Scéal - Old Cures

Scéal Trail – Creative Bandon wanted to highlight the wonderful Dúchas tales from the Bandon area. Scéál tells the story of our cultural heritage in a contemporary way, bringing the best of Irish Street Artists together to create murals inspired by the stories of Bandon from the National Folklore Collection. As part of Creative Bandon’s passion for place making, Zoe Tennyson and Neasa Madden O’Connor mined the National Duchas folklore database for local folk lore about Bandon. Creative Bandon worked with artists GW Joyce and Kevin O’Brien to create these vibrant, contemporary interpretations of these old folk tales, strengthening our unique connection with the town we live in.

In 2021 in celebration of Culture Night and with the support and funding of Cork County Council Arts Office they commissioned David Jackson to create a reimaging of these tales and created a storytelling trail highlighting these tales.

Join David on a walking tour of Bandon as he weaves a tale based on the original Dúchas tales used to create the contemporary street art images for Bandon’s Scéal Trail. Based on the original folklore tales gathered by Bandon children as part of the folklore collection 1937-1939, re retells the stories with a modern twist.

Each of the 7 stops/episodes on a single image and story.

Old Cures

Long ago the people in this locality used to play "Cleas na Péiste" on animals which had a gripe and they were cured. Mr. Jack Hanlon, Mawbeg, Bandon saw the trick being played on a horse which had a gripe.

A prayer was said each time and then the horse was cured.

Mrs. Whyte, Scrahan, played it over a calf which had a gripe and the calf was cured.

Kitty Whyte showed me the trick.

This is how you would make it.

You would get a piece of cord 18 inches long, put two loops on it, put one end under the first loop and the other end under the second loop and pull and the knots would come out straight.

Original story can be found at:https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4921653/4887818/5152375

Map of Scéal Trail can be downloaded from:

https://www.bandonhistory.com/_files/ugd/190fcf_7257a182680140f48d7ee6cb65883012.pdf

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