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The Main Manuscript Collection

This collection includes every aspect of the Irish oral tradition. New volumes are added on a regular basis. More information

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  1. (no title)

    “This pair war gettin marrid, an' the parents didn't want them ta.”

    CBÉ 0380

    Lore

    July 1937

    Bean Uí Cheallaigh

  2. There was another pair, an' their match was a makin' in her home by her two bothers...

    CBÉ 0380

    Lore

    July 1937

    Bean Uí Cheallaigh

  3. (no title)

    “There was a certain man livin' round here at wan time...”

    CBÉ 0380

    Lore

    July 1937

    Bean Uí Cheallaigh

  4. (no title)

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

    CBÉ 0485

    Lore

    21 March 1938

    Bean Uí Cheallaigh

    Transcript

  5. (no title)

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

    CBÉ 0485

    Lore

    7 April 1938

    Bean Uí Cheallaigh

    Transcript

  6. (no title)

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

    CBÉ 0485

    Lore

    7 April 1938

    Bean Uí Cheallaigh

    Transcript

  7. (no title)

    “This is a thrue shtory bebgob, an' sure it was mesel that knew the people to who it happened to...”

    CBÉ 0555

    Lore

    30 June 1938

    Bean Uí Cheallaigh