DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4428121
title: Teampoll Geal, Ceapach Chuinn

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from An Teampoll Geal, Ceapach Chuinn (school) (Whitechurch, Co. Waterford), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Liam Ó Faoláin.
description: Bhí gabhar ann uair amháin agus bhí seacht mionáin aici. -- Bhí fear ann fadó agus gach oidhche thagadh sprid go dtí an tigh. -- Do bhí fear tareis teacht abhaile os na tíortha teo. -- Years ago in a very lonely part of the country a cross old man lived alone in an old thatched cabin. -- Bhí gabha agus feirmeoir i dtig lá agus bhíodar ag cur síos ar chursaibh an t-saobhail. / Baruin, Ruaidhrí -- There was a woman in Ardmore named Maura Quain. / Cuirtín, Siobhán Ní -- Bhí fear bocht ann uair amháin agus bhí brionglóid aige an oidhce seo go raibh croca óir i bhfolach in chistin feirmeora inaice Ceapach Chuinn. -- Bhí Bean Uí Bhriain ag siubhal an bothar lá amháin le n'a mach, Tomás. / Tuama, Máire Ní -- Roineann Dia na subhailcí. / Cuirtín, Siobhán Ní -- Lá amháin bhí fear ag íasgaireacht agus bhí poll ar thaobh an bháid. / Núinnseann, Seamus -- Bhí fear ann uair amháin agus bhí triúr mac aige. / Ciosa, Máiréad Ní -- Bhí fear ann uair amháin. Thúg sé comhairle maith do a ingean lá gur ceart machtnamh a dheanamh sar a labharfadh sí. / Tuama, Máire Ní -- Is fearr taobh na gréine go gach aon sleibhe in Éirinn ach Crúachan. Paorach agus sliabh na mban. / Bhriain, Caitlín Ní -- Sean-duine beag donn is a bhothán ar a dhrom. Freagra - Seilmidhe. / Bhriain, Caitlín Ní -- Comharthaí Drochaimsire / Bhriain, Caitlín Ní -- Comharthaí Drochaimsire / Tuama, Máire Ní -- D'eirigh Taidhg aréir, is chuaidh sé ag fiadhach na ngirrfhidhthe. / Fionnghaile, Cáitlín Ní -- Nuair a bhíonn fáinne mór thimcheall an Ré bíonn stoirm ag teacht. / Raghaill, Gearóid Ó -- Bhí feirmeoir ann aon uair amháin agus bhiodh sé an-cruaidh ar an bhfear oibre a bhí aige. / Ciosain, Máireadh Ní -- Cionus mar a bheadh an t-ubhaillín ach mar a bheadh an t-abhaillín. / Fhloinn, Siobhán Ní -- Gerry Fitzgerald, Cycle Agent, Dungarven was a great distance runner. -- A man named James Brown lived in Lismore. He was able to throw a hundred-weight about five perches long. / Twomey, Mary -- One day there was a boy named Jack who lived in a hut with his mother. / Nuinnseann, Seamus -- John White, of Clonmel, died in the year 1930. He ran from Clonmel to Dublin in twenty hours. / Twomey, Mary -- Thomas Francis Kiely, a native of Clashmore was able to run from here to Clonmel in one hour. / Curtin, Cissie -- Sayings about the Weather / Donnell, John O' -- It is said that Petticoat Loose lived in the parish of Touraneena. / Ciosain, Maireadh Ní -- As round as an apple, as flat as a pan, at one side a woman, and at the other side a man. / Cólbert, Brighid Ní -- Moresby / Deaghidh, Liam Ó -- Once there lived in this locality a very foolish boy named Paddie. / Fennell, Kathleen -- Riddles / Nugent, James -- Once upon a time there lived a very poor man whose name was Long John. / Brien, Kathleen O' -- A ship once came to Dungarvan harbour. It was a very stormy night about the middle of December six years ago. / Tuama, Máire Ní -- I went up to an apple tree and there was apples on it. / Donnell, John Patrick O' -- Riddles / Nugent, James -- Once upon a time there lived a widow who had a son in Africa in the war. / Ciosáin, Máireadh Ní -- What is the least valuable thing a person can have in their pocket? / Curtáin, Máireadh Ní -- Petticoat Loose -- Long ago a man was riding home at mid-night on an old grey horse. / Cobhthaigh, Máire Ní -- One evening a priest was walking along a road. / Day, Billy -- My father was educated in Clashmore school. / Flynn, Lal -- Tá tobar beannuigthe timcheall leath mhíle ar an dtaobh thíar-theas de mo thigh. / Núinseann, Séamus -- Bhí fear oibre ag duine uasail fadó. / Bhriain, Caitlín Ní -- There was a well in Clashmore. The name of the well was "Tobar mo Chuach". / Coffey, Mary -- Pádraig Mac Craith. Bhí sé ós cionn 6 troighthe ar aoirde agus é cumta dá réir. / Domhnaill, Seán Ó -- Do bhí cailín ann fadó agus bhí feirm bheag aici. / Fhloinn, Siobhán Ní -- Padraig Mac Craith, Leasa 'an Dara bhí sé os cionn sé troighthe ar aoirde, agus é cumtha dá réir. / Tuama, Máire Ní -- Liam O Floinn Réidh na dTeampán / Ciosáin, Máiread Ní -- Saint David's Well / Day, Billy -- Candle-Making / Ryall, Garry -- At the Spring near Dungarvan there is a well called Father Twomey's well. / Fennell, Kathleen -- Pósadh / Ryall, Garry -- Ard Chromaill / Ryall, Garry -- Bhí garsún ann uair agus ní raibh sé acht naoi bliana núair a fúair a athair agus a mháthair bás. / Cobhthaigh, Máire Ní -- Bhí bean ann uair amháin agus bhí madra an-chrosta aici. / Raghaill, Gearóid Ó -- There is a holy well in Modeligo. / Fhloinn, Siobhán Ní -- Bhí fear bocht uair amháin. / Cobhthaigh, Máire Ní -- An herb called bay leaf which grows on the banks of the river is said to cure a sore throat. / Cashman, Maggie -- It is said that Saint Declan was born in a place called Dromroe near Cappoquin. / Cashman, Maggie -- Young nettles are boiled and eaten during the month of May. / Fennell, Kathleen -- Long ago there was a man speaking to a Lizard and he said to him "Would you like to have a cure for a burn". / Brien, Kathleen O' -- Tháinig Ciarraigheach go dtí an Éaglais ar a phaigh lae ag baint phrataí. / Cobhthaigh, Máire Ní -- It is said that if you had a toothache and you put a frog into a mouth and left him there until "screeched three times you would be cured immediately. / Cashman, Maggie -- It is said that Molaise arrived in Kilmolash about the 14th century. / Cashman, Maggie -- Bhí fear ann fadó darbh ainm Tadg Ó Suilleabhain. / Cobhthaigh, Máire Ní -- There is a herb which grows on the moss. / Brien, Kathleen O' -- A funeral on a Monday is a sign of another soon again. / Ryall, Garry -- Poor people go from house to house seeking alms. / Donnell, John O' -- It is said that there is a cure for a burn in the herb called "penny winkle". / Cashman, Maggie -- It is said that when a cat is washing his face that there is a visitor going to come. / Brien, Kathleen O' -- Tá páirc inaice mo thighe agus deirtear go raibh lios ag na lochlannaigh ann fadó. / Ryall, Garry -- There was once a woman who had only one daughter. / Fennell, Kathleen -- The old people long ago had no clocks. / Tobin, Thomas -- Bhí fear ann fadó agus bhí mac aige. / Cobhthaigh, Máire Ní -- There is a "lios" near my house. / Donnell, John O' -- There is a "lios" in our field. / Twomey, Mary -- Bhí Máire in a comhnuidhe i Sliabh gCua na bliadanta ó shin. / Cuirtín, Siobháin Ní -- Tá botharín inaice mo thighe agus bothar an-mhór ar fad. / Raghaill, Gearóid Ó -- Fadó riamh ní raibh aon droichead ann. / Bhriain, Caitlín Ní -- Long ago there was a well near the Knock-mealdown mountain. / Brien, Kathleen O' -- Fadó ní raibh gluaisteáin ná rothair ag na daoine. / Cobhthaigh, Máire Ní -- Tá tobar beannuighthe in Baile an Táilliúra. / Fionngaile, Caitlin Ní -- There is a holy well near my house. / Cobhthaig, Máire Ní -- Dandelion is a cure for lung disease. / Fennell, Kathleen -- Paroiste deas iseadh paroiste Bháile ná mBialach. / Colbert, Bhrighidh Ní -- Bhí tigh mór ag fear fado agus bhí aon chat amháin aige. / Fionnghaile, Caitlin Ní -- Chuaidh fear bocht isteach idtig lá. / Fionngaile, Caitlin Ní -- Tá go leor feili againn san mbliain. / Cobhtaig, Máire Ní -- Tá madra agam sa mbaile agus sé an ainm atá air ná "Danno". / Cobhthaig, Máire Ní -- There was a líos in O'Keeffe's turf bog long ago. / Tobin, Tommy -- Bhí garsún beag ag tig a aintin aon oidhche amhain. / Colbert, Bhrighidh Ní -- Deirtear go raibh táilliúir cun culaith eadach do dhéanamh. / Fionngaile, Caitlín Ní -- Duine an ghrádmhar ba'ead Íosa. / Cobhthaig, Máire Ní -- Bhí fear in Duithigh Déise tamall de bhlianta ó shoin agus bhí feirm bheag aige. / Cobhtaig, Máire Ní -- Níl sé ró fhadha ó shoin o bhí a lan tracht ar na tighearnaí talmhan. / Colbert, Brighidh Ní -- Deirtear go raibh Ár Slánuightheor ag siubhal ar an mbothar lá agus cas fear go raibh asal aige Air. / Fionnghaile, Caitlin Ní -- Bhí mac ag Uaithne agus dhein sé suas le cailín aimsire a bhí ins an chúirt. / Cobhthaigh, Máire Ní -- Fadó bíodh trí méilí sa ló mar a tá anois act ní h-é an biadh ceudhna a bhíodh acu. / Fionngaile, Caitlin Ní
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.