DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4678409
title: Breac-Cluain (B.)

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Breac-Cluain (B.) (school) (Brackloon, Co. Kerry), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Pádraig Ó Séaghdha.
description: Uair amháin bhí fear ag cur cruithneachtan agus tháinig Íosa chuige agus dubhairt sé leis an bhfear go mbeadh an chruithneacht aibidh dá otagadh sé chúice amáireach. -- Aibítir / Séaghdha, Pádraig Ó -- Lá Mhuiris an Phréacháin - an 15ú Lá de Shamhain / Séaghdha, P. Ó -- Poll Prátaí a Bhí ag Fear Uair / Séaghdha, P. Ó -- Dónall Ó Conaill agus Fear na Leathshúl / Cinnéide, Pádraig Ó -- Comh bán le bainne, comh milis le mil ... / Cathasaigh, Seán Ó -- Scéal ar an bPúca / Cinnéide, Seán Ó -- Teachtaire ag rith ó thig go tig agus bíonn sé amuigh istoidhche. Casán. / Cinnéide, Séamus Ó -- Feuch síos an téteo, feuch suas an téteo, thainig fear na gceithre gcos .. / Briain, Seán Ó -- Mo Cheantar Féin -- Folklore / Casey, John -- Folklore / Curran, John J. -- Folklore / Curran, John J. -- Béaloideas -- Story -- Long ago there was an old Protestant church in Ballinacourty built by the English. -- Bhí fear sa Chúil gur b'ainm do Saigdiur na Cúlach. -- There is a field above in Ballinclare. -- Long ago there lived a man in the parish of Ballinvoher. -- It was on Shrove Tuesday evening -- St Brigid's Cross -- Long ago there lived a man and a woman who had three children. -- Long ago a meiteal were cutting oats below in Inch. -- Long ago a woman from Lack was going to Tralee by car. -- Long ago Cúrió Mac Daire went up to Ulster fighting. -- Long ago a man lived in Inch named O'Shea. -- Bhí fear ina chomhnuidhe in áit in aice Oilean Ínse gurbh ainm do an Gearaltac. -- There was a field in Gillduff. -- Some time long ago a woman died as her husband thought she did not die at all -- Folklore / Curran, John J. -- In 1900 there did a ship come in to Inch. -- The best mower that was around here was Mick Harrington. -- Scéal -- Folklore -- Folklore -- Do bhí táilliuir ina gcomnaidhe in Anagap. -- Do bhí fear ina comnaidhe i Atha na gCeap fadó. -- Tá bosca mór óir idir na nGleann na nGealt agus Gort Bréagóg. -- Long ago a man was coming from Tralee on horseback and when he was coming home he called in to see his sister -- Dingle Puck Goat -- There was a man in Camp and his horse was going to have a foal. -- There was a man in Annascaul long ago. -- Bhí fear óg in Aba na Sgáil agus dob é an duine dob óige de muirear throm. -- Short Stories -- Folklore -- There was a man there long ago and he was very fond of being out late by night. -- Long ago there lived a woman and she had two sons and her two sons died. -- Paidir -- There was a man there long ago. He had three son's. -- There was a fort near a house behind Dingle and there did a woman walk into the house in the middle of day for the loan of a pot -- Without title / Curran, John J. -- There was a wren there long ago he went out one frosty morning in a tillage field. / Kennedy, Timothy -- Scéal -- There was a man there long ago and he was very rich. -- Long ago the Protestants were killing priests in this country. -- Long ago a man from Inch was coming from Tralee. / Flahive, James -- Scéal -- Béaloideas / Curráin, Seán S. Ó -- Folklore -- Folklore -- Long ago there was a woman living in the time of the famine. -- Long ago a man was going fishing every night. / Deane, Patrick -- Long ago there was an old man and he had a lot of gold in hide. / Deane, Patrick -- Long ago there was a man and he had a big farm. / Deane, Patrick -- Long ago St Patrick had a servant boy. / Deane, Patrick -- Long ago a man was coming from the strand with seaweed. / Deane, Patrick -- There was a man there long ago and he had the name of a great thief, and when he did the priest wouldn't pray for him. -- Bhí baintreach bocht ar an Riadg fadó. -- Bhí garsuinín beag ann fado ag rit timceall na mbailre. -- Bhí feirmeóir mór ann fadó agus bhí buachaill bocht mar buachaill aimsire aige. -- Bhí fear ann fadó; bhí sé pósta agus bhí clann mhór aige. -- There was a woman there long ago. -- There did a man go to a wood collecting some fuel for fire and he came across a serpent and she caught in a trap where she couldn't come ont. -- Holy Wells -- Long ago there lived a man. He had a son and they usen't agree at all. -- Folklore -- Once visitors came to Annascaul. They went up to Maum. -- There is a holy well in Keelduff. There are sally bushes growing there. -- Long ago Fionn Mac Cumail wanted to build a great castle. -- Some time ago a boy slept in a fort. When he awoke he felt an awful pain in leg. -- Long ago it was a great custom to set charms to take away another's butter. -- Some time ago a woman lived in a place. She had full and plenty of everything but she never gave anything away to the poor. -- There was a woman near this place. She had one daughter. -- There was a prince in Ireland long ago and he went rambling for himself and he came to a country where there was an enchanted queen. -- Bí fear ann tamall ó shoin agus bhí lios na ferim. -- Do bí fear ann fadó agus tráthnóna amháin do bhí sé ag tabhairt na mba abhaile. -- There was a priest living here. He went travelling one day and there was a big crowd of people where he went -- The Kennedy's came from Nienah in Tipperary. There were three brothers there. -- Faoistine Ceallacháin
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.