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  1. (no title)

    “Twas always believed, so it was, that the B-'s o' Doonsheeheen war very well off people.”

    CBÉ 0485

    Lore

    28 Feabhra 1938

    James Flynn

    Transcript

  2. Tales of Councillor McDonagh's Witness

    CBÉ 0485

    Lore

    2 Márta 1938

    Patrick Dwyer

    Transcript

  3. (no title)

    “I'll tell ye abetther wan than that, I'm gettin a bit mixed in them...”

    CBÉ 0485

    Lore

    2 Márta 1938

    Patrick Dwyer

    Transcript

  4. (no title)

    “I'll tell ye anether wan, where Terence met somewan cliverer than himsel.”

    CBÉ 0485

    Lore

    2 Márta 1938

    Patrick Dwyer

    Transcript

  5. (no title)

    “There was a man at wan time, an' he had several sons...”

    CBÉ 0485

    Lore

    5 Márta 1938

    Pat Reynolds

    Transcript

  6. Sir Isaac Newton and the Irishman

    CBÉ 0485

    Lore

    7 Márta 1938

    Seán Breathnach

    Transcript

  7. A Puzzle

    CBÉ 0485

    Lore

    23 Aibreán 1938

    Mrs Higgins

    Transcript

  8. (no title)

    “It is long now is I mind o' ta hear me mother God be good to her, tellin' me this sthory.”

    CBÉ 0485

    Lore

    23 Aibreán 1938

    Mrs Higgins

    Transcript

  9. (no title)

    “There is an ould thradition about Townagh church thats in the parish o' Rhivershtown...”

    CBÉ 0485

    Lore

    23 Aibreán 1938

    Mrs Higgins

    Transcript

  10. (no title)

    “There is anether legend tould about the ould church at Shanco.”

    CBÉ 0485

    Lore

    23 Aibreán 1938

    Mrs Higgins

    Transcript

  11. (no title)

    “Ushen't they tell this wan round here about Pether the Smith...”

    CBÉ 0485

    Lore

    23 Aibreán 1938

    Mrs Higgins

    Transcript

  12. (no title)

    “This was aterrible counthry for evictions long 'go...”

    CBÉ 0485

    Lore

    23 Aibreán 1938

    Mrs Higgins

    Transcript

  13. (no title)

    “It is said that if aturf-spade falls, it is asure sign of a death of some member of the family to whom the spade belongs.”

    CBÉ 0485

    Lore

    23 Aibreán 1938

    Mrs Higgins

    Transcript

  14. Legends of Two Local Wells

    CBÉ 0485

    Lore

    17 Aibreán 1938

    Dominic Mac Airt

    Transcript

  15. (no title)

    “Its a good while now since I tould ye any o' Tommie's yarns.”

    CBÉ 0485

    Lore

    19 Aibreán 1938

    Liam Ó Chéanaigh

    Transcript

  16. (no title)

    “The evictions in Carrowkeel war wan o' the big events in this disthrict long 'go.”

    CBÉ 0485

    Lore

    21 Aibreán 1938

    James Flynn

    Transcript

  17. (no title)

    “In oulden times beggars war very plentiful in this disthricht...”

    CBÉ 0485

    Lore

    21 Aibreán 1938

    James Flynn

    Transcript

  18. (no title)

    “In far back times there was an ould abbey...”

    CBÉ 0485

    Lore

    21 Aibreán 1938

    James Flynn

    Transcript

  19. When the Fairies Didn't Want a Good-Looking Girl

    CBÉ 0485

    Lore

    21 Aibreán 1938

    James Flynn

    Transcript

  20. (no title)

    “Sgailtin - this was oatmeal gruel wit adrop of whiskey mixed with it.”

    CBÉ 0485

    Lore

    12 Aibreán 1938

    Sean O Dhuibhir

    Transcript