DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4922210
title: Moycarkey, Thurles

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Moycarkey, Thurles (school) (Moycarky, Co. Tipperary), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Michael Myers.
description: Home Cures - Whooping-Cough -- Home Cures - Jaundice -- Home Cures - Anthony's Fire or Wild Fire -- Home Cures - Sciatica -- Home Cures - Styes -- Home Cures - Warts -- Home Cures - Fainting Fits or Weaknesses -- Home Cures - Sore Foot -- Home Cures - Burns or Scalds -- Home Cures - Bleeding -- Home Cures - Bites from Dogs -- Home Cures - Cuts -- Home Cures - Pain in the Back -- Local Cures - Lumbago -- Local Cures - Sore Throat -- Local Cures - A Cold -- Local Cures - Earache -- Local Cures - Chilblains -- Local Cures - Corns -- Local Cures - Ringworm -- Local Cures - Whitlow -- Local Cures - Toothache -- Local Cures - Hiccoughs -- Local Cures - Stomach Pains -- Local Cures - Pain in Side -- Local Cures - Consumption -- Local Cures - Boils -- Local Cures - Kidney Disease -- Cures for Animals - Farcy in Horses -- Cures for Animals - Meningitis in Cattle -- Cures for Animals - Swelling in a Beast -- Stories - Johnny Bull / Buckley, Larry -- Stories / Buckley, Larry -- Stories / Buckley, Larry -- Stories / Ryan, William -- Stories -- Stories / Myers, Maura -- Stories / Buckley, Maggie -- Stories / Maher, Philomena -- Stories / Buckley, Larry -- Stories / Meehan, Maggie -- Stories / Buckley, Pat -- Stories / Buckley, Larry -- Stories / Fanning, Dan -- Stories / Fanning, Dan -- Local Marriage Customs / Myers, Maura -- Local Marriage Customs / Buckley, Maggie -- Bread / Costello, Teresa -- Local Place Names / Keeffe, Kitty O' -- Local Place Names / Keeffe, Joan O' -- Local Place Names / Maher, Dominic -- Local Place Names / Buckley, Maggie -- Local Place Names / Fanning, Dan -- Local Place Names / Gooney, Mary -- Ruined Churches and Churchyards / Maher, Dominic -- Moycarkey Graveyard / Keeffe, Joan O' -- Moycarkey Castle / Maher, Dominic -- Ballybeg Castle / Gooney, Mary -- My grandfather told me the following story, about a man named Darby Kane who lived in the village of Littleton. / Gooney, Mary -- Fairy Forts / Meehan, Margaret -- "Blake's fort" is situated on the right on the road leading from Littleton to Thurles... / Maher, Philomena -- Black Fort / Maher, Dominic -- Black Fort / Keeffe, Jerry -- There is a fort in Cabra on Mr. Matthew Ryan's land. / Shanahan, Josie -- There was a certain fort in the parish of Moycarkey. / Buckley, Pat -- Holy Wells / Shanahan, Mary -- There is a holy-well in Mrs. Perry's farm at Laffinsbridge... / Buckley, Patrick -- Food in Olden Times -- Fairs / Keeffe, Joan O' -- Travelling Folk / Maher, Dominic -- An old woman called "Mary from Nenagh" visits this district once a year. -- Nearly forty years ago an old woman named "Anne from Kerry" visited the houses frequently in the parish of Moycarkey. -- An old man named "Johnny Meeks" was well known in this district nearly forty three years ago. -- "Begobs" was the name of an old man who visited this parish about fifty years ago. -- Many of these travelling folk used to come and go at my great grandmother's farmhouse in Collegehill, about two and a half miles from Templemore. / Myers, Maura -- About forty years ago a Mr. Ryan a travelling teacher of vocal... / Myers, Maura -- Feather Monger / Myers, Maura -- Lawky Kitty / Myers, Maura -- Schools in Olden Days / Costello, Teresa / Keeffe, Jerry O' -- Games We Play at Home and in School / Shanahan, Mary -- Games We Play at Home and in School / Keeffe, Joan O' -- Games We Play at Home and in School / Shanahan, Mary -- Games We Play at Home and in School / Myers, Maura -- Rye Sally Water / Keeffe, Joan O' -- Proverbs -- Lore of Certain Days / Shanahan, Josie -- Lore of Certain Days -- Customs on May Eve / Myers, Maura -- On May Eve a bunch of May blossom together with other wild flowers were put upon a dung hill and sprinkled with holy water. / Shanahan, Josie -- Saint Stephen's Day Customs / Maher, Dominic -- Halloween / Maher, Philomena -- Saint John's Day / Keeffe, Joan O' -- On May morning the people get up early to judge the point from which the wind is blowing. / Keeffe, Joan O' -- Religious Stories / Myers, Maura -- Religious Stories / Keeffe, Joan O' -- Religious Stories / Scott, Eileen -- Religious Stories / Ryan, William -- Religious Stories / Shanahan, Mary -- Forges / Meehan, Margaret -- Forges / Keeffe, Joan O' -- Forges / Callanan, Joe -- Forges / Maher, Dominic -- Potato Crop -- Terms Used for Farm Animals -- Churning
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.