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  1. Once I was youthful and led a good life...

    CBÉ 0300

    Lore

    January 1937

    Seamus Ó Gamhnáin

  2. (no title)

    “Well I spose ye often heard tell o' ould Pat that lived in Barroe.”

    CBÉ 0339

    Lore

    29 January 1937

    Seamus Ó Gamhnáin

  3. The Murdered Priest of Derralea

    CBÉ 0380

    Lore

    May 1937

    Seamus Ó Gamhnáin

  4. Béaloideas from Annaghloy

    CBÉ 0380

    Lore

    1937

    Seamus Ó Gamhnáin

  5. How Briney Mullany Crossed Lough Each

    CBÉ 0380

    Lore

    1937

    Seamus Ó Gamhnáin

  6. How to Judge a Good Milch Cow

    CBÉ 0463

    Lore

    25 January 1938

    Seamus Ó Gamhnáin

    Transcript

  7. A Cure for Scurvy in Cattle

    CBÉ 0463

    Lore

    25 January 1938

    Seamus Ó Gamhnáin

    Transcript

  8. (no title)

    “Cowslips when rubbed on the cow's udder on May day...”

    CBÉ 0463

    Lore

    25 January 1938

    Seamus Ó Gamhnáin

    Transcript

  9. (no title)

    “An asse's shoe or a horse-shoe, when put into the fire...”

    CBÉ 0463

    Lore

    25 January 1938

    Seamus Ó Gamhnáin

    Transcript

  10. (no title)

    “A story is told of a woman who lived at Ballinarry at one times, she went to Kilmactranny Graveyard...”

    CBÉ 0463

    Lore

    25 January 1938

    Seamus Ó Gamhnáin

    Transcript

  11. (no title)

    “There was another wan livin down near Temple-house, at wan time, an' he noticed that suddenly all his luck in butter-making turned against him.”

    CBÉ 0463

    Lore

    25 January 1938

    Seamus Ó Gamhnáin

    Transcript

  12. (no title)

    “Another story is told of a man who went into a house in Corrigeen to light his pipe.”

    CBÉ 0463

    Lore

    25 January 1938

    Seamus Ó Gamhnáin

    Transcript

  13. (no title)

    “I heard poor Jamsie White tellin "Awnie" Coen this yarn wan night an' us above ramblin' in Awnie's...”

    CBÉ 0463

    Lore

    25 January 1938

    Seamus Ó Gamhnáin

    Transcript

  14. (no title)

    “A weasel skin purse is supposed to be the luckiest purse a man could have...”

    CBÉ 0463

    Lore

    25 January 1938

    Seamus Ó Gamhnáin

    Transcript

  15. (no title)

    “Crickets are lucky in insects in a home.”

    CBÉ 0463

    Lore

    25 January 1938

    Seamus Ó Gamhnáin

    Transcript

  16. Dan O'Connell and the Sheep Thief

    CBÉ 0463

    Lore

    25 January 1938

    Seamus Ó Gamhnáin

    Transcript

  17. The Sly Fox

    CBÉ 0463

    Lore

    25 January 1938

    Seamus Ó Gamhnáin

    Transcript

  18. (no title)

    “Ashes should never be thrown out after dusk...”

    CBÉ 0463

    Lore

    25 January 1938

    Seamus Ó Gamhnáin

    Transcript

  19. (no title)

    “There is a "strae" on the mountains of Geevagh a short distance from Mr Lynnn's coal-mines.”

    CBÉ 0463

    Lore

    25 January 1938

    Seamus Ó Gamhnáin

    Transcript