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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. The Four Sets of Fools

    CBÉ 0131

    Lore

    1934

    William Gaine

  2. (no title)

    “A widow's son went out looking for hire.”

    CBÉ 0131

    Lore

    1935

    William Gaine

  3. Death and Disease

    CBÉ 0608

    Lore

    1939

    William Gaine

  4. (no title)

    “The following poem, sung to the same air...”

    CBÉ 0608

    Lore

    1939

    William Gaine

  5. O'Reilly's Penance

    “I often heard my grandmother sing the following song, but I had forgotten the words until Bill Gaine gave them to me the other day.”

    CBÉ 0608

    Lore

    1939

    William Gaine

  6. (no title)

    “Bill Gaine told me the following story of how a match was made for a young man who had never worn a shoe or stocking...”

    CBÉ 0608

    Lore

    1939

    William Gaine

  7. Lough Namweela

    CBÉ 0630

    Lore

    November 1934

    William Gaine

    Lough Namweela, Co. Kerry

  8. The Five Wonderful Servants

    CBÉ 0630

    Lore

    November 1934

    William Gaine

  9. Carool O'Daly

    CBÉ 0630

    Lore

    November 1934

    William Gaine

  10. Adventures of Owen Rue

    CBÉ 0630

    Lore

    November 1934

    William Gaine

  11. "Wicked"

    CBÉ 0630

    Lore

    November 1934

    William Gaine

  12. Mac Oulive Óge

    CBÉ 0630

    Lore

    3 April 1939

    William Gaine

  13. The following song relating an incident during the search of a young girl for her lover was given to me by Bill...

    CBÉ 0630

    Lore

    1939

    William Gaine

  14. (no title)

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

    CBÉ 0630

    Lore

    1939

    William Gaine

  15. (no title)

    “Bill Gaine told me of a spirit called "Petticoat Loose".”

    CBÉ 0630

    Lore

    1939

    William Gaine

  16. (no title)

    “Bill Gaine of Lomanaugh had a daughter named Mary Ellen.”

    CBÉ 0630

    Lore

    1939

    William Gaine

  17. (no title)

    “There is a field in Lomanaugh called "Clashtee-louhglin".”

    CBÉ 0630

    Lore

    1939

    William Gaine