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- Collection: The Folklore & Ethnology Department, University College Cork - Sound Recording Archive
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Excerpts from an interview with Eilish de Barra about the informal economy of Cork's Northside. For this interview's catalogue entry click here
Excerpt 1: About Pawnshops, their symbolism and their necessary role when men were put on slackage for a week.
Excerpt 2: Occasionally the pawnshop would lend back a suit for no money to be paid off the week after.
Excerpt 3: Buy very cheap…
Excerpt 2: Occasionally the pawnshop would lend back a suit for no money to be paid off the week after.
Excerpt 3: Buy very cheap…
Excerpts from an interview with Margaret Maher, Geraldine Cronin, Angela O’ Donoghue and Maureen Conty about urban folktales. For this interview's catalogue entry click here
Excerpt 1: Woman who found a lizard in her stomach in Greece.
Excerpt 2: Woman who found a snake in her stomach in Turkey.
Excerpt 3: Modern Legend: Cats in a Chinese restaurant in Dublin.
Excerpt 4: Modern Legend: Dogs in a Chinese…
Excerpt 2: Woman who found a snake in her stomach in Turkey.
Excerpt 3: Modern Legend: Cats in a Chinese restaurant in Dublin.
Excerpt 4: Modern Legend: Dogs in a Chinese…
Excerpts from an interview with Mrs O' Brien about country life in the first half of the twentieth century For this interview's catalogue entry click here
Excerpt 1: Platform dances in the summer and farmhouse dances in the winter.
Excerpt 2: About House dances and card games to raise money for Christmas; the main game was 41. The activity was called 'the gambles'
Excerpt 3: Preparing for the…
Excerpt 2: About House dances and card games to raise money for Christmas; the main game was 41. The activity was called 'the gambles'
Excerpt 3: Preparing for the…
Excerpts from an interview with Patrick O’ Brien about country life in the first half of the twentieth century. For this interview's catalogue entry click here
Excerpt 1: Changes in working in the bog to cut turf.
Excerpt 2: Going to Cattle markets and fairs in Rathkeel and Listowel.
Excerpt 3: Bigger fairs in Listowel the dealing in cattle.
Excerpt 4: Employment, hiring fairs and working…
Excerpt 2: Going to Cattle markets and fairs in Rathkeel and Listowel.
Excerpt 3: Bigger fairs in Listowel the dealing in cattle.
Excerpt 4: Employment, hiring fairs and working…
Excerpts from an interview with Felix Randles and Ettie Randles about past Irish country life. For this interview's catalogue entry click here
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…
Excerpt 2: Piseogs, superstitions about spells or people working piseogs on sick cows and getting holy water or the…
Excerpts from an interview with Síle Ní Laoghaire, Dónal Ó Céileachair and Gobnait Creed about Saint Finbar of Gougane Barra. For this interview's catalogue entry click here
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…
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…
Excerpts from an interview with Jamsie Kearney about the belief in fairy forts. For this interview's catalogue entry click here
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.
Excerpt 3:…
Excerpt 2: The biggest Lios in Granrioch near Teereltonand how the Ceol Si used to be heard announcing death.
Excerpt 3:…
Excerpts from an interview with Danny Griffen about Wether’s Well For this interview's catalogue entry click here
Excerpt 1: Narrative on how Whether's Well got its name
Excerpt 2: Calendar customs: paying the rounds at Wether's Well
Excerpt 3: Miracle cures at Wether's Well
Excerpt 4: Difference between locals and tourists visiting the well
Excerpt…
Excerpt 2: Calendar customs: paying the rounds at Wether's Well
Excerpt 3: Miracle cures at Wether's Well
Excerpt 4: Difference between locals and tourists visiting the well
Excerpt…
Excerpts from an interview with Sheila Hanley about Knocfierna For this interview's catalogue entry click here
Excerpt 1: How satellite antennae have replaced druids altars in Cnoc an Fhirinne
Excerpt 2: Mythological excerpt and connection to the local landscape
Excerpt 3: Mythological and historical connections with the local people satirical comment…
Excerpt 2: Mythological excerpt and connection to the local landscape
Excerpt 3: Mythological and historical connections with the local people satirical comment…
Excerpts from an interview with Johnny Kennedy about house illumination For this interview's catalogue entry click here
Excerpt 1:About Parafin oil lamps
Excerpt 2:Parafin oil lamps used in circuses
Excerpt 3:Sacred heart lamps
Excerpt 4: Lamps used in parlours in the early 20th century
Excerpt 5: People making candle type of lamps
Excerpt 6:Taylors' lights…