DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4922315
title: Gleannach (Glenough)

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Gleannach (Glenough) (school) (Glenough Lower, Co. Tipperary), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Bean Uí Bhreasail.
description: There was a man there one time and he was very poor. -- Once upon a time a man named Dave Fitzgerald worked in the Silver mines. -- One winter's night when all the neighbours were gathered round Mick Bourke's fire-side they were all telling tales. -- "Cut" Quinlan is a man who will be remembered long in Tipperary. -- There was a house and it was haunted. -- Once upon a time a woman went to a well to work a pisheog on a May morning (1st of May). -- Long ago there were two boys who were great pals. -- There lived in Glenpadden three brothers - Tady Con and Mick Dwyer. -- In the parish of Knockavella about three miles from Cashel there is a farm in which thousands of pounds are hidden by an old lady. -- Ned of the Hill lived in the parish of Hollyford and at one time was on the run from the landlords. -- Once upon a time an Irishman an Englishman and Scotchman bought a bottle of whiskey and decided they would divide it equally into three parts. -- It was said long long ago that there was gold hidden in Hollyford. -- One evening in the Spring of a certain year two youths went for a walk. -- One evening in the spring of a certain year, two youths went for a walk. -- Long ago people used to work pishogues. -- There are mines in Hollyford and it was said long ago that there was gold hidden there. -- There was a family living and they were haunted. -- On the main Dublin-Limerick road about eighteen miles from Thurles and five from Newport stands a large circular fort. -- Some years ago people very seldom married at any other time of the year but Shrove. -- There was a certain man one time and he was very absent-minded. -- There was a great weight-thrower in the parish of Cappawhite some few years ago. -- Long ago in Lent people were great to fast. -- The year 1867 at the rising of the Fenian's there was a house in Knockavilla owned by an old lady who had thousands of pounds. -- Once upon a time there was a man and he was a great drunkard. -- There was a man in Tipperary one time and it is said that he was lying in his bed when he heard the voice of one of his best friends calling from outside the house. -- There was a man one time and he used to go to a neighbours house every night. -- A man one time went into a barber's shop and asked him what would he charge to shave him. -- Once upon a time there lived a rich Officer and when he got old he took out all his gold and hid it in a hollow of a field and made his soldiers swear that they would care it forever. -- There was a big pisheohg worked on certain people one time. -- One night a man living near our house was coming home from a neighbour's house about 10:30 P.M. -- There was a man coming home from the village of Hollyford one night about 10:30 P.M. -- There is a rath near the village of Hollyford and it is said that there is gold hidden in it and there were soldiers minding in the old times. -- In olden days in Shrove-time parties about to be married started to matchmake in the following way. -- There was a man living in Glenannar who was a great weight-thrower. -- There was a woman one time living in Thurles and her name was Eliza Carthy. -- Pishogues are generally made on May Eve and May morning. -- There was a man one time coming home very late from a fair. -- Once upon a time there was a servant boy working in a farmer's house and it was haunted. -- Long ago there was a gamble in a certain house in the neighbour-hood of Upperchurch and all the men of the place went to it. -- There was a very poor man one time and he was always looking for money. -- One day an Irishman was walking through the streets of London. -- One night a man was going along a road in this neighbourhood under Knockjack. -- In a neighbouring parish about forty years ago a woman was sick apparently wasting away. -- Ned of the Hill lived in Foilmacduff near Hollyford. -- There was a man in Kilcommon named Martin Kennedy. -- One night a miller was robbed of a sack of flour. -- One of the rules of a College was that no man should keep strong drink in his room. -- Two Irishmen went for a trip to London. -- There was a man in Dublin and he was very fond of whiskey. -- Long ago there was a man and he knew there was gold hidden in a place. -- One day a man and his son were working in a field and they met a big stone as they were working and they got gold near the stone. -- One morning long ago there was a man going to a fair. -- One time there were two brothers. -- There was a house in Hollyford and it was haunted. -- The Fenians were called after the Fianna of long ago. -- There was a house in Upperchurch and it was haunted. -- There is a house near Hollyford and there is a fort near it. -- One night long ago there were two men going home from a neighbouring house in Kilcommon. -- One night a man in Glenough was going home after playing cards in a neighbouring house. -- There was a boy in America and he met with a man one day who was able to foretell things. -- Once upon a time a man and his wife were living in a haunted house. -- One night an Irish man was going along a road. -- Once upon a time there were two brothers and a sister living in a house together. -- Once upon a time a man and his two sons lived together. -- Long ago no motors were used at weddings. -- Two men were going to a fair in Tipperary one morning by Dundrum. -- A carpenter's axe fell into a pond of water one day. -- Once upon a time an Irishman an Englishman and a Scotch-man bought a bottle of whiskey. -- Once upon a time there was a man who went to a neighbouring house card playing. -- Riddles -- Ned of the hill was on the run from the Landlords. -- One night a man was going along Ring Hill. -- One May morning when a certain farmer got up he saw a woman going through his yard, and she was pulling something after her. -- A stitch in time saves nine. -- Have you seen Tipperary champions hurl Clare in Corks own town. -- People usually get married in Shrove. -- One day an Irish man an English man and a Scotch man were going to the fair, they were going through a village. -- One day an Irish man was walking through the streets of London and he was eating a loaf of bread. -- There was a man living in Hollyford and one morning he went for the cows he saw a man walking though the field towards the cows. -- As an Irish man was going along a valley he fell into a cave and there was a black man living in it. -- My Father was a brick layer's daughter. -- Ned of the hill lived in a valley in Foilacloig. -- Towards the close of the year 1918 three German soldiers were travelling through a lonely forest. -- Long ago there was a house haunted in Hollyford. -- There was a man one time who went to a certain house every night. -- In the month of May as Mrs Dwyer was passing by the Parish Church of Kilcommon she resolved to pay a visit in honour of "Our Lady". -- Once upon a time there were two girls binding corn after a reaper. -- The old custom of matchmaking was always practised in Ireland long ago, now most people make their own matches. -- Tipperary Hurlers / Hughes, Jack -- Some years ago there lived a family named Bradshaw. -- Once upon a time there was a little girl coming home from school. -- One evening not very long ago there was a man coming home from his work fairly late. -- Once upon a time a boy named Pat got a job of cutting turf for a farmer. -- Scoop the middle out of a turnip and put salt in it until it melts and rub it to the chilblains will cure them. -- We may live without poetry, music and art. -- There was a man living in the parish of Clonoulty some years ago. -- Long ago the priest used to come to the house where the bride lived and married her. -- There was a girl one time and there was nobody living in the house with her, but her brother and father. -- Mix a small bit of lard and white precipitite powder for scabs. -- There were two men living in Turraheen Co Tipperary. -- I left my home in Ireland not very long ago. -- When I'm a man I'll be a butcher, if I can. -- When I'm a man I'll be a teacher, if I can. -- When I'm a man I'll be a teacher, if I can.
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.