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  1. (no title)

    Franey the Robber was out very late wan night an he tired, an' could an hungry an no place to go.

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    Lore

    16 March 1939

    Séamus Ó Ceallaigh

  2. (no title)

    There was a lovely lady all in her youth an' bloom.

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    Lore

    18 March 1939

    Séamus Ó Ceallaigh

  3. Bold Robert Emmet

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    Lore

    20 March 1939

    Séamus Ó Ceallaigh

  4. Father Tom Ó Néill

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    Lore

    21 March 1939

    Séamus Ó Ceallaigh

  5. (no title)

    Ireland the land of the Harp and the Shamrock. Ireland the land of the true and the good.

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    Lore

    3 April 1939

    Séamus Ó Ceallaigh

  6. The Arnestown Wedding

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    Lore

    7 April 1939

    Séamus Ó Ceallaigh

    Arnestown, Co. Wexford

  7. (no title)

    A farmer named Parle from Ballyhealy, Kilmore, was at the fair of Waterford...

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    Lore

    14 April 1939

    Séamus Ó Ceallaigh

  8. (no title)

    There is a man lives in our land...

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    Lore

    17 April 1939

    Séamus Ó Ceallaigh

  9. (no title)

    Long ago people used to believe that if you heard the cuckoo when she'd come in April you wouldn't die during the year.

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    Lore

    20 April 1939

    Séamus Ó Ceallaigh

  10. (no title)

    In the year of '91 a terrible sight was seen.

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    Lore

    21 April 1939

    Séamus Ó Ceallaigh

  11. (no title)

    There was a farmer from Kilmore in Wexford would a load of corn wan day...

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    Lore

    24 April 1939

    Séamus Ó Ceallaigh

  12. (no title)

    A man named Whelan lived on the Hill of Kileaven over a hundred years ago...

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    Lore

    26 April 1939

    Séamus Ó Ceallaigh

  13. (no title)

    In Bargy an Forth when people are at their dinner the kitchen dure is always closed no matter how warm the day may be.

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    Lore

    26 April 1939

    Siobhán Bean Uí Bhroin

  14. (no title)

    Some farmers make their own ropes out of binder twine.

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    Lore

    9 January 1939

    Séamus Wade