The woman of the house took no notice of them. She did not know they were fairies.
INFORMANT: Michael Kennedy, Age 48, Rush Hill, Co. Mayo
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In my Grandmothers and Grandfathers time the people were very plain and simple. They walked to church to be married.
INFORMANT: Martin Corcoran, Age; 35, Prizon, Balla, Co. Mayo
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Once upon a time there lived in Fargureens a tailor named Reilly. He had to travel round to each village to make the clothes for the people.
Informant- Michael Kennedy, Age 48, Rush Hill, Co. Mayo
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There is a grey moss which grows on trees and rocks which makes a good dye for wool.
INFORMANT Mrs Kearns, Age; 40, Carra, Co. Mayo
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Weather Lore -INFORMANT Mrs Kearns, Age; 40, Carra, Co. Mayo
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There was a field in which she was very fond of resting. It is called Cow-park ever since.
INFORMANT: Martin Corcoran, Age; 35, Prizon, Balla, Co. Mayo
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Test your skills in these riddles. Informant: Mr Coyle; Age; 57, Prizon, Balla, Co. Mayo
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Mrs Kearns Fargureens Balla Co Mayo remembers her mother doing it about 40 years ago.
COLLECTOR: Margaret Kearns
INFORMANT: Mrs Kearns Age 40 , Manulla, Co. Mayo
Every night we play this game around the fire........
Bí o néal, néal a brobán, brobán súla, súla seicne, ár lomán, lóman leic, cor na giell isteach go Flaitheas.
They keep saying that rhyme until every-one has his foot pulled in.
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My Native Village is called Prison. It is a very large village consisting of 27 houses and 125 people. Among this crowd of people there are about ten people who are over seventy years of age. Each of these people can speak a little Irish. There are about eight families of Reilly's residing at Prizon, so Reilly is the most common name
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That night a wedding took place in Keelogues in my grandfathers house. They had three half-barrels of stout. About sixty guests were invited to the wedding.
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Great Story about treasure Told by Edward Reilly and written down by Maise Reilly
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The boys used to make toas - Toas is local slang for marbles.
Informant : Patrick Reilly age 87
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There was once a school master going around teaching night school. He was very fond of playing cards. One night he was going home late, and he met two men. iNFORMANT: John Kelly, Address, Prison, Co. Mayo
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Fógmhar beag na ngaetheadh. When the wheat and oats etc are gathered the geese are let into the stubble's and that is called The Harvest of the geese.
INFORMANT: Mary Mc Donnell, Age 77, Address, Prison, Balla Co. Mayo
Shrove Tuesday.
On Shrove Tuesday all the old people used to go to town to buy ling and jam for lent. On Shrove Tuesday night they used to have potatoes and bacon and cabbage for their supper. From that night until Easter they used not eat any meat.
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In the village of Prison, Parish of Balla, Co. Mayo. There stand the walls of an old Prison. It is built about 200 years. It was built by a man named Tobias Bourke who was king of Connacht.
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A family named Herons who lived in Balla were digging a foundation for a cottage where stands the McEllin Hotel at present. They came on a pot of gold supposed to contain 2,000 guineas...
COLLECTOR: Mary A. O' Doherty, female INFORMANT: Patsy Ansbro; Gender; male, Age; 84, Tawnaghmore, Co. Mayo
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Some riddle by Mary Kate Kelly. See how many you can answer?
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