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The Main Manuscript Collection
CBÉ 0485 (Part 1)

Volume: CBÉ 0485 (Part 1)

Date

1938

Collector

Bríd Ní Ghamhnáin

Locations

Killadoon, Co. Sligo
Kilmacallan, Co. Sligo

Titles (75)

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

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2. Tales of Councillor McDonagh's Witness

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

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

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5. How the McTiernans Came to Heapstown

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6. Some of the Oldest Inscriptions on the Tombstones in Ballindoon Graveyard (In the Abbey)

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

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8. Sir Isaac Newton and the Irishman

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9. “Dan O'Connell had a son called Morris, an he was a famous duelist...”

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10. “Dan was in London another time...”

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11. “He was in Dublin anether time, an' he met a little boy comin down the sthreet...”

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12. “Ever since the Liberator's time, it is said that none of the Ffolliotts of Hollybrook...”

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13. “There was a Jew at wan time, an' when he died he was makin' his way ta Heaven.”

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14. The Happy Man's Shirt

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15. A Legend of Ballindoon Castle

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16. “Its nearly is long is I mind o now ta me grandmother God be good to her...”

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17. “It was a good wan ye sez, well maybe I'd be able to think o' anether yarn jusht is good.”

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18. More Stories etc

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19. Another Tale of Daniel O'Connell

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20. The Heapstown Demonstration (in 1879)

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21. Cures

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22. “Ora Wirus thruagh, but it was the ould people could tell the yarns.”

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23. Seorsa Crucka

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24. “So ye liked the sthory about Seorsa Crucka too, well ta tell ye the thruth I liked the sthory very well me sel when I heard it...”

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25. A Tale of Ballisodare Boy

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26. “I'm a great ould seanachaidhe, am I, well ta tell ye the thruth, girleen, it reminds me o' ould times when ye come in an' sit here...”

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27. The Claragh Fort

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28. “I spose ye know the coves up there at Moytura.”

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29. “That was wan sthory o' athreasure, well I might is well tell ye another was now is I'm at it.”

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30. “Well now is I was talkin about Templehouse...”

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31. Seamus Devins

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32. “I was never much good at tellin' sthories 'deed ta tell ye the thruth...”

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33. The Geevagh Prisoners

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34. “There is a field in the townland of Cloghogue Upper in the parish of Ballyrush...”

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35. “Ara wirus thruagh, sure I was only a little shlip o' a gosoon away back in '69...”

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36. How to Make Rush and Resin Candles

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37. “This is is thrue a sthory is ever happened, that I'm goin' ta tell ye.”

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38. “There is an ould thradition about our Irish exiles who die in foreign lands.”

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39. “There was always something quare about ould Pether D- Micky the Smith's brother.”

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40. “There was a man atin' his dinner in a hotel wan day...”

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41. “Is I'm at it I might is well tell ye anether wan.”

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42. “There was aphriesht in Rhivershtown at wan time...”

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43. A Cure for Corns

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44. Micky the Smith turns Theologian

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45. “Ora Begob, sure Kingsborough was always a quare place...”

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46. “It is believed that any year the cuckoo sings very near a house, (especially a farmer's)...”

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47. “Easther Sunday round here in ould times, was very different besides fot it is now.”

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48. “Well I'll tell ye anether Sthory about Curlisheen now is I'm at it.”

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49. “I spose ye often heard tell, that there was a threasure at Heapstown...”

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50. “Ara dear o' dear theres many atime apershon says athing, that he dose'nt mane at all...”

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51. “This is afable that they ushed ta tell us ta make us laugh when we war childre.”

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52. “I was jusht thinkin o' alittle short sthory since ye war here lasht...”

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53. “In oulden times bleedin' was supposhed ta be the besht cure for asevere cowld or pleuricy...”

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54. “I will, am' I'll tell ye anether sthory about a quare incident that happened round here.”

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55. “There was two men goin to the sea at wan time to Sthrandhill it was, an they war walkin.”

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56. “Maybe it was wanted.”

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

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58. Another Story of Dan O'Connell

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59. “Twas an ould thramp I heard tellin this sthory yhears, an' yhears ago...”

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60. The Drowning of the Revenue Men

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61. “I'm goin' ta tell ye now about an adventure...”

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62. “There was two youngsthers at wan time, a boy, an a girl.”

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63. Legends of Two Local Wells

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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74. “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.”

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75. A Puzzle

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