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  1. Wake Games

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    19 Aibreán 1936

    Eamonn Ó Mirneagh

    Transcript

  2. Hurry the Brogue

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    16 Aibreán 1936

    Eamonn Ó Mirneagh

    Transcript

  3. (no title)

    “Another game played at wakes was "my man John"...”

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    16 Aibreán 1936

    Eamonn Ó Mirneagh

    Transcript

  4. (no title)

    “Some people say that the City of Bannow wasn't buried at all...”

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    Bridget Francis

    Transcript

  5. Petticoat Loose

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    Bridget Francis

    Transcript

  6. (no title)

    “Mike Byrne of Bannow was coming home one night and a black dog followed him. ”

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    Bridget Francis

    Transcript

  7. Jack the Giant Killer

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    Bridget Francis

    Transcript

  8. (no title)

    “When people are churning it anyone come into the dairy that they should take a hand at the churn...”

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    Bridget Francis

    Transcript

  9. She gees or whirlwinds are very plentiful down in Bannow. They are always called She-gees by the local people.

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    Bridget Francis

    Transcript

  10. (no title)

    “There was a wake one night in a certain house.”

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    Bridget Francis

    Transcript

  11. Fairies

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    17 Aibreán 1936

    Bean Uí Tiarnaigh

    Transcript

  12. (no title)

    “I heard another story about the fairies.”

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    17 Aibreán 1936

    Tomás de Buitléir

    Transcript

  13. (no title)

    “When the Danes were here in Ireland they would make wine out of the heath. ”

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    19 Aibreán 1936

    Tomás de Buitléir

    Transcript

  14. (no title)

    “It is a very lucky thing to lie down in a bunch of ferns for Our Lord slept in them.”

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    1936 Aibreán 1936

    Tomás de Buitléir

    Transcript

  15. My Old Finian Gun

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    1 Bealtaine 1936

    Nioclás Ó Néill

    Transcript

  16. (no title)

    “Here I am a stranger last night...”

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    1 Bealtaine 1936

    Nioclás Ó Néill

    Transcript

  17. The Redmoor Song

    CBÉ 0190

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    1 Bealtaine 1936

    Nioclás Ó Néill

    Transcript

  18. Rats' Cleverness

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    1 Bealtaine 1936

    Nioclás Ó Néill

    Transcript

  19. (no title)

    “There was a smith one time and he was very poor...”

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    0 Bealtaine 1936

    Nioclás Ó Néill

    Transcript

  20. Fairies

    CBÉ 0190

    Lore

    1 Bealtaine 1936

    Nioclás Ó Néill

    Transcript