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An interview with Margaret Maher, Geraldine Cronin, Angela O’ Donoghue and Maureen Conty about urban folktales
Excerpt 1: Woman who found a lizard in her stomach in Greece.
Excerpt 2: Woman who found a snake in her stomach in Turkey.
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An interview with Mrs O' Brien about country life in the first half of the twentieth century
Excerpt 1: Platform dances in the summer and farmhouse dances in the winter.
Excerpt 2: About House dances and cardgames to raise money for Christmas; the main game was 41. The activity was called 'the gambles'
Excerpt 3: Preparing for the wren (St…
An interview with Patrick O’ Brien about country life in the first half of the twentieth century
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.
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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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