Stories of Hidden Treasures in the District

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Bridie Maher, Dan Treacy

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Bird-Lore

“Robins, Wrens, Yellow-hammers, Crows, Seagulls, Magpies, Willy-wagtails, Thrushes, Blackbird, Curlew, Cranes, Bats, Swallows, Daws and larks...”

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Bridie Maher, Dan Treacy

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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...”

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Bridie Maher, Mr Maher

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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...”

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Bridie Maher, Dan Treacy

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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...”

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Bridie Maher, Mr Maher

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Fairy Forts

“There is a fairy fort in Pat Ryan's land in Shanakill...”

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Bridie Maher, Mr Maher

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Proverbs

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Bridie Maher, Mr Maher

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Food in Olden Times

“Only two meals a day were eaten in olden times, the breakfast and tea...”

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Bridie Maher, Mr Maher

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Saint Fintan's Well

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Bridie Maher, Mrs Maher

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