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  1. (no title)

    There was an ould man lived at Murragh. long go. he was an ould "car-man". He never had a tooth beceause a tooth never grew...

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    September 1938

    Daniel White

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    Tis often there was a lot o' "fursha, forrsha" an' bother made over money that was lost an' couldn't be found.

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    September 1938

    James McCarthy

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    The years are "staling" on me fast me boy. I have four score an' ten...

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    October 1938

    Micheal Crowly

  4. Do You Remember the Days of the "Running"

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    October 1938

    Micheal Crowly

  5. Is There a Mass Rock Here

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    October 1938

    Micheal Crowly

  6. There is an Error Recorded on Page 13 of this Book

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    October 1938

  7. Was there ever Fairies Seen around here?

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    October 1938

    Micheal Crowly

  8. Were There Whiteboys in the Locality

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    October 1938

    Micheal Crowly

  9. Did you Hear of Maire Gaelach.

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    October 1938

    Micheal Crowly

  10. How Did the People Live Long Ago

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    October 1938

    Seumas Riordan

  11. How Did the Landlords Get Possession of All their Property

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    October 1938

    Seumas Riordan

  12. Where was the Old Chapel for the Parish of Desert Before the Present One was Built

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    October 1938

    Seumas Riordan

    Desert, Co. Cork

  13. I Have. There is a Priest Buried in the Old Graveyard at Desert

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    October 1938

    Seumas Riordan

  14. What Comprised the Kitchen Furniture in the Old Days

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    November 1938

    Ellen Slyne

  15. (no title)

    I was called one night to an old man in a very remote part of my district.

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    November 1938

    Doctor T Smith

  16. (no title)

    I was called on another occasion to a woman. A baby was about to be born there.

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    November 1938

    Doctor T Smith

  17. (no title)

    I was returning home from a "sick call" very late one cold, very cold, winters night. I was cycling...

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    November 1938

    Doctor T Smith

  18. (no title)

    This happened long 'go an' tis as true as I'm telling it to ye here this minnit.

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    November 1938

    Daniel Donovan

  19. (no title)

    There was a Priest an' his "boy" going out on a sick call wan night.

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    November 1938

    Daniel Donovan

  20. (no title)

    This is another wan, now, an' t'isn't so long 'go since this happened at all, well 'tisn't a hundred years anyway...

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    November 1938

    Daniel Donovan