DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4922254
title: Newtownanner, Cluain Meala

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Newtownanner, Cluain Meala (school) (Newtownanner Demesne, Co. Tipperary), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Proinnsias Ó Corcoráin.
description: Story about Treasure / Quinlan, Eileen -- Story about Treasure / Cronin, Biddy -- Story about a Mermaid / Fitzgerald, Mary -- Story about Fishing / Butler, Kitty -- Riddles / Burke, Kitty -- Two women went looking for their two husbands... / Fitzgerald, Mary -- (1) When the soot falls down the chimney it is the sign of bad weather... / Landy, Kitty -- The signs of rain are, when there is a circle around the moon... / Butler, Kitty -- If a cat was scratching wood, it is the sign of a storm... / Burke, Kitty -- Near Killusty where is an ancient castle called Kiltinane... / Prendergast, Mary F. -- There was an old school in Ballinaraha... / Prendergast, Mary F. -- In olden times the people could not have any schools unless they were private ones... / Burke, Nora -- There was an old school in Kilcash a long time ago... / Walsh, Kitty -- The schools of long ago were not like the schools we have now... / Landy, Kitty -- There was an old school at Cooney's bridge long ago... / Quinlan, Eileen -- In the olden days the farmers used to make tallow candles out of the fat of the cattle... / Fitzgerald, Mary -- Old Trade / Walsh, Kitty -- Cures / Quinlan, Eileen -- Cures / Burke, Kitty -- Cures / Prendergast, Christie -- Cures / Grath, Phylis Mc -- In the Summer I make necklets with daisies and I make belts also... / Burke, Kitty -- Cures / Doyle, Maris -- My father Patrick Burke told me about this fort. / Burke, Kitty -- There is a fairy fort in one of John Dee's fields in Kingcor... / Fogarty, Eamon -- There is a fairy fort over in Ballynavin... / Cronin, Biddy -- There is an old-Lios near Powerstown called Lisronagh... / Brien, Nicholas O' -- In the winter time my Grandfather used to make cribs for catching birds... / Fitzgerald, Mary -- There was a man named Paddy Walsh long ago who sold needles and thread... / Quinlan, Eileen -- There is a fort in Mr King's land... / Burke, Nora -- Famine Times / Prendergast, Mary F. -- Famine Times / Cronin, Biddy -- Famine Times / Brien, Nicholas O' -- Famine Times / Walsh, Kitty -- Famine Times / Fitzgerald, Mary -- Famine Times / Cahill, Teddy -- The games I play are Football, Hurling, Hide and Seek, Skittles, Cat, Marbles, and others... / Cahill, Teddy -- These are games mu Grandfather used to play long ago... / Fitzgerald, Mary -- I play games such as Hide-and-go-seek, Chain-Hunting, Tig... / Cronin, Biddy -- Local Road / Butler, Kitty -- The old Dublin Road came in by Halloran's and along by Ballina Racecourse on through Priorstown... / Fitzgerald, Mary -- There are a lot of names on roads near my house... / Fogarty, Eamon -- The name of my town-land is Moangariffe... / Fitzgerald, Edward -- My town-land is in Newtown Anner... / Burke, Kitty -- My townland is Ballynavin... / Prendergast, Mary F. -- A cure for sore eyes is to pick the small flowers off Rose Mary bush put them in a bottle with a little water... / Cahill, Rita -- Herbs / Cronin, Biddy -- Herbs / Quinlan, Eileen -- Herbs / Burke, Nora -- Herbs / Burke, Kitty -- Potato Crop / Butler, Kitty -- Potato Crop / Fitzgerald, Mary -- Proverbs / Burke, Nora -- Proverbs / Cronin, Biddy -- Proverbs / Doyle, Maris -- Old Customs / Butler, Kitty -- Old Customs / Burke, Kitty -- Old Customs / Walsh, Kitty -- Old Customs / Cahill, Teddy -- Animals / Burke, Nora -- Animals / Cronin, Biddie -- Churning / Butler, Kitty -- Song / Butler, Kitty -- Sony - Kitty from Kincor / Lonergan, Annie -- Song - The Derrinlaur Boy / Fogarty, Eamon -- There is an old slate house not far from my home... / Quinlan, Eileen -- Old Houses / Prendergast, Mary F. -- Old Houses / Fogarty, Eamon -- Once upon a time there lived an old Giant and his sister in Kinsale... / Walsh, Kitty -- At the time of Cromwell there was a woman in Curragh-more named Fanny Power... / Quinlan, Eileen -- Long ago the people had no chairs or tables like the have now... / Fogarty, Eamon -- Long ago the people kept a dead person two nights in the house before they were brought to the chapel... / Prendergast, Mary F. -- Customs about Funerals / Quinlan, Eileen -- Cow-Sheds / Prendergast, Mary F. -- Household Utensils / Landy, Georgie -- Boat Types / Quinlan, Eileen -- Mushrooms / Prendergast, Mary F. -- Mushrooms / Lonergan, Annie -- My Ancestors / Prendergast, Mary F. -- Nuts / Burke, Nora -- Caisleán Doire an Láir / Buitléir, Cáit -- Caisleán Tigh Cinn Chora / Chróinín, Brigidh Ní -- Planting Potatoes / Prendergast, Mary F. -- Mc Craith anf the Osborns
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.