(no title)
“The Blackbird builds her nest on a white thorn bush.”
- Language
- English
- Collector
- Thomas Sampson
- Informant
- Mr William Keating
- Age
- 40
Thomas Sampson
List of schools and items where this name is mentioned
counties
School: Brughtheine (B.), Malla
- Location
- Churchtown, Co. Cork
- Teacher
- Tomás Ó Tighearnaigh
Stories
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(no title)
“A hare makes no nest at all.”
- Language
- English
- Collector
- Thomas Sampson
- Informant
- Mr John Sampson
- Age
- 58
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(no title)
“One night a man was coming home from a gamble.”
- Language
- English
- Collector
- Thomas Sampson
- Informant
- Mr John Sampson
- Age
- 58
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(no title)
“There is a field belonging to Mr Fitzgerald of Mt. Brigid called Páircín na Cille which means the little field of a church.”
- Language
- Mixed
- Collector
- Thomas Sampson
- Informant
- Mr John Sampson
- Age
- 58
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(no title)
“There is a field belonging to Mr Murphy of Walshestown called the Rock Field.”
- Language
- English
- Collector
- Thomas Sampson
- Informant
- Mr John Sampson
- Age
- 58
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(no title)
“Mr Flannery has a field called the Gallows Field.”
- Language
- English
- Collector
- Thomas Sampson
- Informant
- Mr John Sampson
- Age
- 58
-
(no title)
“One night my father was coming home from Mr. Brosnans.”
- Language
- English
- Collector
- Thomas Sampson
- Informant
- Mr John Sampson
- Age
- 58
-
(no title)
“One of the old cures for Rheumatism pains was nettles.”
- Language
- English
- Collector
- Thomas Sampson
- Informant
- Mr John Sampson
- Age
- 58
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(no title)
“The cure for chincough was to go out and ask a man with a white horse what would cure the chincough and whatever he said would cure it.”
- Language
- English
- Collector
- Thomas Sampson
- Informant
- Mr William Keating
- Age
- 40
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(no title)
“There is a story told about Kilgrogan grave yard.”
- Language
- English
- Collector
- Thomas Sampson
- Informant
- Mr John Sampson
- Age
- 58
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(no title)
“At the burning of Churchtown in 1822 there were three "White Boys" killed in the fight.”
- Language
- English
- Collector
- Thomas Sampson
- Informant
- Mr T. Tierney
- Age
- 62
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-
(no title)
“It is great fun to be listening to people making bargains at the fair.”
- Language
- English
- Collector
- Thomas Sampson
- Informant
- Mr John Sampson
- Age
- 58
-
(no title)
“People usually get married in Shrove.”
- Language
- English
- Collector
- Thomas Sampson
- Informant
- Mr John Sampson
- Age
- 58
-
(no title)
“We had a very severe snowstorm about three years ago.”
- Language
- English
- Collector
- Thomas Sampson
- Informant
- Mr John Sampson
- Age
- 58
-
(no title)
“It was a custom long ago to light bonfires on St. John's night.”
- Language
- English
- Collector
- Thomas Sampson
- Informant
- Mr John Sampson
- Age
- 58
-
(no title)
“In my Grandfather's young days the bonfire on St. John's Eve was attended by young and old.”
- Language
- English
- Collector
- Thomas Sampson
- Informant
- Mr John Sampson
- Age
- 58
