Bird-Lore “Robins, Wrens, Yellow-hammers, Crows, Seagulls, Magpies, Willy-wagtails, Thrushes, Blackbird, Curlew, Cranes, Bats, Swallows, Daws and larks...” CBÉS 0547 Bridie Maher, Dan Treacy Transcript
Local Cures “To cure the whooping-cough is, to bring a grey donkey on the floor. and to give him bread to eat and whatever bread the donkey would let fall out of his mouth the person with the whooping-cough was to eat it...” CBÉS 0547 Bridie Maher, Mr Maher Transcript
Homemade Toys “To gather rushes and cut them all the same length and get four of them and twist them in and out and it would make a lovely rod...” CBÉS 0547 Bridie Maher, Dan Treacy Transcript
Travelling Folk “Tom Coady is an old man with a meg of beard and he would stay a couple of days in a house if he was let...” CBÉS 0547 Bridie Maher, Mr Maher Transcript
Fairy Forts “There is a fairy fort in Pat Ryan's land in Shanakill...” CBÉS 0547 Bridie Maher, Mr Maher Transcript
Food in Olden Times “Only two meals a day were eaten in olden times, the breakfast and tea...” CBÉS 0547 Bridie Maher, Mr Maher Transcript