DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4666594
title: Baile an Chlochair, Lic Snámha

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Baile an Chlochair, Lic Snámha (school) (Ballincloher, Co. Kerry), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Pártholán Ó Gealbháin.
description: Herbs / Flaherty, Bridie -- Herbs / Walshe, Bridie -- Herbs / Diggin, Mary -- Herbs / Leahy, Bridget -- Herbs / Gorman, Mary -- Old Stories / Brien, Nellie O' -- Old Stories / Sheehy, Peggy -- Old Story -- Once upon a time there lived a man named Jack. / Walshe, Bridie -- Long ago there lived a king in Ireland. -- Once upon a time there lived a man named Jack. -- Place Names / Walshe, John -- Local Place Names / Moloney, Jerry -- Local Place Names / Walse, Bridie -- Local Place Names / Leahy, Bridget -- Local Place Names / Sheehy, Peggy -- Local Place Names / Prendeville, Nellie -- Local Place Names / Dowling, Patrick -- Local Monuments / Flaherty, Bridie -- Local Monuments / Diggin, Mary -- There are three very remarkable stones in the townland of Derrevrin. / Walshe, John -- There is a monument situated at the east side of the village of Lixnaw. / Silles, Joe -- Holy Wells / Flaherty, Bridie -- Penal Times / Walshe, Bridie -- Penal Times / Leahy, Bridget -- Penal Times / Flaherty, Bridget -- Old Songs / Diggin, Mary -- Old Songs / Sheehy, Peggy -- Landlord / Flaherty, Bridie -- Landlord / Walshe, Bridie -- Landlord / Sheehy, Peggy -- Landlord / Dowling, Patrick -- Local Marriage Customs / Walshe, Bridie -- Local Marriage Customs / Sheehy, Peggy -- Historical Tradition / Diggin, Mary -- Old Prayer / Flaherty, Bridie -- Lore of Certain Days / Walshe, Bridie -- Lore of Certain Days / Sheehy, Peggy -- Lore of Certain Days / Leahy, Bridget -- Lore of Certain Days / Thornton, Katherine -- Lore of Certain Days / Silles, Jarlath -- Stories of Giants and Warriors / Moloney, Jerry -- Stories of Giants and Warriors / Silles, Jarlath -- Stories of Giants and Warriors / Walsh, Nora -- Stories of Giants and Warriors / Leahy, Bridget -- Stories of Giants and Warriors / Walshe, Bridie -- Stories of Giants and Warriors -- Stories of Giants and Warriors / Prendeville, Nellie -- Stories of Giants and Warriors / Sheehy, Peggy -- Churning / Leahy, Bridget -- Churning / Walsh, Nora -- Churning / Sheehy, Peggy -- The Leipreachan is a fairy. The people around here call him "The Luharagán". / Sheehy, Peggy -- The Leipreachan or Logharaghan is about three feet in height. / Walshe, Bridie -- The Leipreachan is a small fairy man supposed to live in the woods or raths away from houses inhabeted by people. / Brien, Nellie O' -- There was a man cutting turf in Ballinagar bog and he saw a little Leipreachan up on a sod of turf out in the wild bog. / Gorman, Mary -- The Leipreachan is generally called the Loharagan in this district. / Dowling, Patrick -- The Leipreachan is a small man who lives in the woods old forts and sleeps under a tree. / Bowler, Brendan -- The Leipreachan is a small man about two feet and a half. / Moloney, Jerry -- Mermaid / Prendeville, Nellie -- People who live near the sea heard stories of the mermaid when they were young. / Silles, Jarlath -- Once there did a man go to the strand for a load sand. / Leahy, Bridget -- Bread / Walshe, Bridie -- Long ago the people were not as well fed as they are now day's. / Moloney, Jerry -- Long ago the old people had to eat bread made from oats, rhye, barley and beans. / Leahy, Bridget -- The kind of bread they used long ago was oaten meal bread, rye bread, and barley bread. / Sheehy, Peggy -- The people used also have potatoe cakes. / Gorman, Mary -- Old Houses / Walshe, Nora -- Old Houses -- The people in these days did not know anything about parafin oil. / Brien, Nellie O' -- Old Fairs / Leahy, Bridget -- Old Fairs / Walshe, Bridie -- Old Fairs / Sheehy, Peggy -- Buying and Selling / Gorman, Mary -- Buying and Selling / Walsh, Nora -- Buying and Selling / Sheehy, Peggy -- Buying and Selling / Leahy, Bridget -- Care of the Feet / Prendeville, Nellie -- Care of the Feet / Walsh, Nora -- Care of the Feet / Moloney, Jerry -- Care of the Feet / Gorman, Mary -- Festival Customs / Walshe, Bridie -- Festival Customs / Sheehy, Peggy -- Festival Customs / Leahy, Bridget -- Festival Customs / Leahy, Bridget -- Festival Customs / Walshe, Bridie -- Festival Customs / Sheehy, Peggy -- Churn-Making / Gorman, Mary -- Candle-Making / Leahy, Bridget -- Weaving and Spinning / Walshe, Bridie -- Basket-Making / Walshe, Nora
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.