(gan teideal) “One dark night about twelve o'clock a fellow was coming home from playing cards and he had to go over a lonesome old road...” CBÉS 0932 Seán Ó Míodhcháin Tras-scríbhinn
(gan teideal) “Once upon a time there lived a man and he had a forge he was working hard in hid forge and earning plenty of money...” CBÉS 0932 Éamon Mac Árdhghail Tras-scríbhinn
(gan teideal) “A long time ago two men killed another man in a horse stable over at Eddnamagh...” CBÉS 0932 Máire Ní Míodhcáin Tras-scríbhinn