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  1. (no title)

    “When people die about here the people of the house leave the corpse for about one hour until the body is cold.”

    CBÉ 0548

    Lore

    19 September 1938

    Mrs Coady

  2. (no title)

    “Once there was a man coming home from Coolrain with two of his brothers.”

    CBÉ 0548

    Lore

    19 September 1938

    Mrs Coady

  3. (no title)

    “Long ago a ball of fire used to rise out of a Rath at Pluck's bridge and go up a certain height in the sky.”

    CBÉ 0548

    Lore

    19 September 1938

    Mrs Coady

  4. (no title)

    “If a person around here found a pot of gold he would be afraid to take it home until he would kill something...”

    CBÉ 0548

    Lore

    19 September 1938

    Mrs Coady

  5. (no title)

    “When a person is dying the priest is generally brought and anoints the person if not done beforehand.”

    CBÉ 0548

    Lore

    19 September 1938

    Rooly Moore

  6. (no title)

    “There are many different sicknesses such as scarlet ferver, pneumonia, and lots of other.”

    CBÉ 0548

    Lore

    19 September 1938

    Rooly Moore

  7. (no title)

    “When a person gets sick the people in the house send for the priest. They prepare the bedroom and lay the table...”

    CBÉ 0548

    Lore

    19 September 1938

    Mrs Bergin

  8. (no title)

    “There was a man one time and he would not get off the path for a priest that was coming walking to meet him.”

    CBÉ 0548

    Lore

    18 September 1938

    Michael Delaney

  9. (no title)

    “When anyone is dying around here the priest is brought to him and he is annointed. ”

    CBÉ 0548

    Lore

    20 September 1938

    M. Phelan

  10. Stories

    CBÉ 0548

    Lore

    20 September 1938

    M. Phelan

  11. (no title)

    “Many people die with diseases. When a man is dying his people send for the priest to annoint him.”

    CBÉ 0548

    Lore

    20 September 1938

    John Breen

  12. (no title)

    “There was a woman long ago. She was bent and the people had to put big stones on her chest to straighten her.”

    CBÉ 0548

    Lore

    20 September 1938

  13. A Drunken Man

    CBÉ 0548

    Lore

    20 September 1938

    M. Dooley

  14. (no title)

    “When an old man is dying his friends send for the priest his confession is heard and he is annointed.”

    CBÉ 0548

    Lore

    20 September 1938

    W. Seymour

  15. The Death of a Person

    CBÉ 0548

    Lore

    20 September 1938

    Mrs Coady

  16. (no title)

    “When a person is dying the priest is sent for. He hears the person his confession and annoints him.”

    CBÉ 0548

    Lore

    20 September 1938

    T. Seymour

  17. (no title)

    “There were doctors long ago but they were not the same doctors as of the present day.”

    CBÉ 0548

    Lore

    20 September 1938

    John Joseph Collier

  18. (no title)

    “When a person dies in a house it usually causes great sorrow and anxiety to his friends.”

    CBÉ 0548

    Lore

    20 September 1938

    Matthew Collier

    Transcript

  19. (no title)

    “Were there doctors long ago? Yes. What kind of schools did they go to?”

    CBÉ 0548

    Lore

    21 September 1938

    M. Phelan

    Transcript

  20. (no title)

    “An old schoolmaster died in this parish. He was a native of a neighbouring county...”

    CBÉ 0548

    Lore

    21 September 1938

    Edward Sheeran

    Transcript