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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)

    “One for bad luck, Two for good luck...”

    CBÉ 0513

    Lore

    19 May 1938

  2. An Chuach (The Cuckoo)

    CBÉ 0513

    Lore

    19 May 1938

    Micheál Breathnach

  3. Leigheas i gcóir an Chraosghalair

    CBÉ 0513

    Lore

    19 May 1938

    Micheál Breathnach

  4. Cure for Headache

    CBÉ 0513

    Lore

    19 May 1938

  5. A Cure for Wildfire

    CBÉ 0513

    Lore

    15 May 1938

    Micheál Breathnach

  6. (no title)

    “There is a lios in Farrahy, near Kildorrery, Co. Cork. It is called Lios Mainris.”

    CBÉ 0513

    Lore

    18 May 1938

    William Doyle

  7. (no title)

    “There is a lios in Ballinganue where Mr. Carroll and family live.”

    CBÉ 0513

    Lore

    18 May 1938

    William Doyle

  8. (no title)

    “A queer thing happened to meet one during my life.”

    CBÉ 0513

    Lore

    18 May 1938

    William Doyle

  9. (no title)

    “On a moon-light night, I saw a man fogging his pipe.”

    CBÉ 0513

    Lore

    18 May 1938

    William Doyle

  10. (no title)

    “I was going to Mitchelstown one Winter's night about six o clock a good many years ago.”

    CBÉ 0513

    Lore

    18 May 1938

    William Doyle

  11. Making a Churn

    CBÉ 0513

    Lore

    18 May 1938

    William Doyle

  12. (no title)

    “Some years ago a little girl was going to school, and as she was passing a lios...”

    CBÉ 0513

    Lore

    18 May 1938

    William Doyle

  13. May Morning Hare

    CBÉ 0513

    Lore

    18 May 1938

    William Doyle

  14. Sign of a Cross on a Goose Egg

    CBÉ 0513

    Lore

    19 May 1938

  15. Piseoga

    CBÉ 0513

    Lore

    18 May 1938

    William Doyle

  16. Fortune-Telling

    CBÉ 0513

    Lore

    18 May 1938

    William Doyle

  17. (no title)

    “I heard tell of a family in the district, who very unfortunate, cattle dying etc...”

    CBÉ 0513

    Lore

    18 May 1938

    William Doyle

  18. (no title)

    “About a hundred years ago a tailor was working in a house in this parish.”

    CBÉ 0513

    Lore

    18 May 1938

    William Doyle

  19. (no title)

    “People say that is very lucky if a child is born with a cabhail on its head.”

    CBÉ 0513

    Lore

    28 May 1938

    Liam Mac Gearailt

  20. Sean-Nósanna a Bhaineann leis na Mairbh

    CBÉ 0513

    Lore

    28 May 1938

    Liam Mac Gearailt