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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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    “Shannagorry Castle stood near Cleady, Kenmare.”

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    Lore

    1939

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    “The people preserve a curious tradition in connection with the founding of the Poor Clare Convent beside the church already mentioned.”

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    Lore

    1939

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    “Michael Mac Carty, N.T., Kenmare, told me that James Stephens and Micheal Doheny stayed a night in the house...”

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    1939

    Michael McCarthy

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    “Mike Mac Cann told me of a hare in the Mangerton mountain which could never be caught.”

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    1939

    Mike Mac Cann

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    “Denis Darby O'Sullivan told me that the old people used to pound up riloaguch...”

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    1939

    Denis Darby O'sullivan

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    “I think it was in Maurice Healy's of Ardtully I heard that if an unchurched mother goes into a house she brings bad luck with her.”

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    1939

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    “There is a certain type of cockroach which goes about with its tail up in the air.”

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    1939

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    “If St. Smithin's Day (15th July) is fine, the people here have a firm belief that forty days of fine weather will follow.”

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    1939

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    “I visited a very big Liss at a place called Droumnadeelish near Kilgarvan on yesterday.”

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    1939

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    “I heard at the O'Suillivan Dorrihey's house that night as Dr. O'Callaghan, the medical officer for Kilgarvan...”

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    1939

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    “My brother told me a curious story of how he went to Cork one time and met himself there.”

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    1939

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    “Paddy Gallivan of Kilbanow, who is fairly good at old stories, told me that Biddy Doyle was once taken...”

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    1939

    Paddy Gallivan

  13. The old women had a habit in this ditrict (Glenerought) of sitting by the fire when their work was done...

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    1939

  14. Schoolgirls in Kilgarvan parish play a game in which they join hands and sing...

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    1939

  15. Jerry Healy told me the story of how, on another occasion, a thief came in the night and stole a bullock from the enclosure.

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    1939

    Jeremiah Healy

  16. Jerh Healy's wife says that the baby born with a caul will be either a saint, a priest, or a nun.

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    1939

    Jeremiah Healy

  17. I heard some men from Ballingeary talking about Con na Bookee last year at a funeral in Kilgarvan.

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    1939

  18. Some people around Kilgarvan think it is unlucky to count fowl or animals in their possession.

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    1939

  19. Urine was used for washing clothes in this parish up to about forty yeares ago.

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    1939

  20. It is thought an unlucky sign for a married couple if their wedding procession meets with a funeral.

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    1939