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“Once upon a time there lived a woman named Banakor. She lived in Tullabrin. She used to be going from house to house rambling.”

CBÉS 0862

Bessie Dwyer, Patrick Dwyer

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“Once upon a time there lived a king and he was always unhappy. One time he got sick and the Doctor told him that he would never get well unless he got the shirt of the happiest man in Ireland.”

CBÉS 0862

Chrissie Brophy

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“In olden times people were very fond of taking there neighbours' property with the aid of the fairies.”

CBÉS 0862

Chrissie Brophy

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“In Kilfarney there once lived a woman by the name of Biddy Ross. She was a very bad woman and when she died the people said she went to hell.”

CBÉS 0862

Margy Manning, Mrs Purcell

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“John the Gom's clothes were the worse for wear. He had only the suit he worked in and he wondered how he would come by a suit.”

CBÉS 0862

Imelda Hegarty

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CBÉS 0862

Imelda Hegarty, Joe Murphy

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“Once upon a time there lived people named Reillys in Blake's castle. One day Henry Reilly was coming to see his mother in the castle.”

CBÉS 0862

Bessie Dwyer, Patrick Dwyer

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“Once upon a time there lived an old woman in a house near a rath. She was very fond of money as she was a miser.”

CBÉS 0862

Bridie Dwyer, Patrick Dwyer

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“A long time ago there came to a sermon a young boy about seventeen years years old. He could never get frightened.”

CBÉS 0862

Philomena Dowling

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“Years ago a woman named Mrs. Delaney lived in a house in Muckalee. She was married and she had two children. One of the children was very delicate and one night it died.”

CBÉS 0862

Imelda Hegarty, Mary Fitzgerald

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“One night a few boys were sitting around the fire telling ghost stories and jokes. They were laughing and talking and not minding about anything when a knock came to the door.”

CBÉS 0862

Margy Manning, Mrs Purcell

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“Once upon a time there was a man by the name of James Nolan and he used always be playing cards. This night when he was coming he had to cross a stile.”

CBÉS 0862

Katty Manning

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“One night Ned Byrne's Father was going home from playing cards. He lived in Baurnafea and he had a long ways to go. It was a very bright night and he said to himself he would be able to find his way across the fields.”

CBÉS 0862

Pat Dwyer, Patrick Dwyer

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“One time there was a very rich protestant man and he had a great mansion and he used to keep tenants in rooms in the house. So one morning one of his tenants invited the Priest in for breakfast.”

CBÉS 0862

Andy Tobin, Thomas Tobin

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“Once upon a time a woman was coming home from a dance and it was about three o' clock in the morning. As she [was] passing a gate she saw a big black pig.”

CBÉS 0862

Richard Fitzpatrick, Rita Fitzpatrick

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“Once upon a time there lived a man and his wife, and they were very rich. When the husband was drying he did not make his will. The woman was great with a cobbler not far from her own house.”

CBÉS 0862

Katty Manning

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“In a certain field in Kilkenny there are now to be seen large clumps of trees and stony ground. Many years ago this field was ploughed for potatoes.”

CBÉS 0862

Margy Manning, Mrs Purcell

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“One time a man cut a tree down in a rath. The next day he went to get it with a car but the tree was standing again.”

CBÉS 0862

George Mc Cullagh

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“Once upon a time there lived a man Wild Jack. Jack Brennan was his right name. He lived where Nolans are living now.”

CBÉS 0862

Bessie Dwyer, Patrick Dwyer

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“Once upon a time a man and a boy were living in a small house at the end of a hill and they were very poor. They had nothing only a dog.”

CBÉS 0862

Mick Kelly, Patrick Lyons

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