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This collection includes every aspect of the Irish oral tradition. New volumes are added on a regular basis. More information

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  1. (no title)

    “There was wance an ould farmer who lived in a big house surrounded be threes.”

    CBÉ 0444

    Lore

    17 November 1937

    Michael Hever

  2. (no title)

    “At the time when Mike Flynn, a neighbour o' our own was thinkin o' buildin' a new house, he decided that the besht place to quarry the sthones out of, was the fort in wan o' his fields.”

    CBÉ 0444

    Lore

    17 November 1937

    Michael Hever

  3. (no title)

    “Ould Seán Keaney was about wan o' the cleverest vagabonds that ever lived.”

    CBÉ 0444

    Lore

    17 November 1937

    Michael Hever

  4. (no title)

    “Berty O'Rourke was one of the most famous duelists of his time.”

    CBÉ 0444

    Lore

    19 November 1937

    James Flynn

  5. How Old Wier Got Rid of his Daughter's Suitor

    CBÉ 0444

    Lore

    19 November 1937

    James Flynn

  6. (no title)

    “A boy an' a girl war comin' home from a dance over near Moytura wan night.”

    CBÉ 0444

    Lore

    19 November 1937

    James Flynn

  7. (no title)

    “It is said that the Banshee follows families, and that sometimes very far out relatives are warned of the deaths of their friends by her cry.”

    CBÉ 0444

    Lore

    19 November 1937

    James Flynn

  8. (no title)

    “A crowd of men were playing cards in a house wan night, an' there was one man in the crowd who was winnin' headlong.”

    CBÉ 0444

    Lore

    19 November 1937

    James Flynn

  9. Making the Children by Steam

    CBÉ 0444

    Lore

    20 November 1937

    Tomás Ó Chonlán

  10. (no title)

    “Well this is is thrue a sthory is ever ye heard, an' if the ould people was alive tonight they'd agree wit every word that I'm goin' ta tell ye...”

    CBÉ 0444

    Lore

    20 November 1937

    Tomás Ó Chonlán

  11. (no title)

    “Ye liked that wan did ye? Well now wait until I see if I have a fairy story.”

    CBÉ 0444

    Lore

    20 November 1937

    Tomás Ó Chonlán

  12. (no title)

    “There was three brothers livin' in a house, an' when their mother died they had no wan ta look after them, so they made up their minds that they'd all go in search of a wife for themselves.”

    CBÉ 0444

    Lore

    20 November 1937

    Tomás Ó Chonlán

  13. (no title)

    “Two men from Heapstown dhreamed of a threasure that was ta be had somewhere over at Derralea.”

    CBÉ 0444

    Lore

    20 November 1937

    Tomás Ó Chonlán

  14. A Cure

    CBÉ 0444

    Lore

    20 November 1937

    Tomás Ó Chonlán