Tales
CBÉS 0518
Martin Comans, Miss Mary O Donnell
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The Schools’ Collection
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“This is a prayer which was supposed to be said by people who were leaving their native land in ancient times.”
CBÉS 0518
Martin Comans, Mrs Horan
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“There is a townsland in this district called Scrag. "Scrag" means a rough or rocky place. Scrag was once a lake which was about six miles long and four miles wide.”
CBÉS 0518
John Mc Carthy, Martin Comans
Scrag, Co. Limerick
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“Some time ago I heard a legend about a lake which is situated in the County Limerick.”
CBÉS 0518
John Mc Carthy, Martin Comans
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“When a certain man in the district of Pallasgreen was baptised the priest who baptised him told his sponsers that he'd never see a ghost or anything unearthly during his life.”
CBÉS 0518
Martin Comans, Mary O Donnell
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“There is a townsland in the district of Pallasgreen called Kilcornan.”
CBÉS 0518
John Mc Carthy, Martin Comans
Kilcornan, Co. Tipperary
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“During the Penal Days there was a gallows erected on the roadside between Knockane and Emly.”
CBÉS 0518
John O Connor, Martin Comans
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“Some time ago I heard a story about a black dog which used to haunt a little stream called the "Suil".”
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John O Connor, Martin Comans
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“In the townsland of Ballyneety, there is a rock called Sarsfields Rock.”
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John Mc Carty, Martin Comans
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“A man who was living in the neighbourhood told me this story:- Once upon a time a certain woman was milking cows at a farmer's house.”
CBÉS 0518
Martin Comans, Mr John O Connor
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“Not far from Cullen, Co. Tipperary there is a hill called Longstone.”
CBÉS 0518
John Mc Carthy, Martin Comans
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“There is a mountain in the County Tipperary called Slievnamuck.”
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John O Connor, Martin Comans
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“Once upon a time a farmer and his son were taking away a moat which was in their land.”
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John Mc Carthy, Martin Comans
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“There is an old man whose name is John O' Connor living in my district.”
CBÉS 0518
John O' Connor, Martin Comans
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“A few nights ago I heard this story from an old man. One night three men were returning home from a market.”
CBÉS 0518
John O Connor, Martin Comans
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“I heard the following story from an old man in the neighbourhood. One day in the month of June some men were cutting hay and they happened to come across a weasel's nest with five young ones in it.”
CBÉS 0518
John Mc Carthy, Martin Comans
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“Last Summer next Winter the year before last / A man with a hammer stood breaking his fast.”
CBÉS 0518
John Mc Carthy, Martin Comans
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“I heard the following story from an old man in the neighbourhood.”
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John O Connor, Martin Comans
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“I heard the following story from an old man in the neighbourhood. There is certain man in this district and when he was young, a man named Tom Hennessy took him to a fair in Tipperary.”
CBÉS 0518
John O Connor, Martin Comans
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“There is a parish in the district of Pallasgreen, Co. Limerick called Templebraden.”
CBÉS 0518
John Mc Carthy, Martin Comans
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