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  1. Wake Games

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    19 April 1936

    Eamonn Ó Mirneagh

    Transcript

  2. Hurry the Brogue

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    16 April 1936

    Eamonn Ó Mirneagh

    Transcript

  3. (no title)

    Another game played at wakes was "my man John"...

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    16 April 1936

    Eamonn Ó Mirneagh

    Transcript

  4. Fairies

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    17 April 1936

    Bean Uí Tiarnaigh

    Transcript

  5. (no title)

    I heard another story about the fairies.

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    17 April 1936

    Tomás de Buitléir

    Transcript

  6. (no title)

    When the Danes were here in Ireland they would make wine out of the heath.

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    19 April 1936

    Tomás de Buitléir

    Transcript

  7. (no title)

    It is a very lucky thing to lie down in a bunch of ferns for Our Lord slept in them.

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    1936 April 1936

    Tomás de Buitléir

    Transcript

  8. My Old Finian Gun

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    1 May 1936

    Nioclás Ó Néill

    Transcript

  9. (no title)

    Here I am a stranger last night...

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    1 May 1936

    Nioclás Ó Néill

    Transcript

  10. Rats' Cleverness

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    1 May 1936

    Nioclás Ó Néill

    Transcript

  11. (no title)

    There was a smith one time and he was very poor...

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    0 May 1936

    Nioclás Ó Néill

    Transcript

  12. Fairies

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    1 May 1936

    Nioclás Ó Néill

    Transcript

  13. There was another man going out to shoot wan morning at four o clock...

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    1 May 1936

    Nioclás Ó Néill

    Transcript

  14. Wake Games and Tricks

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    1 May 1936

    Nioclás Ó Néill

    Transcript

  15. Bonfires

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    1 May 1936

    Nioclás Ó Néill

    Transcript

  16. (no title)

    There was a man one time and he was going with a girl for a number of years.

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    1 May 1936

    Nioclás Ó Néill

    Transcript

  17. (no title)

    There was a man named Peter Breen working...

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    1 June 1936

    Nioclás Ó Néill

    Transcript

  18. The Murder of James Carey

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    1 May 1936

    Nioclás Ó Néill

    Transcript

  19. (no title)

    There was a king in Ireland long ago and he had wan daughter,...

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    1 May 1936

    Nioclás Ó Néill

    Transcript

  20. (no title)

    There was a man one time and he got married but he had no family.

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    1 May 1936

    Nioclás Ó Néill

    Transcript