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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. (no title)

    “Tis old I am now.”

    CBÉ 0610

    Lore

    January 1939

    John Madden

  2. (no title)

    “There was an ould man lived south here in "Carrigrue".”

    CBÉ 0610

    Lore

    January 1939

    Sean O'Barry

  3. (no title)

    “I can remember the "wakes" fifty years ago.”

    CBÉ 0610

    Lore

    January 1939

    Sean McCarthy

  4. (no title)

    “I knew an old woman.”

    CBÉ 0610

    Lore

    January 1939

    Sean McCarthy

  5. How was Wheat Grown so Well in Years Gone by

    CBÉ 0610

    Lore

    January 1939

    Daniel McCarthy

  6. How was Wheat Dried and Made Fit for Milling

    CBÉ 0610

    Lore

    January 1939

    Daniel McCarthy

  7. Was there a Special Time for Sowing the Oats in Years Gone by?

    CBÉ 0610

    Lore

    January 1939

    Daniel McCarthy

  8. Do you Believe the Evil Minded Women Long ago Could Take their Neighbour's Butter

    CBÉ 0610

    Lore

    January 1939

    Daniel McCarthy

  9. (no title)

    “Tis'nt wan way alone the times are changed.”

    CBÉ 0610

    Lore

    January 1939

    Daniel McCarthy

  10. (no title)

    “I often heard this old story.”

    CBÉ 0610

    Lore

    Seán Ó Cruadhlaoich

  11. (no title)

    “Now don't be telling me that this place nor that place isn't haunted...”

    CBÉ 0610

    Lore

    January 1939

    Tim Crowley

  12. (no title)

    “Some people are the show intirely for taking notice of signs and warnings before a death in the family.”

    CBÉ 0610

    Lore

    February 1939

    Mrs F. Slyne

  13. (no title)

    “There was a cousin of mine living in Cork.”

    CBÉ 0610

    Lore

    February 1939

    Ellen Slyne

  14. (no title)

    “There was an ould man used to come around here a good many years ago.”

    CBÉ 0610

    Lore

    March 1939

    Sean O'Barry

  15. (no title)

    “The soupers long 'go were clever.”

    CBÉ 0610

    Lore

    February 1939

    Patrick Coffee

  16. (no title)

    “Now you ask me, what class of men were the body-snatchers or what time did they begin snatching bodies.”

    CBÉ 0610

    Lore

    February 1939

    Daniel White

  17. (no title)

    “Indeed it was a common belief with the old people that anywan taken away with a sudden death...”

    CBÉ 0610

    Lore

    March 1939

    Sean McCarthy

  18. Did you ever hear of "bean a clairin".

    CBÉ 0610

    Lore

    March 1939

    Mrs. Sean McCarthy

  19. (no title)

    “There was a family lived down here, it must be a long, long time ago.”

    CBÉ 0610

    Lore

    March 1939

    Tim Crowley

  20. (no title)

    “There was a tinker there, not so many years ago, about the first year the act for fights on veichicles...”

    CBÉ 0610

    Lore

    February 1939

    Seán Ó Súilleabháin