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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)

    “Remains of the "Bluck Nullog" is used for keeping down high winds.”

    CBÉ 0630

    Lore

    4 May 1939

    Mrs. Maurice P. Healy

  2. (no title)

    “Mrs. Healy told me that the substance of the person from whose house the first smoke arose on May Day would be carried.”

    CBÉ 0630

    Lore

    4 May 1939

    Mrs. Maurice P. Healy

  3. (no title)

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

    CBÉ 0630

    Lore

    1939

    Mrs. Maurice P. Healy

  4. (no title)

    “If a churn was made on May Eve it was usual to put a little of the butter from that particular churn into...”

    CBÉ 0630

    Lore

    1939

    Mrs. Maurice P. Healy

  5. (no title)

    “Mrs. Healy told me that it is not right to take the measure of a corpse for a coffin.”

    CBÉ 0630

    Lore

    1939

    Mrs. Maurice P. Healy

  6. (no title)

    “In the old thatched houses it was usual to see a little piece of butter stuck on to one of the shining black...”

    CBÉ 0630

    Lore

    1939

    Mrs. Maurice P. Healy

  7. (no title)

    “Some old people in the parish would never burn alder.”

    CBÉ 0630

    Lore

    1939

    Mrs. Maurice P. Healy