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The Main Manuscript Collection
CBÉ 0221

Volume: CBÉ 0221

Collector

Seán de Buitléir

Locations

Mayglass, Co. Wexford
Whitechurchglynn, Co. Wexford
Castlebridge, Co. Wexford

Titles (155)

1. “There was a woman wan time and she had three sons.”

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2. “The bow used be seen sitting on a style outside a farmer's house in Ballyhogue.”

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3. “There was a certain house in the Co. Wexford where they used to give out the yellow meal...”

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4. “About seventy years ago in this Co. there used be great bonefires lit.”

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5. “The dead coach used to travel from Ballyhogue...”

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6. “Mrs Kearns of Tinakilly was in Waterford about fifty years ago.”

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7. “Mrs Kearns of Tinakilly is 90 years of age, and she remembers 84 years ago.”

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8. “There is a blessed well in Ballyhogue called "the cuckoo well".”

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9. “If two people of the one name got married...”

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10. “In the Famine time a man followed a crow three miles...”

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11. “There were two girls one time going to the shop in Ballyhogue..”

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12. “Mrs. Kearns of Tinakilly went to school eighty years ago. ”

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13. The Bree Harriers

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14. “When I was a young nipper about ten years of age...”

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15. “Mrs. Dorcy of Ballyhogue was living in a house with her sister...”

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16. “There was a man wan night coming home from the fair of Ross.”

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17. “There is a castle in Macmine...”

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18. “Peter Dorcy an' another fellow from Ballygogue...”

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19. “John Cloney was in a wake in Glynn...”

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20. “There was a girl named Mary Daly wan time going to the market...”

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21. Brave Wickham

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22. “If a person is out at night and has lost his way...”

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23. “There was a man one time and he had a hump on his back.”

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24. “There was a boy one day going to school...”

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25. “There were three fellows in Killurin wan time...”

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26. “Peter Dorcy was coming home one night.”

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27. “There was a woman buried in a vault in Killurin named Mrs. Beaty.”

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28. “There was a man wan time and he was a bit silly in his mind.”

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29. “There is another story told of a man who was always drinking.”

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30. “There is a hawthorn bush near Castlebridge in the Co. Wexford and is supposed to be haunted...”

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31. “There were two fellows one time by the name of Mike Murphy and James Nolan. ”

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32. “There was a man one time and he was going down a lane to a farmrer's house...”

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33. “There was a king wan time and had three sons.”

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34. “Long ago the priests used to go around to the farmers' houses...”

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35. “There is a very old graveyard in Ballyhogue. ”

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36. “Captain Ogle when he was doing the damage here in Ireland....”

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37. Wake Customs of the Present Day in Co. Wexford

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38. Mummers' Rhymes of the Present Day

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39. “I was comin' home wan night from a wake.”

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40. “I was comin' home another night at about two oclock in the mornin'...”

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41. “There was a family named Molloy in this part of the County and the banshee follows....”

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42. “I heard a story wan time of a girl...”

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43. “I was at a wake wan night...”

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44. “There was an ould fella waken' in Galbally wan time...”

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45. “There was a blessed well wan time an' it used to cure all kinds...”

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46. Mummers' Rhymes - Michael Dwyer

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47. Mummers' Rhymes - Sarsfield's Rhyme

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48. Mummers' Rhymes - Father Murphy's Rhyme

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49. “There was a man wan time and he had a little dog.”

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50. “There was a woman one time lived in the County Wexford.”

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51. “When John noticed five or six rats...”

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52. “There was a man wan time and he was married.”

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53. “I was comin' home wan night and when I came as far as Jem Croy's Cross...”

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54. “There was a protestant wan time an' he was very bitter altogether.”

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55. “Paddy the Irishman was on the army wan time...”

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56. “Paddy was another day and he was walking along the quay....”

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57. “There was an inn wan time and the following notice was written...”

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58. “I was sleepin on a loft wan time in an outhouse...”

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59. Fairies

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60. “There was a family of people living in Galbally by the name of Laffan...”

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61. “There was a smith one time and he was goin' home late at night...”

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62. “I was comin' home another night and I had to cross a wet grassy field.”

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63. “There was a man wan time and he dreamt three nights in sucession...”

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64. “There was a man one time and he was coming home wan night...”

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65. Faction Fights

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66. Adamstown Races 1870

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67. “When I was a young and airy and full of heart in rambling.”

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68. “There was a man wan time and he went out wan morning...”

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69. “It is very unlucky to leap from a ditch...”

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70. “There is a lane up near Gorey and it is called....”

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71. “There was a girl wan time and she was working...”

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72. “There was a boy wan time and when he was about two years old...”

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73. “There was a great snow storm in this county about sixty years ago.”

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74. “There was a man named Martin Hughes and he used be always raving about gold...”

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75. “There was a man once and he had an evil eye.”

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76. “I never saw anything in this world worser looking than meself...”

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77. Seventh Son

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78. “There was a man and his wife living in the south of the Co. Wexford...”

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79. “There were two fellows one time...”

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80. “Long ago there used be great tug-a-war contests.”

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81. The Redmond Eviction

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82. “I was coming home wan night myself and a brother of mine.”

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83. “I was coming home another night from my aunt's place...”

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84. “Wan night when my mother, God rest her soul was coming home from town...”

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85. “There was a race to be in a certain place wan time....”

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86. “There was a man wan time an' he was an awful case for drinking...”

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87. “Wan night I was coming home from town...”

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88. “The following are a few names of fields and places:”

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89. “There is a field up in Barmoney and there are two large stones...”

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90. “When the priest drove the devil out of Laffin Hall...”

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91. “There was a man wan time living in the Co. Wexford....”

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92. “There was a man and his wife and their six months old child living ...”

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93. “Captain Beaty was a great hunting man...”

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94. “There was a man wan time and lived in Wexford.”

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95. “There is a part of the road in Galbally...”

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96. “There was a cobbler wan time and it was said he was a fairy man.”

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97. “I sent in all the old mummers' rhymes...”

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98. “There was a house in Ballamonin and they used to give out the stirabout...”

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99. “When Cromwell came to the Co. Wexford...”

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100. “There was a man wan night and he was going home down a long lane...”

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101. “There was a man and his wife and they lived in a a very small house...”

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102. “There was a woman wan time and she got the lend of five bob...”

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103. “There was once a man and he was in league with the fairies.”

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104. “There was a king wan time and he had a beautiful daughter.”

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105. “There was a king wan time and he had a beautiful daughter.”

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106. Seventh Son

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107. “There were two old men wan time and they were and they lived...”

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108. “There was a man and his wife lived in a small house.”

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109. “There was a man in a strange bed wan time...”

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110. “There was a man came to a parish wan time...”

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111. People with Evil Eye

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112. Whirlwinds

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113. The Moon

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114. “There was a rath in a field....”

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115. “There was a man wan time and he was stuck for a few bob...”

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116. “There was a duel fought in Carrigmannor...”

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117. “There was a woman lived in Garranstackle...”

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118. “There was a man wan time and he had a huge appitide.”

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119. “There was a rath in a certain place wan time...”

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120. “When people are shelling peas if they happen on a pea...”

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121. “When a hen lays a small egg like a marble taw...”

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122. “There were two misers wan time...”

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123. “There was a man wan time by the name of Tom Connors...”

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124. “There was a man wan time coming home from the fair...”

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125. “I have heard another story of a man who had three sons.”

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126. “Long ago mushrooms were more plentiful than they are nowadays.”

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127. “There was a man wan time and he was dying...”

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128. “There was a woman wan Ash Wednesday morning...”

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129. Place Names

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130. “There was boy and a girl going together...”

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131. “There was a man wan time in the vicinity of Kilmore...”

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132. “There was a kind of a fool...”

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133. “There was a man wan time...”

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134. “There was a man wan time and he was going to town...”

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135. “There was a man wan night comin home from playing cards...”

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136. “There was another man wan night and he was goin to a farmer's house...”

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137. “There was a boat load of fish came into Kilmore...”

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138. “When the present school thay is in Kilmore...”

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139. “There is a great estate down in the south of the County.”

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140. “Biaconi, the man who invented the stage coach had a hotel...”

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141. “Aboutone hundred years ago there were curious cars...”

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142. “There were a crowd of fellows wan time went fishing...”

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143. “There is a man living at Kilmore by the name of Pat Walsh...”

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144. “Rats will never stay on a ship that is going to sink...”

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145. “Along the sea coast from Kerry to Galway...”

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146. “There was a certain house in the south...”

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147. “There was once a man and he would put to death...”

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148. “There was a man one night and he was going along the road..”

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149. “There was another man that never saw anything..”

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150. “There was a man once who had a great farm of land..”

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151. “It is surprising what stories one hears...”

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152. “There was a man living in the south of Ireland..”

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153. “About a week after Mrs. Dooley's death...”

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154. “I was another night out for a walk...”

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155. “There was a man and his wife living wan time...”

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