DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4922362
title: Turlough, Béal an Chloga

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Turlough, Béal an Chloga (school) (Turlough, Co. Clare), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Áine, Bean Uí Éalaidhe.
description: People say that there is a large crock of gold... / Kelly, John -- One night two men were coming home from cuairt and... / Linnane, Fergus -- About three miles from here there is a place called Muckniah Castle, ... / Linnane, Maureen -- There is gold hidden in the lands of Mr. Corbett. ... / Scully, John -- About three miles from the Turlough National School, ... / Burke, May -- About two miles from my home there is a large demesne. ... / Droney, John -- Three miles from Turlough School there is a small village... / Linnane, Micko -- On an mountain called "Sliabh a Túrlach" there is... / Gann, Nora Mc -- The houses in this parish long ago were made... / Droney, Chris -- Old witches and giants were not very plentiful around here long ago. ... / Kerin, John P. -- There was once an old woman and she lived... / Droney, John -- Once upon a time a man was going to a fair. ... / Linnane, Maureen -- Long ago there lived a man named Jack. ... / Linnane, Fergus -- There were not many giants around this place. ... / Droney, John -- What are the three things in the world... / Droney, Chris -- What man in the army wears the biggest cap. ... / Scully, Joseph -- A man without eyes saw apples on a tree, ... / Gann, Nora Mc -- Not very long ago about half a mile from Ballyvaughan... / Droney, Chris -- There was once a man living in this. ... / Kelly, John -- There was once a young man in this parish. ... / Linnane, Fergus -- There was an old woman living in Feakle long ago. ... / Davenport, Micheal -- There are many tokens by which we know whither the weather... / Linnane, Maureen -- The following denote rain. ... / Gann, Martin Mc -- There are many old sayings about the weather. ... / Gann, John Mc -- Long ago, the houses were very bad... -- Once upon a time there was a man named Johnny Burke. ... / Hawes, Frank -- About 25 years ago Pat Kerins of New Quay, ... / Droney, John -- About fourteen years ago there was a cargo of salt... / Droney, Chris -- There were many shipwrecks in the time of the trouble in 1916. ... / Kelly, John -- Long long ago there live big giants in Ireland, ... / Burke, Mary -- When St Brigits Day comes everyone makes a cross of timber... / Bakey, Mary Ann -- In the year of 1912 there was a great fall of snow. ... / Kelly, John -- In the year 1912 my mother and her brothers and sisters... / Linnane, Fergus -- There is the ruins of an old school... / Linnane, Micko -- Many years ago schools were held in simple places. ... / Kerin, John P. -- There was an old school in Mucknish... / Kelly, John -- Spinning was a great trade among... / Kelly, John -- The oldest trade around here was scutching flax. ... / Linnane, Micko -- There is one old lime kiln near my home. ... / Linnane, Fergus -- Monday for health, ... / Linnane, Fergus -- In olden times people used to get married in their own homes. ... / Linnane, Maureen -- Some of the superstitions connected with... / Linnane, Micko -- Long ago the old people used to have great fun at marriages. ... / Kerin, John P. -- In Penal times priests used to say Mass in caves, ... / Linnane, Maureen -- The priests had hard times during the Penal Days. ... / Linnane, Micko -- Turlough Aill Bhuidhe. ... / Kerin, John P. -- There are many names of places in this parish. ... / Droney, Chris -- Kilwelran Páirc na Srallach Máám Páirc na... / Kelly, John -- There are many wild animals in this place... / Linnane, Fergus -- The wild animals that are in the place are... / Gann, Martin Mc -- There are many wild animals in this place, ... / Droney, Chris -- There are many wild animals around here... / Burke, Rita -- There is not so many animals around here. ... / Kelly, John -- The people used to have very strange sort of cures. ... / Kerin, John P. -- Cradle Bird. When a boy wants to make a cradle bird... / Droney, John -- In olden times people used to... / Linnane, Maureen -- The old people used to spend some of the night... / Kerrin, John P. -- A Cradle bird. A spinning top. ... / Kelly, John -- People say that Friday's and Monday's are the best days... / Kelly, John -- Saturday and Thursday are unlucky for starting work because... / Kerin, John P. -- Farmers do not like to start sowing the seeds any day but Friday. ... / Gann, Margaret Mc -- Long ago travellers used to the houses and stay a few days... / Kerin, John P. -- I know the names of a few batches of Tinkers. ... / Linnane, Fergus -- Tinkers go around from house to house begging. ... / Gann, Margaret Mc -- Tinkers are poor people who have no homes, ... / Burke, May -- There are many forts all over Ireland. ... / Kerin, John P. -- There are many forts around here. ... / Gann, Margaret Mc -- The only poet that they knew of around here was Matt Mahon. ... / Gann, Margaret Mc -- My mother tells me the only poet she knew personally, ... / Burke, May -- Long ago people used to go from house to house singing. ... / Kerin, John P. -- In the year 1847 the potatoes blackened... / Gann, Margaret Mc -- During the time of the famine... / Kerin, John P. -- The famine did awful damage in this place. ... / Linnane, Fergus -- The children around here are very fond of games. ... / Linnane, Micko -- The game we play most is pickery. ... / Gann, Martin Mc -- The old people used to play a game called cat. ... / Kerin, John P. -- We play many games at school... / Linnane, Maureen -- There are but a few old roads in this parish. ... / Droney, Chris -- There are many roads all over Ireland. ... / Kerin, John P. -- There are a lot of old roads in this place. ... / Droney, John -- There are many roads around here under no particular name... / Bakey, Mary Ann -- The houses in this parish long ago were made funny. ... / Kerins, Mr John / Droney, Chris -- The place I live in is called Sheshia. ... / Linnane, Micko -- There are many ruins of old houses around here. ... / Kerin, John P. -- There were many old houses long ago in this parish. ... / Linnane, Fergus / Linnane, Michael -- There are many varities of potatoes sown around here. ... / Gann, Margaret Mc -- Every farmer sows potatoes now. ... / Linnane, Micko -- Long ago people sowed potatoes in ridges. ... / Linnane, Fergus -- The name of my townland is Kilwelran. ... / Kelly, John -- The people around here dont use many old saying. ... / Kelly, John -- (1) A stitch in time saves nine. ... / Bakey, Mary Ann -- On Christmas night every house lights one big candle. ... / Linnane, Micko -- Long ago the people used to have great fun on feast days. ... / Kerin, John P. -- The name of the animals the has are- ... / Linnane, Micko -- The names of the animals we have at home are: ... / Kelly, John -- There are only a few burying grounds around here. ... / Kelly, John -- There are two graveyards in use in this parish. ... / Gann, Margaret Mc -- There are many Kileen's in this parish... / Linnane, Maureen -- We have a churn at home. ... / Linnnane, Micko -- The kind of churn we have is one with beaters and... / Gann, Martin Mc -- The people used to wear no boots long ago. ... / Kerin, John P. -- There are many ruins of old forges around here. ... / Kerins, John P. -- The name of one man was Martin the tailor. ... / Kerin, John P. -- There are no tailors in this parish now. ... / Linnane, Maureen -- Once upon a time the was a man and he had... / Kelly, John -- People around here have many stories about... / Linnane, Maureen -- The native Saint of this place is St Colman. ... / Droney, John -- The Patron Saint of this district is St Colman. ... / Burke, May -- The Patron Saint of this district was... / Davenport, Michael -- Saint Colman is the patron Saint of this place. ... / Linnane, Maureen -- There is never any fairs in this district. ... / Davenport, Michael -- There is not much difference between the fairs of olden times, ... / Burke, May -- There are no fairs held around here now. ... / Linnane, Maureen -- There was one land Lord in this district. ... / Davenport, Michael -- All the landlords are cleared out of Ireland now. ... / Gann, Margaret Mc -- When England took over this country, they divided the land among men, whom they wanted to favour, ... / Burke, May -- Long ago there was a landlord living in Bellharbour. ... / Linnane, Maureen -- Long ago the population of Ireland was very large. ... / Linnane, Maureen -- In the olden days the diet of the people was very poor. ... / Davenport, Michael -- The people who lived long ago used to do nearly half a days work before they ate their breakfast. ... / Kerin, John P. -- Long ago about sixty years from now the people used to eat but two meals a day. ... / Kelly, John -- Long ago football was differently to what it is now. ... / Kerin, John P. -- It was in New Quay the best football team was long ago. ... / Droney, Chris -- The best team of footballers around here was in New Quay... / Kelly, John -- The people of this parish used to be great footballers long ago. ... / Linnane, Eileen -- Many stories are told in the long winter nights. ... / Kerin, John P. -- In olden times, at the time of Cormac Mac Airt there lived in Ireland a band of warriors, ... / Burke, Rita -- Long years ago there lived in Corofin... / Bakey, Mary Ann -- There were many great people in Ireland long ago. ... / Kelly, John -- There is a song composed about Bellharbour, ... -- Many songs are sung by the people in the Winter nights. ... / Kerin, John P. -- On a cold November evening as the wind did highly blow. ... / Bakey, Mary Ann -- In walking through Galway in the borders of Clare. ... / Burke, Rita -- There were alot of wicked Giants long ago in Ireland. ... / Burke, Rita -- The poor people in olden times had not much choice in bread. ... / Burke, Rita -- The people of long ago used to make bread... / Kerin, John P. -- Some time ago people used to make bread out of barley. ... / Kelly, John -- Long ago, when people were poor and there was no flour... / Droney, James -- Bitter the death they gave you soldier lad, ... / Linnane, Joseph -- There are not many relics in this place. ... / Linnane, Maureen -- There are two heaps of stones in this parish called cairns. ... / Davenport, Michael -- There are not many old signs around here. ... / Kerin, John P. -- There are not much crosses around here now. ... / Kelly, John -- Shops were very scarce long ago. ... / Kerin, John P. -- The people used not be very rich long ago. ... / Kelly, John -- Long ago the people used to make tents on Sundays after mass. ... / Linnane, Maureen -- Long ago the people used to make tents on Sundays after mass. ... / Linnane, Maureen -- In olden times shops were not as plentiful as they are now... / Burke, Rita -- The houses they had long ago were alot different from the houses they have now. ... / Linnane, Maureen -- In the old days people used to build their houses in a hollow for shelter. ... / Davenport, Michael -- Long ago houses were alot different to the houses now a days. ... / Kerin, John P. -- There used to be alot of houses around here long ago that are... / Kelly, John -- Long ago the people used to have bad houses. ... / Droney, John
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.