DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4758507
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description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from The Rower (C.), Inistioge (school) (The Rower, Co. Kilkenny), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Labhaoise Nic Liam.
description: Ancient Prayer to the Blessed Virgin (Translated from the Irish of the 8th Century) -- When my grandfather was a boy he was crossing the fields one moon-light night -- Funny Story / Galavan, Mary -- Old Story -- Old Story -- Other Stories -- There was once a rich man who had an ugly nose. / Galavan, Catherine -- Once upon a time an old man was married to a young woman. / Williams, L. -- Hidden Treasure -- Once there lived in the Parish of Inistioge, a man known as Freyne The Robber. / Galabhán, Máire Ní -- Old people say there are several crocks of gold hidden in Brandon-hill. / Mahon, Margaret -- Once upon a time an old couple lived in a small thatched house in Sallybog near Graigue. / Hanrahan, Michael -- Story of the Bean Bán / Flynn, Teresa -- There is a legend told of a woman who lived in Ballylogue hundreds of years ago down on the marshes. / Nolan, Mary -- The old people around Ballylogue would tell you that around the marshes some where near the house two men were cutting hay. / Nolan, Mary -- There was a black hound supposed to be seen in olden times. between Ballylogue and Grange. / Nolan, Mary -- The old people would tell you that a headless coach was often seen around Cool. / Nolan, Mary -- Ruins in Grange / Nolan, Mary -- The most notable man in the Rower about the period of which we are writing was a man named William Shea. / Walsh, Joanna -- Hidden Treasure -- In St. Moling's monastery there is a hidden treasure in one of the old walls. -- Customs of Certain Days / Galavan, Mary -- Crafts of Former Days - Candle-Making / Mhathúin, Máire Ní -- Burning of Lime -- Making of Nails -- Thatching -- Spinning and Weaving / Galváin, Máire Ní -- Basket Making -- Gobán Saor -- How the Gobán Saor Got His Wife -- Local Riddles / Crotty, Philomena -- Proverbs / Crotty, Philomena -- Local Proverbs / Flynn, Teresa -- Proverbs / Grace, Nellie -- Proverbs / Doyle, Lena -- Churning -- William Raftis said the milk was going on him. -- Superstitions -- In the beginning of the 18th Century a family named Tierney, Inistioge made breeches from sheep-skins. -- Another Story -- Bird-Lore -- Bird-Lore / Crotty, Philomena / Fleming, Margaret -- Olden Cures / Galavan, Mary -- There was a man and a woman living wan time in a cottage on the side of Brandon Hill, The Rower. -- Extract from Statistical Observations. of County Kilkenny, Written by, William Tighe, Woodstock, Inistioge. In the year 1800. -- Story -- Extract from Statistical Observations. of County Kilkenny, Written by, William Tighe, Woodstock. In the year 1800. -- Baskets were made by a family of Knockatore, named Dunn. -- Basket Making -- There is a bridge over the river Barrow, between Co. Wexford and Co. Kilkenny, known as Ferry Mount Garrett. -- Proverbs / Carroll, Johanna -- Riddles / Carroll, Johanna -- Local Riddles / Nolan, Lena -- Thatching / Mahon, Margaret -- In the early part of the 18th Century there were no Reapers and Binders nor mowing machines nor even many Scythers -- Local Riddles / Kehoe, Nellie -- Once upon a time, there lived a rich man who owned a great estate in the North of Kilkenny. -- Proverbs / Nolan, Lena -- About one hundred years ago, there lived in a house not far from the church of the Rower a farmer and his wife who were famous for giving charity -- In years gone by there was a toll on the Ferry Mount Garret bridge -- Long ago there was a Church and graveyard in Kiltown. / Nolan, Lena -- Once upon a time there was a man that led a very bad life. / Nolan, Lena -- At first flax was sowed in ridges as corn was sowed long ago. / Galavan, Kitty -- In the olden times all the houses were thatched with straw or rushes. / Fleming, Margaret -- Spinning and Weaving / Fleming, Margaret -- Funny Story / Fleming, Margaret -- Coolhill Castle -- There was once an old woman and her two sons living in a little hut upon a hill. / Mahon, Margaret -- Local Graveyards / Crotty, Philomena -- Leprechaun -- Mermaid / Crotty, Philomena -- Without title / Williams, Dan -- Ghost Story -- Forge Work / Crotty, Philomena -- Comparisons / Audley, Alice / Galavan, Mary -- Kinds of Bread of Long Ago / Galavan, Mary / Crotty, Philomena -- Funny Song / Galavan, Mary -- Local Fields - Coolrainey, The Rower / Galavan, Mary -- Games I Play / Galavan, Mary
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.