On 21 June, 1939, I visited the house of Patrick O'Sullivan of Gorthaloughane, Kilgarvan to collect folklore.

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21 June 1939

Pat Healy, Daniel Riley, Patrick O'Sullivan, Jack O'Sullivan

Conney O'Brien of Kilbannow told me that the first bicylce ever seen in Kilgarvan...

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1939

Connie O'Brien

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“One day a man was searching for sheep on Mangerton Mountain.”

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10 August 1939

John O'Sullivan

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“Some months ago Denny O'Connor, of Market Street, Kenmare, told me that he had a sister...”

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1939

Denny O'Connor

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“My mother (aged seventy-three) says that her brother Peter was baptised by the priest in his parent's house...”

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1939

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“Money left as a legacy is unlucky and always goes bad" is a belief among many country people in South Kerry.”

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1939

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“When Dannie Healy's first wife died in Rayuchaslaugh, it was said that a strange bird kept flapping its wings...”

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1939

Daniel O'Reilly

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“I have heard it said here that it isn't right to return for a forgotten article when starting a journey.”

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1939

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

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1939

William Gaine

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“During the days of the great famine of 1847-1848 there was a soup house at The Rockfield, Kilgarvan.”

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2 May 1939

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“It is said that if one cricket is taken from a house the others will follow.”

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1939

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“In Roundwood, Co. Wicklow, I heard an old man called John Mason say the following verse predicting the weather about April...”

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1939

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“When my sisters and I were young my father amused us by reciting the following verse...”

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1939

Portion of the top of Mangerton mountain is called "The Hungry Ground".

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1939

I am told that there is the ruin of an old castle or lodge on the mountain at Mweeing, Kilgarvan, but I have never seen it myself.

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1939

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

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1939

Mrs. Maurice P. Healy

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

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1939

Mrs. Maurice P. Healy

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“The old people were fond of telling a story about how the English tried to poison Daniel Ó'Connell at a party.”

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1939

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“Blackberries are said to be definitely out of season after Michaelmas Night.”

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1939

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“Whenever my father saw a star fall he said "I wish my soul to heaven.”

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1939