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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)

    “There was a priest one time and he had a boy working with him named Mick Doyle.”

    CBÉ 0172

    Lore

    Bean Uí Bhreathnach

  2. (no title)

    “There was another priest one time was going along the road and he met a very ragged boy...”

    CBÉ 0172

    Lore

    Bean Uí Bhreathnach

  3. (no title)

    “There was another priest met a boy one day that didn't salute him.”

    CBÉ 0172

    Lore

    Bean Uí Bhreathnach

  4. (no title)

    “There were two brothers one time named Devine, and they got a job with a farmer in Waterford. ”

    CBÉ 0172

    Lore

    Bean Uí Bhreathnach

  5. (no title)

    “There were three public houses in a village, owned by three men named Christy Carney and Murphy. ”

    CBÉ 0172

    Lore

    Bean Uí Bhreathnach

  6. (no title)

    “There was a farmer one time and he had nine calves...”

    CBÉ 0172

    Lore

    Bean Uí Bhreathnach

  7. (no title)

    “There was another farmer and he was telling about his dog. ”

    CBÉ 0172

    Lore

    Bean Uí Bhreathnach

  8. (no title)

    “There was another farmer lived in the parish of Adamstown, and one year all his cows had heifer calves...”

    CBÉ 0172

    Lore

    Bean Uí Bhreathnach

  9. (no title)

    “There were a crowd of fellows one night in a house, and they were talking about nervous people.”

    CBÉ 0172

    Lore

    Bean Uí Bhreathnach

  10. (no title)

    “There was a grand lady one time put in a vault, and there was a wedding ring on her finger...”

    CBÉ 0172

    Lore

    Bean Uí Bhreathnach

  11. (no title)

    “There was another woman and she was buried, and when her own people went home...”

    CBÉ 0172

    Lore

    Bean Uí Bhreathnach

  12. (no title)

    “There was a man one time and he was very nervous together, but it was said he used often see things...”

    CBÉ 0172

    Lore

    Bean Uí Bhreathnach

  13. (no title)

    “There were a crowd of fellows one time in a house and they were talking about healthy people...”

    CBÉ 0172

    Lore

    Bean Uí Bhreathnach

  14. (no title)

    “There were two boys one time, and they wern't a bit afraid of anything. ”

    CBÉ 0172

    Lore

    Bean Uí Bhreathnach

  15. (no title)

    “A man from Wexford one time was up in a certain town in the North of Ireland. ”

    CBÉ 0172

    Lore

    Bean Uí Bhreathnach

  16. (no title)

    “There was a smith one time, and a fellow went into him one morning in an awful hurry going to town. ”

    CBÉ 0172

    Lore

    Bean Uí Bhreathnach

  17. (no title)

    “During the Famine time in the South of Wexford, the people suffered very much. ”

    CBÉ 0172

    Lore

    22 February 1936

    Pádraig Ó Ruairc

  18. (no title)

    “There was a man lived in Kilmore Quay about seventy years ago. ”

    CBÉ 0172

    Lore

    22 February 1936

    Bean Uí Bhreathnach

  19. (no title)

    “There were two smiths at Kilmore Quay one time. One of them was called Murphy an' the other was called Kelly. ”

    CBÉ 0172

    Lore

    3 March 1936

    Tomás Ó Ghoch

  20. (no title)

    “There were two fellows wan night in a public house an' they got drunk. ”

    CBÉ 0172

    Lore

    3 March 1936

    Tomás Ó Ghoch