(gan teideal)

“People in olden times war a lot different ta what they are now, there was no knowin o' all the vagaries...”

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Seanchas

29 Eanáir 1938

Margaret Donagher

(gan teideal)

“The Butter cannot be taken until the milk has broken.”

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Seanchas

29 Eanáir 1938

Margaret Donagher

(gan teideal)

“I heard this sthory from me mother too (God resht her sowl), an' this musht be a very very ould wan for none o' the old people round about, ushed ta know it...”

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Seanchas

29 Eanáir 1938

Margaret Donagher

(gan teideal)

“There was wance a very rich man, an' he had wan daughther, an' three sons, an' he was very fond o' the daughther, because she was the youngesht...”

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Seanchas

30 Eanáir 1938

Dominic Mac Airt

(gan teideal)

“A lot o' the people from round Conway's Cross in Geevagh direaction go to the fair o' Drumkerrin, thats in Leitrim.”

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Seanchas

30 Eanáir 1938

Éamonn Ó Cóghain

(gan teideal)

“Two men from Whitehill came huntin' ta Ballindoon wan an' there was a great dale o' talk about all the rabbits that war ta be had in the graveyard.”

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Seanchas

30 Eanáir 1938

Éamonn Ó Cóghain

Poteen Stories from Cloghogue

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Seanchas

1 Feabhra 1938

Seán Breathnach

(gan teideal)

“Pat had anether narrow eschape too.”

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Seanchas

1 Feabhra 1938

Seán Breathnach

A Trick

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Seanchas

1 Feabhra 1938

Seán Breathnach

(gan teideal)

“I was in Bartley Conlon's in Derralea last Monday night. It was a beautiful moonlit night.”

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Seanchas

14 Feabhra 1938

More Stories from Cloghogue

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Seanchas

18 Feabhra 1938

Seán Breathnach

A Story of Ballindoon Abbey

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Seanchas

18 Feabhra 1938

Seán Breathnach

(gan teideal)

“An old belief in this district is, if during the baptism of a child, a sponsor, leaves out any of the words...”

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Seanchas

18 Feabhra 1938

Seán Breathnach

(gan teideal)

“Well this sthory that Im goin ta tell ye now, nothin' could be thruer than it. There was an ould man taken badly sick over there at Bricklieve...”

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Seanchas

18 Feabhra 1938

Seán Breathnach

(gan teideal)

“Another story much the same as the above, is told about a man who lived in Riverstown.”

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Seanchas

18 Feabhra 1938

Seán Breathnach

A Story of Mount Dodwell

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Seanchas

18 Feabhra 1938

Seán Breathnach

(gan teideal)

“Aye an' I heard anether wan too about a Protestant that refreshed a phriesht the shelther o' his roof at wan time...”

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Seanchas

18 Feabhra 1938

Seán Breathnach

(gan teideal)

“Well I spose yar tired listenin ta sthories about cures an' the likes be now, well I'll tell ye a fairy sthory that happened ta mesel...”

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Seanchas

18 Feabhra 1938

Seán Breathnach

(gan teideal)

“I'll tell ye anether wan now before I go ta bed, an' it happened not too far either.”

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Seanchas

18 Feabhra 1938

Seán Breathnach

(gan teideal)

“Well I heard a sthory from Micheal Tom Pether at wan time, an' its a very ould sthory indeed. You wouldn't mind o' him, or a good many oulder than ye aither.”

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Seanchas

20 Feabhra 1938

Micheal Donagher