Story

“About eighty years ago the people of Graun a village about three miles from Ballyhaunis...”

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Gretta Geraghty, Mrs Meehan

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Travelling Folk

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Gretta Geraghty, Mrs Meehan

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Bread

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Gretta Geraghty, Mrs Meehan

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An Old Story

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Mrs Meehan

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Old Prayers

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Maura Meehan, Mrs Meehan

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A Local Holy Well

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Maura Meehan, Mrs Meehan

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Local Cures

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Della Meehan, Mrs Meehan

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The Care of the Feet

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Della Meehan, Mrs Meehan

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Forges

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Della Meehan, Mrs Meehan

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The Tailor's Bush

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Mrs Meehan

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Old Stories

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Mrs Meehan

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Ger Grant

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Mrs Meehan, Thomas Bergin

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Lore of Certain Days

“There is an old saying. "Monday for health Tuesday for wealth and Wednesday for the best say of all...”

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Lena Meehan, Mrs Meehan

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Proverbs

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Lena Meehan, Mrs Meehan

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Local Customs

“On Shrove Tuesday people used to boil meat and cabbage and potatoes and have them for supper...”

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Lena Meehan, Mrs Meehan

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Churning

“We have a churn at home. It is a barrel churn and it is on a frame...”

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Lena Meehan, Mrs Meehan

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Food in Olden Times

“The people used to bring turf from Dromard Bog and they used to bring hay from Pollack or some other place far away before their breakfast...”

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Lena Meehan, Mrs Meehan

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Stories of the Holy Family

“When the Holy Family were going from Bethleham to Egypt Our Lord rode on an asse's back...”

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Lena Meehan, Mrs Meehan

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“Chilblane: put a hole in a turnip and put some salt into the hole and leave it in the turnip until it would become water and bathe the chilblane with the water every night.”

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Mrs Meehan, Richard Walsh

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Tomhais

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John O' Keeffe, Mrs Meehan

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