DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_5044739
title: Rathmeage, Hackettstown

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Rathmeage, Hackettstown (school) (Rathmeague, Co. Wicklow), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Pádraig Ó Tuathail.
description: One night when he was coming from a fair... -- One time a man was going to a fair... -- One time two brothers lived... -- One night Mr Reilly Rathshanmore was coming from a wake... -- One time a protestant man died in Moyne. -- One time there lived a farmer in Aughavanagh... -- One time there was a man who was a great builder. / #missing, -- One time there was two going to get married. -- One night a man was going to a card game... / #missing, -- Once upon a time there was a great cobbler... / #missing, -- One night a woman was coming home from Moyne. -- A long time ago there were people in Aughavanagh and their cows stopped milking. -- Once upon a time there was two people going around the county together. -- One night my grandfather was coming home from Rathdangan he had the horse and car. -- One evening as my grandmother was coming home from visiting at Byrnes of Farbreaga. -- Long ago time ago our home in Cnoc an Uacaire was haunted. -- One time there was two friends who lived together and one of them died. -- Once upon a time a woman had five or six golden rings... -- Once upon a time there was a... -- One time there was a man and a lovely girl used to appear to him every evening. -- One time Mrs Reilly's grandfather Pat Murphy... -- One time St Kevin was going away... / Tiaráil, Stásia Ní -- Once upon a time there was a great King who had two children a boy and a girl. -- One fair morning a man went out to catch his horse and he could not get it. -- One time a man was only after been married and the night of the wedding... -- There was a farmer one time and he had two sons... -- Soul from Purgatory / Stanláig, Brigidh Ní -- 'Darra Deel' or Our Lord Story / Bhroin, Noel O -- One day as a man was going to Hacketstown... / Stanlaig, Brigidh Ní -- One morning very early as a man was going out to bring in cows to milk them. -- Outwits Magistrate -- Ghosts -- Ghosts -- Ghosts -- Traveller and Haunted House -- Ride on Calf - Fairy -- Fairy Party -- You should always kill a 'clock' for it is the devils coachman. -- Mysterious Light -- A straw stuck to... -- There was a giant one time and he had three daughters and a half-moon. -- Manus the Strong / Murchadha, Sorca Ní -- Sean and the Corn -- One night a man was going home from rambling and he had a pack of cards in his pocket. / Coámonáig, Richard O -- One time a woman was taken by the fairies... -- One time there was a man and he was a miser... -- One time there was a poor woman going the road with her children. / Murchadha, Sorca Ní -- There were protestants who lived up in Carlow... / Murchadha, Sorca Ní -- One night Mick Kennedy was coming from rambling... -- There were people who lived near Moyne... -- A gentleman and a lady were to be married... -- One time a man lived in Kidds field... -- One night James Kavanagh was going up by Mernaghs... -- One time two men sold themselves to the devil for money... / Tiárail, Stásía Ní -- Fairy Story -- There us a story about Black Tom in which I heard..... -- A man named Cortis and her two sisters lived together in Captain Hardy's cottage. -- Once a man was coming home from Tinahely... -- One time there was a man he was going out in a gap. -- Long, long ago an old woman was suffering from very severe toothache. / Tállaín, Brigidh Ní -- One time a man had his brother in Dublin hospital... -- One time a woman appeared to a man... -- One time a man was going away about a cow... -- Once upon a time there was a man... -- One time a woman was washing clothes late at night and she opened the door... -- One time a man went for the Priest for his mother... -- One time there was a man who lived near a Protestant. -- One time a man was coming from playing cards in Rathmeigue... -- Once upon a time there was a man who was drawing time... -- One time a man and a woman lived together they had one child. -- One time a girl wanted a pig to cross the ditch... / Stanlaig, Brigidh Ní -- Baby Taken -- Lost Sheep -- Lost Sheep -- Fairies Seen in a Boat -- The fairies came and took a mans wife. -- A woman was out in the yard. -- In olden times some people had a hares... -- Mrs Laurence was out and she came in and said the master... -- There was once a man who lived... -- Mather's Bridge -- Gander and Man -- There was a man in Knocknaguilty... -- Mean Protestant -- If cricket sings it is sign of fine weather. -- Raheen Story -- One night two men saw a little woman dressed in white... -- Minister and the Ghost -- Spirits Story / Reammon, Máire Ní -- Fairy Gaps -- Cards and the Devil -- Witch -- When the Jews were looking for our Lord... -- Witch -- One night there was a concert in Rathdrum... -- Ghost Story -- If a mare foals on Whit Monday the foal will either kill or be killed. -- Adam and Eve Story -- Outwritten and the Devil / Reammon, Máire Ní -- Mount Hayden -- Jack and the Fairy Lady -- Hare and Witch -- Man and the Cards -- Man and the Bullock Skin / Róiste, Mairtin Dé -- Boneless Men -- Fairy Hay Cart -- Fairy Story -- Devil Card Player -- St Patrick Story / Bhroin, Noel Ó -- Its not lucky to throw out salt. -- Bride Taken by Fairies -- Its not lucky to lend salt on Whit Sunday on Whit Monday. -- Moll Anthony -- Dream -- Travelling Experience -- Haunted House -- Dream of Gold -- Strange Dog -- On all souls night house should be cleaned... -- Crock of Gold -- Arklow Woman -- Hedge-Schools -- Ashinagap School -- Rasheenmore School -- Kilamoat School -- Ballymaghroe School -- There are also traditions of schools having been held... -- Prices -- Wages -- Cure from same Book -- The first traditional reference to the Hardy Family.... -- One time there was a man and his wife and two children lived near Follow. -- Foolish Boy -- One time a man had a bet with another man... -- Billy Byrne -- Cat Fights -- Cat Fights -- Cat Fights -- Last Sheep -- Back from the Dead -- Mighty Jack -- One time a cat used to appear on a cross-roads... -- A man lived in Ballymanus and he used to let tinkers stop on his land. -- End of song composed by Pat Hughes... -- If you find white heather you will get your wish. -- Kiltegan Evictions -- Old Headstones -- If you drink out of a blessed well you will get your wish. -- Irish Words -- Kilmoats New Church -- It is unlucky to look in mirror at midnight. -- Wake and Funeral Customs -- Superstitions -- Superstitions -- Antiquarian Finds -- Irish Words Used in this District -- Cures -- Ethnographic -- Folk-Tales -- Folk-Tales -- Folk-Tales -- Folk-Tales -- Folk-Tales -- Folk-Tales -- Folk-Tales -- Folk-Tales -- Folk-Tales -- Folk-Tales -- Folk-Tales -- Folk-Tales -- Folk-Tales -- Folk-Tales -- Folk-Tales -- Folk-Tales -- Folk-Tales -- Folk-Tales -- Irish Words
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.