(gan teideal)

“Long ago people had many superstitions about the days of the week.”

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Eileen Brien

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May Day

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(gan teideal)

“Not 20 years ago my brother had a man working in the field when a whirl wind sprung up around them.”

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May O Sullivan

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(gan teideal)

“My grandmother who is now 89 years old told me the following story as her father had told it to her.”

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Mary Teresa O Sullivan, Mrs Gleeson

Tras-scríbhinn

(gan teideal)

“Long ago in the olden times our grandmothers and grandfathers had good healthy food.”

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Eileen O Brien

Tras-scríbhinn

(gan teideal)

“It is said that Stague Fort was built in one night.”

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Tras-scríbhinn

(gan teideal)

“A man was going home one night after a gamble and on his way passing a house he saw a woman standing outside it.”

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Eileen O Brien

Tras-scríbhinn

(gan teideal)

“They knew how to tan leather round here.”

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May O Sullivan

Tras-scríbhinn

(gan teideal)

“Some say it is very lucky to churn on May day and May day butter was supposed to cure any sore, though I heard another old woman, still living, say it was wrong to churn on May day.”

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Mrs M. O Sullivan

Tras-scríbhinn

Irish Words

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Sheila O Shea

Tras-scríbhinn

(gan teideal)

“Trammel fishing was the most used formerly, and those nets were home made.”

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Myles O' Shea

Tras-scríbhinn

(gan teideal)

“The people long ago used to grow flax for the use of linen making.”

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Tras-scríbhinn

Old Cures

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Margaret Egan

Tras-scríbhinn

Old Cures

“There were a great many cures for sickness in the olden times.”

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Agnes White

Tras-scríbhinn

(gan teideal)

“In olden times there were a lot of fairies but they are not to be seen now.”

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Margaret Egan

Tras-scríbhinn

(gan teideal)

“Years ago there was a very old woman who lived in a thatched house.”

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Margaret Egan

Tras-scríbhinn

(gan teideal)

“Years ago a man was living by himself in a house.”

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Margaret Egan

Tras-scríbhinn

(gan teideal)

“On the Gloragh mountains a white hare was seen for three Sundays.”

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Agnes White

Tras-scríbhinn

(gan teideal)

“There lived long ago, a man who owned land in which was a fort.”

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Mrs Abby Sullivan, Sheila O' Shea

Tras-scríbhinn

(gan teideal)

“Burnt briar leaves powdered finely are a cure for chafed skin.”

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Mary Teresa O Sullivan

Tras-scríbhinn