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- Collection: The Folklore & Ethnology Department, University College Cork - Sound Recording Archive
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An interview with Felix Randles and Ettie Randles about past Irish country life
Excerpt 1: Piseogs, superstitions about findings eggs in haggard that a neighbour would have put there so nothing would grow.
Excerpt 2: Piseogs, superstitions about spells or people working piseogs on sick cows and getting holy water or the priest…
An interview with Síle Ní Laoghaire, Dónal Ó Céileachair and Gobnait Creed about Saint Finbar of Gougane Barra
Excerpt 1: How st Finbarr gave the name to Gougane Barra.
Excerpt 2: St Finbarr's parents, his father from Connacht and his mother from Bandon.
Excerpt 3: What st Finbarre looked like and why he wore a beard to keep him warm during the winter.
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An interview with Danny Griffen about Wether’s Well
Excerpt 1: Narrative on how Whether's Well got its nameExcerpt 2: Calendar customs: paying the rounds at Wether's WellExcerpt 3: Miracle cures at Wethers Well
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An interview with Jamsie Kearney about the belief in fairy forts
Excerpt 1: Narrative about someone run a bulldozer through a Lios in Leitrim and his land moved, slid into the next valley.
Excerpt 2: The biggest Lios in Granrioch near Teereltonand how the Ceol Si used to be heard announcing death.
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An interview with Michael Moynihan about the belief in fairy forts
Excerpt 1: About two connected forts in Ballingeary, one sold to the county council by the landowner.
Excerpt 2: How a man and his wife died after the fort they sold to the council was knocked down.
Excerpt 3: Connections with Mythology and how the…