Another Old Story “There was once a man in the parish of Ardrahan who was a great all-round athlete.” CBÉS 0034 Mr Thomas Kenny Transcript
Another Old Story “There was once a man living in Kilchreest who was very fond of getting drunk, and the Parish Priest, Father Cassidy was always telling him to stop drinking, or the devil would get the better of him.” CBÉS 0034 Thomas Kenny Transcript
(no title) “In a place called Oileán in the parish of Kilrickle there stand a very old house.” CBÉS 0054 Transcript
(no title) “Some forty years ago there lived an old woman alone in the parish of Tynagh.” CBÉS 0054 Transcript
(no title) “It is an old custom in my parish on Chalk Sunday to write on each young man's back with white chalk if he is not married.” CBÉS 0054 John Costello, Mary Costellp Transcript
(no title) “In the townland of Cullentragh in the parish of Mayo Abbey in the Co of Mayo and in the lands of Thomas Fitzgerald. there is an old fort and it is said that there is a bag of gold between two lines of bushes.” CBÉS 0100 Michael Nally, Paddy O' Donnell Transcript
Local Fairy Stories “There is an old man living in Coogue in the parish of Knock who was very fond of cardplaying.” CBÉS 0107 Mrs Cronin, Stephen Hunt Transcript
(no title) “There was an old woman in the parish called Betty Muldoon.” CBÉS 0108 John Burke, Tobias Burke Transcript
(no title) “There was once, in the parish of Riverstown an old couple named John and Mary Cairns who bought a cow at Collooney fair from a Protestant man named Lawson.” CBÉS 0175 Patrick Brennan, Vincent Brennan Transcript
Old Houses “Long ago in this parish, the houses were very small and often there was not room for a whole family to fit it.” CBÉS 0236 Mary Joe Mac Dermot, Mr T. Tiernan Transcript
(no title) “A number of years ago an old witch that was called Jenny of the Hills, lived on one of the Cregga hills in the parish of Kiltrustan in the Co Roscommon...” CBÉS 0249 James Gormley, Laurence Shannon Transcript
(no title) “Although this is the parish of Templemartin the people keep up none of the old customs of St Martin's eve.” CBÉS 0315 Transcript