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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. Old Signs and Customs

    CBÉ 0520

    Lore

    28 June 1938

    Miceál Ó Maoileóin

  2. A Woman's Prints

    CBÉ 0520

    Lore

    28 June 1938

    Miceál Ó Maoileóin

  3. Light in a Field

    CBÉ 0520

    Lore

    28 June 1938

    Miceál Ó Maoileóin

  4. (no title)

    “I heard tell of another man coming home from Mitchelstown one night.”

    CBÉ 0520

    Lore

    28 June 1938

    Miceál Ó Maoileóin

  5. (no title)

    “I also heard tell of another man that was coming home from a neighbour's house one night...”

    CBÉ 0520

    Lore

    28 June 1938

    Miceál Ó Maoileóin

  6. (no title)

    “It was always the belief of the old people that a person out walking at night should keep one side.”

    CBÉ 0520

    Lore

    28 June 1938

    Miceál Ó Maoileóin

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  7. (no title)

    “A great many years ago, a man was coming from Rock Mills to Ballindangan one night.”

    CBÉ 0520

    Lore

    28 June 1938

    Miceál Ó Maoileóin

  8. (no title)

    “The old people said that if you ever went astray at night take off your coat and turn it inside out...”

    CBÉ 0520

    Lore

    28 June 1938

    Miceál Ó Maoileóin

  9. Children

    CBÉ 0520

    Lore

    28 June 1938

    Miceál Ó Maoileóin

  10. Tailor's Custom

    CBÉ 0520

    Lore

    28 June 1938

    Miceál Ó Maoileóin

  11. Cure for Nightmare

    CBÉ 0520

    Lore

    28 June 1938

    Miceál Ó Maoileóin

  12. (no title)

    “If you are riding on a horse at night, and if the horse sees anything (ghost) that frightens him...”

    CBÉ 0520

    Lore

    28 June 1938

    Miceál Ó Maoileóin

  13. Kitchen Custom

    CBÉ 0520

    Lore

    28 June 1938

    Miceál Ó Maoileóin

  14. (no title)

    “It is not right to be around the hearth after twelve oclock at night...”

    CBÉ 0520

    Lore

    28 June 1938

    Miceál Ó Maoileóin

  15. (no title)

    “People used to say that Twilight is a very dangerous time to see ghosts.”

    CBÉ 0520

    Lore

    28 June 1938

    Miceál Ó Maoileóin

  16. Returning of the Dead

    CBÉ 0520

    Lore

    28 June 1938

    Miceál Ó Maoileóin

  17. The Great Calf

    CBÉ 0520

    Lore

    28 June 1938

    Miceál Ó Maoileóin

  18. Days of Week

    CBÉ 0520

    Lore

    28 June 1938

    Miceál Ó Maoileóin

  19. Freagra an Gharsúin

    CBÉ 0520

    Lore

    1925

    Maitías Ó Luasaigh

  20. Nioclás Mór Mac Ghearailt

    CBÉ 0520

    Lore

    1925

    Maitías Ó Luasaigh