy, Elizabeth Mc -- Leprechaun / Walsh, Lewis -- The landlord of Darragh, Kilfinane Co. Limerick was called Gael and he built the castle, called Castle Gael. / Caplice, Anna -- Molaga Church / Durane, Patrick -- Peter O' Neill Crowley's Monument / Durane, Patrick -- Poor Scholars / Caplice, Anna -- When a teacher named Mr Hegarty was teaching the people in this district a poor scholar came to get education. / Carthy, Elizabeth Mc -- Poor Scholars / Kelleher, Kitty -- Old Graveyards / Caplice, Anna -- There are five graveyards in the parish of Kildorrery, Co. Cork. / Durane, Patrick -- Old Prayers / Carthy, Elizabeth Mc -- Emblems / Durane, Patrick -- Land War / Durane, Patrick -- Stories - Diarmuid Alltha / Durane, Patrick -- The Glas Gaibhneach / Caplice, Anna -- The Gobán Saor / Carthy, Elizabeth Mc -- Mass / Fitzgibbon, William -- Long ago near Fermoy, in a castle, lived a man with his wife and only son. / Caplice, Anna -- Long ago there was a farmer who had many cows. / Kelleher, Kitty -- One night a man named O' Brien who was living in Knockanevin Kildorrery Co. Cork was coming home from Michelstown, Co. Cork... / Carthy, Elizabeth Mc
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.