DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4758498
title: Ringville, Slieverue

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Ringville, Slieverue (school) (Ringville, Co. Kilkenny), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Síle de Paor.
description: Rochestown -- Story -- Story -- Riddles / Walsh, Bridget -- Parish of Glenmore -- Kilcoan -- John O'Donovan -- Story of a Weight-Thrower / Kennedy, Patrick -- Boat Wreck / Kennedy, Patrick -- Hidden Treasure / Purcell, Patrick -- Snow-Hill / Murphy, Eily -- Bellevue / Murphy, Eily -- Holly Lake / Roche, Lawrence -- Carriganurra / Kearney, Margarat -- White Horse / Dillon, Maureen -- White Horse / Cashin, James -- Story of Ringville School / Murphy, Michael -- Story / Walsh, Margaret -- Scartnamoe / Connolly, Seán -- Kilcolumb -- Legend about Holly Lake / Connolly, John -- Place Names -- Bliain an Duine Leisciúla -- Carraig Shoc -- Killaspy - In 1842 this townland and Ballynamona were severed from Kilmacow and added to Slieverue. -- Patron Saint -- Landlord -- Ringville -- Ringville / Roche, Laurence -- Ned the Cripple -- Weather-Lore -- Ros Mhic Treoin -- Dunbrody Abbey -- Food in Olden Times / Dillon, Maureen -- Local Fairs -- Local Forge -- Care of the Feet / Dillon, Maureen -- Care of Our Farm Animals -- Stories of the Holy Family -- Ballinlaw Castle / Cashin, James -- Rathpatrick -- Riddles -- St Stephen's Day -- St Brigid's Day, Shrove Tuesday -- Dunbrody Abbey -- There is an ancient cross in Luffney the next townland to Rathpatrick. It was erected by Darby O'Brien to the deceased members of his family in 1756. -- In Kinvory there is the ruins of an old church. The walls are standing. -- Patron Saints of the District -- Penal Times -- Legend - St Patrick and the Hound -- Local Place Names -- Story about the Holy Family -- Why the Roads Wind / Walsh, Margaret -- Sayings about the Days of the Week / Guire, Elizabeth Mc -- My Home District / Roche, Laurence -- Travelling Tailors -- Prayer -- Sweet Kearney Bay / Walsh, Margaret -- Carrigcloney -- Fairies -- Tory Hill -- Skinning the Ould Cow -- Shambo is another very ancient graveyard but it is years ago since the church stood. -- Black Corner -- Cures -- Shops in Olden Times -- Local Ruins -- Fishing Line / Walsh, Walter -- Robin and Our Saviour / Murphy, Michael -- How Snowhill House Was Built / Purcell, Patrick -- Local Roads -- St Patrick's Sister / Walsh, Thomas -- Magic Whistle / Maguire, Betty -- Old Woman's Prayer / Dwyer, Denis -- Ringville House -- Riddles / Dillon, Maureen -- How to Make Potato Starch -- Games - A Donkey Without a Tail -- Fairy Rath -- To Make a Rabbit Snare / Purcell, Patrick -- To Make a Fishing-Rod / Purcell, Patrick -- To Make a Kite / Walsh, Walter -- Homemade Toys / Butler, Josie -- Crib for Bird-Catching / Walsh, Walter -- How to Make a Hurley / Haberlin, Richard -- Making of a Toy Threshing Engine / Connolly, John -- Toy Airplane / Connolly, John -- Whistle / Purcell, Patrick -- Bird-Lore -- The weather can be judged by the behaviour of the crows, seagulls... -- Ancient Industries of the District -- Mummers
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.