Volume: CBÉ 1011 (Part 5) Date 1946Collector Diarmuid Ó Cruadhlaoich Locations Kinneigh, Co. Cork Enniskean, Co. Cork List Browse Titles (27) 1. “Life is a strange thing. The birth and death of a human being is governed by the tides and the sun.” Lore 2. “A Chara, Enclosed notebook has been on my hands since April 1946.” Correspondence 3. “The devil is always trying to drag men down.” Lore 4. “Old people belived that a person dying away from their old home....” Lore 5. “There was an ould man lived around here long ago.” Lore 6. “The best man I ever knew was a man that lived down there in the town of Bandon...” Lore 7. “Wisha may God be with the old people. What changes the years bring.” Lore 8. “The best man that ever stood this part of the country was Barnán (Bernard).” Lore 9. “There was a man and his wife lived over there in the "Ballimanach", They were constantly rowing.” Lore 10. “There were some queer people lived long ago.” Lore 11. “I remember myself to see two men pulling a harrow, covering oats.” Lore 12. “When the turnip sower was first used in this part of the country, it was a man was set to pull it.” Lore 13. “Mind you, down through the generations it was very, very hard to get old people to change...” Lore 14. “Times have changed since I was a boy.” Lore 15. “There was an ould man lived near our place an' wan evening an' he turning out the cows after being milked...” Lore 16. “There is no man six feet tall. Every man is some bit under or over six feet.” Lore 17. “This place is only like every place around, the people have changed.” Lore 18. “The ould people would live and die talking about the good men of their own time, and the way they would describe the men.” Lore 19. “People long 'go had curious ways for talking about others.” Lore 20. “Go soon a Dia linn, boy, but wan of the men that's gone” Lore 21. “The village of Enniskean was noted for the very old people that lived there, and around it.” Lore 22. “Foxy is foolish, fair is the next, brown is becoming, but black is the best".” Lore 23. “We heard, over and over, that an 'only' daughter was never lucky in the matter of marriage.” Lore 24. “My father - God rest him - used offin tell us about a family that lived in the 'mountain' long ago.” Lore 25. “He said he knew another man that worked with him they worked together for a big farmer.” Lore 26. “I knew a poor old woman that lived around here as honest a poor creature as ever drew breath.” Lore 27. “Cross men, men whose anger was easily roused, were said to be most tender hearted.” Lore Mode: Magnify Zoom Jump to page / 0443 Archival Reference The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 1011, Page 0352a Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD. See copyright details. Download On this page (no title) “A Chara, Enclosed notebook has been on my hands since April 1946.” Share Share Post Date 24 October 1946Item type CorrespondenceLanguages English Irish Writing mode Handwritten Writing scripts Gaelic script Roman script
1. “Life is a strange thing. The birth and death of a human being is governed by the tides and the sun.” Lore
9. “There was a man and his wife lived over there in the "Ballimanach", They were constantly rowing.” Lore
12. “When the turnip sower was first used in this part of the country, it was a man was set to pull it.” Lore
13. “Mind you, down through the generations it was very, very hard to get old people to change...” Lore
15. “There was an ould man lived near our place an' wan evening an' he turning out the cows after being milked...” Lore
18. “The ould people would live and die talking about the good men of their own time, and the way they would describe the men.” Lore
21. “The village of Enniskean was noted for the very old people that lived there, and around it.” Lore
23. “We heard, over and over, that an 'only' daughter was never lucky in the matter of marriage.” Lore
24. “My father - God rest him - used offin tell us about a family that lived in the 'mountain' long ago.” Lore
26. “I knew a poor old woman that lived around here as honest a poor creature as ever drew breath.” Lore
(no title) “A Chara, Enclosed notebook has been on my hands since April 1946.” Share Share Post Date 24 October 1946Item type CorrespondenceLanguages English Irish Writing mode Handwritten Writing scripts Gaelic script Roman script