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The Main Manuscript Collection

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. The Coming of Tea

    CBÉ 0575

    Lore

    1 December 1938

    Mrs Manaher

  2. The Woman's Part Long Ago

    CBÉ 0575

    Lore

    1 December 1938

    Mrs Manaher

  3. Fights

    CBÉ 0575

    Lore

    1 December 1938

    Mrs Manaher

  4. Losing Butter

    CBÉ 0575

    Lore

    1 December 1938

    Mrs Manaher

  5. 2 Fairy Stories - I - "The Footstep"

    CBÉ 0575

    Lore

    3 December 1938

    Mrs Tom Foley

  6. Why Some People'd See "Things" and More Wouldn't - Even if They Were with Them at the Time

    CBÉ 0575

    Lore

    3 December 1938

    Mrs Tom Foley

  7. Fairy Story, no. II (About a Well)

    CBÉ 0575

    Lore

    3 December 1938

    Mrs Tom Foley

  8. Signs of Death

    CBÉ 0575

    Lore

    3 December 1938

    Mrs Tom Foley

  9. (no title)

    “And often Micheálín 'd wake in the morning to hear their hounds baying the first thing.”

    CBÉ 0575

    Lore

    14 December 1938

    Jack Keane

  10. (no title)

    “And this other man 'd have the run of the roost. So, she pretended to be sick, and she sent off her husband to Athlone.”

    CBÉ 0575

    Lore

    14 December 1938

    Paddy Sweeney

  11. A Story about The Free Emigration

    CBÉ 0575

    Lore

    14 December 1938

    Paddy Sweeney

  12. An Old Joke

    CBÉ 0575

    Lore

    14 December 1938

    Paddy Sweeney

  13. An Old Riddle

    CBÉ 0575

    Lore

    14 December 1938

    Paddy Sweeney

  14. (no title)

    “And all I have to say to you now is: "Tellin' stories by day is the devil's delay...”

    CBÉ 0575

    Lore

    14 December 1938

    Paddy Sweeney

  15. The Story of Little Do-ran and the Giant with the Six Heads

    CBÉ 0575

    Lore

    13 December 1938

    Mrs Heffernan

  16. Local Old Sayings

    CBÉ 0575

    Lore

    13 December 1938

    Mrs Heffernan

  17. (no title)

    “on here r'apin' the harvest - and send home the money for their support." Ó-that'd never do! They could never do...”

    CBÉ 0575

    Lore

    15 December 1938

    Thade Enright

  18. (no title)

    “used to be there till late. Well, the pit (potatoes) used be disturbed every morning, and this man - Tom - used be certain...”

    CBÉ 0575

    Lore

    16 December 1938

    Mrs Tom M. O'Connor

  19. Cures

    CBÉ 0575

    Lore

    30 November 1938

    Mrs Jack Manaher

  20. Fairy Stories (II)

    CBÉ 0575

    Lore

    28 November 1938

    Mrs Tom M. O'Connor