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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)

    “If a person went three times under a briar”

    CBÉ 0259

    Lore

    25 October 1936

    Seán Ó Muirthille

  2. To Go Under the Briar

    CBÉ 0377

    Lore

    23 June 1937

    Máire Ní Mhóráin

  3. (no title)

    “Long ago the old people used to put young lads under the briar...”

    CBÉ 0377

    Lore

    23 June 1937

    Máire Ní Mhóráin

  4. (no title)

    “If you put your head under a briar that the two ends are in the ground...”

    CBÉ 0114

    Lore

    1935

    Máire Bean Ní Piotáin

  5. Going under the Briar, Colouring the Cards etc

    CBÉ 0627

    Lore

    13 June 1939

    Denny Mack

  6. (no title)

    “The first thing you must do is to go under a briar three times in the name of the devil with its two ends growing in the ground...”

    CBÉ 0517

    Lore

    28 April 1938

    Seosamh Hammersley, Michael Renehan

  7. (no title)

    “When a briar, lace of straw, etc. becomes attached to person's coat-tails, skirt, etc., somebody says...”

    CBÉ 0596

    Lore

    21 December 1938–31 December 1938

    Dómhnall Ó Loingsigh

  8. (no title)

    “One of my boys came with a cow to Curtain's to a bull and he was kept in a sgairt of briars and couldn't leave it.”

    CBÉ 0571

    Lore

    1938

    Bean Uí Shíthigh