Volume: CBÉ 0521 (Part 6) Date 1938Collector Bríd Ní Ghamhnáin Locations Aghanagh, Co. Sligo Killadoon, Co. Sligo Kilmacallan, Co. Sligo List Browse Titles (33) 1. “This is an auld sthory that I only thought o' a few nights ago...” Lore 2. An Old Marriage Custom Lore 3. Weather Signs Lore 4. “I ushed ta hear ould Micheal tellin' this sthory a long time ago, an' he could it it in good sthyle...” Lore 5. “Greyhounds are the most treacherous animals that anywan could have...” Lore 6. “Did ye ever hear tell o' Betty Mc Dermotts Rosary? Well...” Lore 7. The Man in the Moon Lore 8. “Children who are about to come into the world...” Lore 9. “Ill-gotten goods if they are kept usually bring misfortune on the people who keep them.” Lore 10. “If an owl hoots near a person...” Lore 11. “It is also considered unlucky if ...” Lore 12. “If a swallow builds her nest...” Lore 13. “The "Bridge of Dunces" was the general term for fourth class...” Lore 14. “In auld times people warn't half is fond...” Lore 15. “It is never considered right to strike a person...” Lore 16. “It is never considered lucky in this district...” Lore 17. “We be all grumblin these times, about hard times but if we had to endure all the hardships...” Lore 18. “It was said too that in the Geevagh parish...” Lore 19. “Thrath, theres a good many people goin' these times that 'ld say...” Lore 20. A Folktale from Keash Lore 21. “It was fifteen years after the sthory I'm afther tellin ye happened...” Lore 22. “I heard a sthory from ould Pat Lansey (Lord be good to him...” Lore 23. “There was a Protestant man livin not far from this place...” Lore 24. “A poor ould man, an his wife lived by the edge o' a lonely wood, long, long years ago...” Lore 25. “Im goin to tell ye a sthory about a fort thats situated in the townland of Annagheor in Ballyrush...” Lore 26. Cailin O'Threen Lore 27. More Weather Signs Lore 28. “There lived a poor ould man in this disthtrict a cupla yhears ago, an' he suffered...” Lore 29. “Did ye ever hear the sthory about the Free-mason an' the Thrasher? Well I'll tell...” Lore 30. “Well Maybe ye have heard enough about Devils be now...” Lore 31. “Well is I'm at the sthory-tellin' now I might is well tell ye about another man...” Lore 32. “There lived an old belief in this district that...” Lore 33. “There was a story told in the parish of Geevagh in olden times to frighten childre who weren't obedient...” Lore Mode: Magnify Zoom Jump to page / 587 Archival Reference The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0521, Page 522 Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD. See copyright details. Download On this page (no title) “Thrath, theres a good many people goin' these times that 'ld say...” Share Share Post Date 10 June 1938Item type LoreLanguage English Writing mode Handwritten Writing script Roman script Informant Mrs. Breheny
4. “I ushed ta hear ould Micheal tellin' this sthory a long time ago, an' he could it it in good sthyle...” Lore
17. “We be all grumblin these times, about hard times but if we had to endure all the hardships...” Lore
25. “Im goin to tell ye a sthory about a fort thats situated in the townland of Annagheor in Ballyrush...” Lore
33. “There was a story told in the parish of Geevagh in olden times to frighten childre who weren't obedient...” Lore
(no title) “Thrath, theres a good many people goin' these times that 'ld say...” Share Share Post Date 10 June 1938Item type LoreLanguage English Writing mode Handwritten Writing script Roman script Informant Mrs. Breheny