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  1. The Widow I met on the Train

    CBÉ 0576

    Lore

    15 September 1938

    Séamus Ó Ceallaigh

  2. (no title)

    There was a crown of men workin in Rochestown, makin' shores an' buildin' ditches.

    CBÉ 0576

    Lore

    20 September 1938

    Séamus Ó Ceallaigh

  3. (no title)

    When Jose Sutton was a young chap he was workin' in Clongeen would a man named Farell.

    CBÉ 0576

    Lore

    26 September 1938

    Séamus Ó Ceallaigh

  4. The Inside Car

    CBÉ 0576

    Lore

    2 October 1938

    Séamus Ó Ceallaigh

  5. (no title)

    Before tatchin' a hay rick the straw is pulled an' put into bundles, in pullin' a fletch of straw is caught at both ends would both hands...

    CBÉ 0576

    Lore

    6 October 1938

    Maitiú Mac Oilifir

  6. (no title)

    Me grandfather's name was Neville an' he owned a big place in Ballinabola in '98.

    CBÉ 0576

    Lore

    4 November 1938

    Catherine Corish

  7. (no title)

    It being in this town not far from this spot.

    CBÉ 0576

    Lore

    6 November 1938

    Séamus Ó Ceallaigh

  8. (no title)

    A miller from Foulksmills was in a pub in Ross wan day an' a man named Jose Sutton come.

    CBÉ 0576

    Lore

    9 November 1938

    Séamus Ó Ceallaigh

  9. (no title)

    Me grandfather lived in Ballinabola, an' wan fine Summers evenin' he was walkin down the Green Lane which was said to be an airy kind of a place an' a great resort of fairies.

    CBÉ 0576

    Lore

    10 November 1938

    Catherine Corish

  10. Burke's Dream

    CBÉ 0576

    Lore

    11 November 1938

    Séamus Ó Ceallaigh

  11. (no title)

    About seventy year ago a ship loaded would flour got wrecked in Bannow an' a lot a the flour was got.

    CBÉ 0576

    Lore

    12 November 1938

    Áine Bean Uí Mhurchadha

  12. (no title)

    There are four corners on my bed.

    CBÉ 0576

    Lore

    14 November 1938

    Siobhán Bean Uí Bhroin

  13. (no title)

    There are four corners on my bed.

    CBÉ 0576

    Lore

    14 November 1938

    Siobhán Bean Uí Bhroin

  14. Na hAinmneacha Páirceanna

    CBÉ 0576

    Lore

    15 November 1938

    Micheál Ó Murchadha