(no title)

“I suppose ye don't hear many good Poteen sthories round yer place, well it istnt the case wit us up here.”

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3 January 1938

Seán P. Breathnach

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“Well I'll tell ye anether sthory, tishtnt a poteen wan though, tisht'nt but I have plenty more o' them too, from the ould people.”

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3 January 1938

Seán P. Breathnach

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A Story of Archbishop Healy of Ballyhealy

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3 January 1938

Seán P. Breathnach

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“This is a good long sthory that I'm goin' ta tell ye now. There war four young lads livin down near Geevagh.”

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3 January 1938

Seán P. Breathnach

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“I heard this sthory from an ould thraveller wan night that I wasa ramblin' below in me namesake's house at the coach-road.”

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3 January 1938

Seán P. Breathnach

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How the Ballantine Family Came to Brickeen

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3 January 1938

Seán P. Breathnach

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“Well I spose yid like ta hear a funny sthory now afther all the ghosht wans, an' the likes, well this wan is about a young Irish lad that went ta England...”

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3 January 1938

Seán P. Breathnach

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“St Domnick's rock, which is to be seen in the "Abbey Field at Ballindoon.”

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3 January 1938

Seán P. Breathnach

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(no title)

“A sketch of the rose which is carved on one of the Arches in Ballindoon Abbey.”

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3 January 1938

Seán P. Breathnach

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(no title)

“There was an old legend that "Domhnall Cam" would have the highest tombstone, in Ireland.”

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3 January 1938

Seán P. Breathnach

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“There was a phriesht livin' down the counthry at wan time, an its a long, long time ago, an' he had a house-keeper in his house...”

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15 January 1938

Mairead Ní Leighean

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“The Pattern of Ballindoon used to be held on the fourth of August every year, in the "Abbey Field.”

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15 January 1938

Mairead Ní Leighean

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“An old-saying around this district is "It went round like the knight of the Wisps.”

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15 January 1938

Mairead Ní Leighean

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“There was a man livin' down near Rhivershtown at wan time, an' at that time Hurlin' was a great game in Irealnd, an' this man was a noted hurler too.”

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20 January 1938

James Flynn

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“Ye want a sthory about people not attendin' Mass because they had a dispute wit the phriesht.”

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20 January 1938

James Flynn

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“James Flynn says that it was at St Domnick's rock at Ballindoon, that the stations were made at the Pattern...”

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20 January 1938

James Flynn

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“In olden times the herds houses on the Ballindoon estate were one-storey, two roomed thatched houses.”

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20 January 1938

James Flynn

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“This is a yarn about how Micky the Smith drew a tooth.”

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20 January 1938

James Flynn

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“A great practice in bread-making in olden times wasa, to grate raw potatoes, and let the "gratings" rest in a basin...”

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20 January 1938

James Flynn

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“An old soldier who was afther comin' home from the war went to confession to a priest in Riverstown.”

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20 January 1938

James Flynn

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