DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4770022
title: Timahoe

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Timahoe (school) (Timahoe, Co. Laois), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher R. O' Byrne.
description: Many years ago, near the rock of Dunamase a farmer name Whelan lived. / Evoy, Bridget Mc -- Many stories are told about the old rath which is situated half a mile from Timahoe on the road leading to Ballinakill. / Ging, Grett -- About twenty-five years ago at half past eight at night an enchanted funeral came from the top of Cullenagh Mountain... / Ging, Grett -- A Legend of Fossey -- House Underground / Byrne, Frances M. O' -- The Tailrace mentioned lies about a quarter of a mile outside Timahoe village... / Byrne, Richard O' -- The tale I am going to relate happened in the year of 1802. -- Hangman's Tree / Leech, May -- Incident in the Big House / Byrne, James J. O' -- Underground Passage / Byrne, James J. O' -- Thomas Crosby / Byrne, James J. O' -- Treasure of Timahoe / Byrne, James J. O' -- Long Wheel Bars / Moore, John J. O' -- Firkins / Byrne, James J. O' -- Hangman's Tree -- Burial of Cosby / Cahill, Edward -- Moat - Timogue Stradbally / Cahill, Edward -- Tobar Ding / Cahill, Edward -- Big Snow Storm / Cahill, Edward -- Rev. Corelius Dowling P.P. who is buried in St. Michal's Church, Timahoe... / Byrne, Frances M. O' -- My grandfather, James Ramsbottom, Esker, Timahoe, told me that when he used to go out to look after the sheep... / Byrne, Frances M. O' -- My grandfather told me that when he was small, they used to go only twice a year with the butter to the market about Christmas and May. / Byrne, Frances M. O' -- On the land of my grandfather on the car road leading from Esker Lodge to the Stradbally road... / Byrne, Frances M. O' -- It is said that when the cattle are lying early in the morning it is the sign of rain. / Byrne, Frances M. O' -- I have heard my grandfather, James Ramsbottom, Esker, Timahoe, say that his father often served mass in the old chapel... / Byrne, Frances M. O' -- Flax Growing in Leix / Delaney, Elizabeth / Delaney, Lizzie -- Hay Rake / Delaney, Lizzie -- Threshing / Delaney, Lizzie -- Reaping / Delaney, Lizzie -- Dip Candles / Delaney, Lizzie -- Butter-Making / Delaney, Lizzie -- Coopering / Delaney, Lizzie -- Creameries / Delaney, Lizzie -- Fairs / Delaney, Lizzie -- Dead Coaches / Delaney, Lizzie -- Snow / Delaney, Lizzie -- Old Dublin Log Wheel Bar Road / Norton, Statia -- On Making of Handmade Nails in Olden Times / Norton, Statia -- It was in the year 1903 a heavy storm occurred in Ireland. / Brennan, Kathleen -- In Mc Hume's field ther stands the ruins of a old sheephouse... / Brennan, Kathleen -- My Grandfather told me that in a field owned by Michael Leech, Kyle Timahoe there is a deep well called Tobhair Deimhin. / Quigley, Gertie -- Some years ago there lived in Knocklaid a man named Michael Roberts. / Quigley, Gertie -- One night there was a man returning home from the fair of Athy. / Quigley, Gertie -- In olden times it was as common to see ghosts and spirits as it is to see human beings to-day. / Quigley, Gertie -- Some forty years ago as Pat Lalor Esker Timahoe was returning home very late on e night from Maryborough, he had a horse and cart... / Quigley, Gertie -- Butter Taking / Ging, Grett -- Lucky Churn Dash / Ging, Gretta -- Hounds and Horsemen / Ging, Gretta / , Gertie -- Dead Coaches -- Apparition of the Blessed Virgin -- Bill Mooney and the Fairies / Ging, Gretta -- Old Time Customs / Ging, Gretta -- Devil on Wires / Ging, Gretta -- Ghost Story / Leech, Bridget -- Tubberding / Leech, Bridget -- Plan of Campaign / Leech, Bridget -- Churning in Olden Times / Leech, Bridget -- Storm / Leech, Bridget -- Folklore / Brennan, Kieran -- Stories of Michael Roberts - The Local Necromancer / Shortall, William -- Stories of the White Feet / Shorthall, William -- Rush Dips / Rigney, Kathleen -- No Matches / Rigney, Kathleen -- Flint and Tow / Rigney, Kathleen -- Folklore / Brennan, Kieran -- Folklore - Hidden Treasures of Ireland / Brennan, Kieran
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.