DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4770000
title: Camross, Mountrath

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Camross, Mountrath (school) (Camross, Co. Laois), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Pádraig Ó Heifearnáin.
description: Anvil -- Axe -- Plough -- A sprong is used mostly around the farmyard... -- How to Make a Zigzag Harrow -- How to Make a Horseshoe -- Slane -- Long ago there was a great mill at the foot of the Slieve Bloom mountains. -- Swing -- A Flail -- Long ago there was a great old Factory in a place called Ballinrally. -- Long ago there was a shop in a place called Gort na gCloch. -- Long ago there was a shop called the Butcher shop near a place calles Motans Grove. -- Years ago the big people has the shooting of the game on the Slieve Bloom Mountains. -- Long ago, a farmer sent his son John to the fair with a cow. -- Dresser -- Long ago there was a little shop or hotel on the top of Glenkit Mountain. -- Farmer's Life -- Churn -- Signs of Rain -- There was once an old woman and a old man who had one only son John. -- Long ago there was an old man living in a little hut near Glencondra. -- Spinning-Wheel -- There is an old house not very from Glenkitt. -- Long ago they had a thing for sorting potatoes. -- Young Wolfe Tone -- Long ago there was an old woman living in a little house at the foot of a mountain. -- Long ago there was a little house or shop near a place called Mon na Sup. -- Once upon a time there was an old hut or house in a valley on the top of Glenall Mountain. -- St Molua -- Story -- I wish to tell you all the animals that we have on our farm. / Scully, Paddy -- Dash Churn -- The following are the things on our farm... -- These are the things that are in a forge. -- Long ago there lived a man in a small house in the mountains. -- These are the things on our farm: -- Farmer's Working Year - General Work -- Turnip Machine -- Skillet / Dooley, Denis -- Crane / Tynan, Frank -- Pot / Delaney, Martin -- Kettle - A Teapot -- Scythe / Collier, Seán -- Hedge-Clipper / Dooley, William / Dúlaighe, Liam Ó -- Shears / Delaney, C. -- Wheelbarrow / Delaney, C. -- Baker / Tynan, Kathleen -- Mealtime -- In June the people starts to cut the turf. / Scully, Patrick -- Dibbler / Maher, James -- Pulper / Collier, Seán -- We have a hay-rake at home. / Collier, Seán -- Fishing Rod / Dúlaighe, Liam Ó -- One day I thought of a plan and made a fishing bag. / Scully, Paddy -- Trees, Shrubs and Weeds -- One Storey Thatched Houses -- Proverbs / Dunphy, Sadie -- About one hundred yards North West of Clonohill cross there is a rath in the Fields. / Ághas, Proinséis -- Cage -- Knapsack / Scully, Paddy -- Snare -- Long time ago there lived a very holy man in a little hut on a hill... -- Story / Dúlaige, Liam Ó -- Story / Dulaige, Liam Ó -- Story -- Hive of Bees / Scully, Paddy -- Roller / Tynan, Frank -- Hand Rake / Tynan, Frank -- Boiler / Tynan, Frank -- Drill Harbour -- Vice / Tynan, Frank -- Turnip Chopper / Sheeran, Canice -- There was once a man coming home from Coolrain. -- Hand Digger -- Reaping Hook / Ashe, Jack -- Old Turnip Sower / Dooley, Denis -- Bellows / Dunphy, Sadie -- Milk Pan / Dunphy, Sadie -- There was once a man who was threshing with a flail. / Dooley, Denis -- There lived a long ago a very rich man. -- Long ago there was a man named Mr Conlon... -- 8 cows 4 horses 24 sheep... / Lyons, Willie -- There was once a man coming home from rambling. -- Long ago it is said that there was a castle on the top of a hill. -- There was a great road passing at the back of the Slieve Bloom mountains. -- There is a great story told about an old woman who had an old white ass. -- Micky Matty had a hen... -- There was once a man coming from rambling in the night. -- Story / Sheeran, Canice -- Story -- There was a man one time and he got a job. / Dúlaighe, Liam Ó / Dooley, William -- My name is Pat Ó Donnell from the county Donegal... -- There was a little house well thatched with straw. -- There was once a tailor who was very poor, there was a rick man living near the tailor. -- There was a man one time going from Coolrain to his home with another man. / Dúlaighe, Liam Ó -- There lived an old man in a small house long ago. -- Story / Sheeran, Canice -- One night there was a man coming home from rambling. / Delaney, Martin -- I wish my heart was made of glass... / Leahy, Willie -- Once upon a time and a very good time... / Leahy, Willie -- There were a crooked man Who went a crooked mile... / Leahy, Willie -- Without title -- I come from the haunts of coote and hern... -- Monday night I lost my wife... -- One night there was a man going home from rambling across the fields. -- There was once a man living in the Pike before motor-cars , or trains, or buses were running. -- When you are old and ugly... -- When I was young, And had no sense... -- There lived long ago a very old man not very far from Clareen cross. -- God made man and man made money... -- One night a man was coming home from Mountrath on his bicycle. -- Micky Dooley had a cat. / Heffernan, P.J. -- All the men and money... / Hanlon, Mary -- One day I met Mary Ann, Tuesday Mary Jane... / Hanlon, Mary -- Weeper Weeper Chimney sweeper... / Hanlon, Mary -- Dear Grandma I hope you are well... / Heffernan, Ann -- Standing stone is called a Cloch Stadadh in Co. Laois. / Hourchane, John -- Monday for health, Tuesday for wealth... / Heffernan, Ann -- Marry in blue your wish will come true... / Hanlon, Mary -- There was once a man and his wife who had two children. -- There was a rath in Tuarthan where the fairies lived long ago. -- Brightly shines the morning star. -- Rundy Mundy born on Monday Christened on Tuesday... / Tynan, Frank -- Diamonds cut diamonds and diamonds... / Tynan, Frank -- A Year ago I used to be As good a man as you could see... / Tynan, Frank -- A whistling woman and a crowing hen wont have luck till dear knows when. / Heffernan, Sean -- See saw margery Daw... / Heffernan, Ann -- See saw Margery Daw... / Heffernan, Sean -- My motto sits in the arm chair... / Heffernan, Ann -- On Height Sunday the people gather the heather on the height to make "Bosoms". -- Times may change in (every) many ways... / Dunphy, Sadie -- Patience is a virtue... / Dunphy, Sadie -- Slieve na mBan Mountains -- High mass high money... -- Work hard and work easy... -- Roses are red, Violets are blue... -- In your journey through life, Should you need an Umbrella... -- The grand old Duke of York He had so many men... / Tynan, Frank -- Story / Tynan, Frank -- When Cock crows in at the open door: sign of bad luck. / Heffernan, Sean -- Sign of Good Luck to meet an ass early in the morning. / Heffernan, Ann -- Anything born on a Whit Sunday is unlucky... / Heffernan, Ann -- Read forward or backward I am spelled just the same. / Seymour, Christina -- An Ulster city for foremost find. / Seymour, Christina -- The primal is the final No man can deny. / Seymour, Christina -- Dear James a well known animal For primal part you'll take. / Seymour, Christine -- My pen is now trite and I scarcely can write... / Bergin, Hannie -- A measure or a number neat... / Bergin, Hannie -- Wee Willy Winkle never says his prayers... -- Bob in a bob in babo Where can the thrushes go through the east through the west... / Heffernan, Seán -- If a hen crows in the night it means very bad luck. -- Bury one, bury two and the third will bury you. / Heffernan, Ann -- If you are mimicking when the clock strikes you will be mimicking all the days off your life. -- A priest asked a boy what kind of potatoes he was picking... -- My father and mother were Irish... -- Story -- Long ago there lived a man on Sl. Bladhma. -- Wise men think alike... -- Long ago there lived two men in a big house for themselves. -- Rhymes on Saint Stephen's Say in Camross -- Rhyme about the Magpies in Camross -- Goosie, Goosie gander, Where do you wander... -- Hayseed Barrow -- Guinesse's stout is good no doubt... -- Oh the sadness of a woman when she's sad... -- Knapsack
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.