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“At the gap of Dunloe a headless coach used to be seen every night.”

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10 August 1939

John O'Sullivan

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“Ellie O'Sullivan (Dorrihey), of the same address, told me (on the same date) that when the fairies come to carry off a living...”

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9 April 1939

Ellie O'Sullivan Dorrihey

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“Bill Gaine of Lomanaugh (aged eighty) remembers to see weddings take place in houses instead of in the chapel.”

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1939

William Gaine

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“Dhónal Mór O'Donoghue of Gurteens, Kilgarvan, was a cattle dealer.”

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1939

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“In Kilgarvan parish a certain woman died about five years ago.”

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1939

Daniel O'Reilly

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“There is a general belief among the people of Kilgarvan parish that if a dormouse happens to run over a person's foot...”

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1939

Daniel O'Reilly

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“I heard it said somewhere in Ireland that if two stones were struck together before Noah's flood it is water which would...”

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1939

(no title)

“I kissed the Blarney Stone several times about ten years ago and I had such unbounded faith in its power that I tried my gifts on...”

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1939

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“I heard at Healys'of Ardtully that there once lived a man at Knockeens named Doctor Harmon.”

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1939

(no title)

“At Faughbawn near Clasheen,Killarney, John Casey showed me the ruin of an old house in which the Fransciscans used to live...”

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1939

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“The "dip" was usulaly some liquid such as gravy or new milk into which potatoes were dipped to flavour them before eating.”

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1939

A young pig intended to be kept for breeding is called "the pattern of a sow" in Kilgarvan.

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1939

Pigs are sometimes called home by use of the words "Wahey, wahey, wahey".

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1939

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“A little plant about eighteen inches high grows in the mountains and moors.”

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1939

O'Donoghue

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“On May Day it was usual for some people to stick a branch of quickbeam in fields where crops were planted...”

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1939

Mrs. Maurice P. Healy

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“I often heard the old people to say it was not right to play games outside in the night.”

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1939

(no title)

“In my young days it was customary in country houses to peel potatoes with the finger nails.”

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1939

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“There is a little forked bone under the breast in fowl...”

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1939

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“When motor cars first began to enter these lonely valleys I remember what an awful fright a certain young girl...”

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1939

(no title)

“It is wrong to open an umbrella inside in a house.”

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1939