DOI: 10.7925/drs1.duchas_4922085
title: Cappamore (B.)

description: A collection of folklore and local history stories from Cappamore (B.) (school) (Cappamore, Co. Limerick), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher James McCarthy.
description: Riddles / #missing, -- Hallow Eve or November Eve (31st October) - Games, Customs / Sweeney, James -- November Eve / Carthy, Michael Mc -- November Eve / Connors, Patrick -- November Eve / Merrick, John -- November Eve / Connell, John O' -- November Eve / Daly, James -- November Eve Ghost Story / Humphreys, Chris -- November Night / Carthy, Patrick Mc -- All Souls' Night / Carthy, Willie Mc -- Hidden Treasure / Merrick, Willie -- Hidden Treasure / Daly, James -- Hidden Treasure / Merrick, John -- Hidden Treasure / Humphreys, Chris -- Hidden Treasure / Carthy, Patrick Mc -- Hidden Treasure / Gleeson, Maurice -- Hidden Treasure / Donoghue, Patrick O' -- Hidden Treasure / Keating, Michael -- Hidden Treasure / Finucane, James -- Hidden Treasure / Connell, John O' -- Hidden Treasure / Brien, Tim O' -- Hidden Treasure / Connors, Patrick -- Hidden Treasure / Maher, James -- Hidden Treasure / Donnell, Thomas O' -- Weather-Lore - Signs of Good Weather, Signs of Bad Weather -- Local Heroes / Carthy, Patrick Mc -- Local Hero / Donoghue, Patrick O' -- Great Athlete / Ryan, John -- Two Great Mowers / Merrick, John -- Local Hero / Hogan, Laurence -- Blade of Munster / Neill, Paddy O' -- Proverbs -- Wren's Day, 26th December 1937 / Sweeney, James -- Wren's Day - 26th December 1937 / Daly, James -- Wren's Day - 26th December 1937 / Neill, Paddy O' -- Wren's Day, Sunday - 26th December 1937 / Conroy, Michael -- Story / Sweeney, James -- House Built in One Night / Daly, James -- Ghost Story / Merrick, John -- True Story / Donoghue, Patrick O' -- Story on Card Playing / Connors, Pat -- Story on a Large Flood / Neill, Paddy O' -- My Home District - Killuragh / Fitzgerald, Tom -- My Home District - Dromsally / Sweeney, James -- My Home District - Farnane, Cappamore, Barony of Clanwilliam, Co. Limerick / Daly, James -- My Home District - Knocknacorriga, Doon, Barony of Coonagh, Co. Limerick / Donoghue, Patrick O' -- My Home District - Towerhill, Cappamore, Barony of Coonagh, Co. Limerick / Merrick, John -- My Home District - Cappamore, Barony of Owneybeg, in the County Limerick / Humphreys, Chris -- My Home District / Connors, Patrick -- Old Crafts - Candle-Making / Daly, James -- Nail-Making -- Old Cooper -- Soap-Making / Fitzgerald, Tom -- Butter-Making / Hogan, Laurence -- Nail Maker - Fifty Years Ago / Conroy, Michael -- Thatching / Connors, Patrick -- Thatching / Donoghue, Patrick O' -- Ghost of the Basket-Maker / Finucance, James -- Marriage Customs in Cappamore / Reilly, Charles O' -- Marriage Customs in Cappamore / Hayes, Willie -- Marriage Customs in Cappamore / Reilly, Kevin O' -- It is not right to get married on a wet day for luck is the bride the sun shines on. -- Marriage Customs in Cappamore / Fitzgerald, Tom -- Marriage Customs in Cappamore / Neill, Paddy O' -- Marriage Customs: Matchmaking / Fitzgerald, Tom -- Matchmaking / Neill, Paddy O' -- Matchmaking / Humphreys, Chris -- Matchmaking / Donoghue, Patrick O' -- Matchmaking / Connors, Patrick -- Local Cures - Warts / Humphreys, Chris / Fitzgerald, Tom / Neill, Paddy O' / Sweeney, James / Daly, James / Gleeson, Willie Joe / Connor, Patrick O' / Ryan, Joe / Mulcahy, John / Keating, Michael / Carthy, Michael Mc / Brien, Tim O' / Finucane, James / Kemp, Con -- Cures for Sore Throats / Humphries, Chris / Sweeney, James / Fitzgerald, Tom / Mulcahy, John / Hayes, Willie -- Pain in the Head / Humphries, Chris -- Local Cures - Chin Cough / Neill, Paddy O' / Fitzgerald, Tom / Sweeney, James / Donnell, Tom O' -- Local Cures - Rheumatism / Neill, Paddy O' -- Local Cures - To Stop Bleeding / Sweeney, James -- Local Cures - Sore Feet / Sweeney, James -- Local Cures - Sore Knee / Gleeson, Willie Joe -- Local Cures - Sore Leg / Keating, Michael -- Local Cures - Cut Knee / Connell, John O' -- Local Cures - Cures for Cuts / Carthy, Michael Mc / Clarke, John -- Local Cures - Sore Hands / Ryan, Michael / Ryan, Joseph -- Local Cures - Cures for Sties / Connell, John O' / Ryan, M. -- Local Cures - Coughs / Hayes, Willie / Connell, John O' / Carthy, Michael Mc -- Local Cures - Cure for a Sore Hand / Ryan, Joe -- Local Cures - Cure for Burns / Mulcahy, John / Blackwell, Patrick / Ryan, Joe -- Local Cures - Cure for Headache or a Pain in the Stomach / Carthy, Pat Mc -- Local Cures - Cure for a Mad Dog / Conroy, Michael -- St Patrick and the Snakes / Daly, James -- St Patrick and the Pigs / Daly, James -- Bird-Lore / Carthy, Pat Mc -- Bird-Lore / Connors, Patrick O' -- Bird-Lore - Our Lord and the Birds / Sweeney, James -- Bird-Lore - Birds as Weather Omens / Blackwell, Patrick -- Bird-Lore / Carthy, Pat Mc -- Bird-Lore / Fitzgerald, Patrick -- Bird-Lore / Maher, John -- Bird-Lore / Sweeney, James -- Bird-Lore / Humphreys, Chris -- Bird-Lore - Omens / Blackwell, Patrick -- Bird-Lore - The Jackdaw / Humphreys, Chris -- Penal Times / Neill, Paddy O' -- Penal Days / Finucane, James -- Priest Hunting in the Penal Days / Gleeson, Willie Joe -- Easter Customs / Reilly, Charles O' -- Easter Customs and Beliefs / Hayes, Willie -- Easter Customs / Carthy, Pat Mc -- Pishogues / Humphreys, Chris -- Customs on Good Friday / Connors, Patrick O' -- Good Friday / Neill, Paddy O' -- Mass in a Graveyard / Daly, James -- Pishogues / Humphreys, Chris -- May Eve Customs / Gleeson, Maurice -- May Eve Customs / Mulcahy, John -- Pishogues / Fitzgerald, Tom -- Pishogues / Conroy, Michael -- May Eve Customs / Neill, Paddy O' -- May Eve Customs / Hemp, Con -- On May Eve some people in this district keep up a lot of old customs, but it is farmers that mostly keep them up. / Connors, Patrick -- Old Schools / Daly, James -- Lore of Certain Days / Neill, Paddy O' -- Lore of Certain Days / Reilly, Charles O' -- Lore of Certain Days / Fitzgerald, Tom -- Lore of Certain Days / Daly, James -- Lore of Certain Days / Gleeson, Maurice -- Lore of Certain Days / Donoghue, Patrick O' -- Lore of Certain Days / Hogan, Laurence -- Lore of Certain Days / Carthy, Pat Mc -- Lore of Certain Days / Donnell, Tom O' -- Lore of Certain Days / Carthy, Michael Mc -- Lore of Certain Days / Mulcahy, John -- Lore of Certain Days / Connors, Patrick O' -- Lore of Certain Days / Humphreys, Chris -- Prayers Said when Going to Bed / Ryan, Joe / Reilly, Charles O' / Hayes, Willie / Gleeson, Willie -- Local Prayers / Daly, James / Donoghue, Paddy O' / Carthy, Pat Mc / Gleeson, Willie -- List of Games Played by Boys in Cappamore, Co. Limerick -- Games - Pookeen / Daly, James -- Blindman's Buff / Reilly, Kevin O' -- Hide-And-Go-Seek / Blackwell, Patrick -- Frog-Leap / Donoghue, Patrick O' -- Frog-Leap / Brien, Tim O' -- Frog-Leap / Carthy, Michael Mc -- Frog-Leap / Maher, John -- Hares and Hounds / Donnell, Tom O' -- Hares and Hounds / Donnell, Tom O' -- My Native Cappamore
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.