DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4922077
title: Coinicéir, Pallas Green

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Coinicéir, Pallas Green (school) (Nicker, Co. Limerick), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Seán Beaumont.
description: Gold is supposed to be hidden on the banks of the River Mulceir in the townland of Linfield, in the parish of Pallasgreen. / Gleeson, Philip -- What key is the hardest to turn? A Donkey. If I build a wall from here to Donegal , what height would it be? / Gleeson, Philip -- Local Heroes / Brien, Michael O -- Snowstorm / Gleeson, Philip -- Forge / Gleeson, Philip -- Old Proverbs / Gleeson, Philip -- Bird-Lore / Gleeson, Philip -- Festival Customs / Brien, Michael O -- Games I Like Best / Gleeson, Philip -- Herbs / Gleeson, Philip -- Perhaps one of the most ancient customs practised in this country is at Hallow Eve which falls on the 31st day of October. / Gleeson, Philip -- The legs are two gifts given to each person by God. Without them we could not walk and that is the reason we got them. / Brien, Michael O -- Local Place Names / Brien, Michael O -- In the graveyard in Old Pallas there is a large Celtic cross erected by the people of the district to the memory of William Real of Pallasgreen. / Brien, Michael O -- Churning was very common in this district long ago. In some parts of the district Churning is very common to the present day. / Gleeson, Philip -- A short time after our Lord was born, news came to Herod about it and it troubled him greatly. / Gleeson, Philip -- There used be fairs in this district long ago, which are now discontinued. / Gleeson, Philip -- Long ago churning was very common in this district. This custom is not carried out now. / Brien, Michael O -- Landlords / Ryan, Eamon -- The food in Ireland has changed completely now compared with what it was long ago. Long ago the food used in Ireland was potatoes. / Neill, John O -- Long ago the football matches use to be played differently to what they are now. In olden times twenty-one players used to play on each team. / Neill, John O -- Long ago hurling and football matches were played differently to the way they are played now. / Gleeson, Philip -- Long ago in Ireland travelling people were highly respected. The travelling people long ago were very much more honest than what they are now and on that account they were never seen sleeping out of doors. / Neill, John O -- There are two forts situated near my district. One of them is in Corlish... / Gleeson, Philip -- Shops were not as common long ago as what they are now, and on that account people used have to go to the nearest town to do their purchasing. / Carroll, William -- The houses that were there long ago were made of mud and they had thatched roofs. Straw used be put through the mud to keep it together and to strengthen it. / Carroll, William -- A churchyard is a small strip of land where human beings are buried. There is four churchyards in this district. / Neill, John O -- John Flanagan born at Kilbreedy Kilmallock was one of the greatest weight throwers Ireland ever produced. / Gleeson, Philip -- Weight Throwing / Ryan, Eamon
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.