Eighty years ago, people used to put eight rushes together and steep them in grease which they got out of fried beef fat
INFORMANT Patrick Reilly; male, Age; 87, Prison North, Co. Mayo
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Long ago there was a man in Ballyheane who dreamt on Christmas night that Mass…
INFORMANT Patrick Reilly; male, Age; 87, Prison North, Co. Mayo
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My father sets potatoes at home now. First of all he ploughs the land and harrows it.
John Kennedy, Address, Prison, Balla, Co. Mayo
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These are games which we play at home in the village of Fargureens, Parish of Balla, barony of Carra, Co. Mayo.
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INFORMANT: Mary Mc Donnell, Age 77, Prison North, Co. Mayo
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INFORMANT: Mary Adams, Age 77, Prison, Balla Co. Mayo
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INFORMANT: Mrs Adams, Dooros, Co. Mayo
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INFORMANT: Mrs Adams, Age 33, Prison, Balla Co. Mayo
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INFORMANT: Michael Kennedy, Age 48 Rush Hill, Co. Mayo
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INFORMANT Patrick Reilly; male, Age; 87, Prison North, Co. Mayo
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Once upon a time a man and his wife were going to a fair. As they came near to a bog they saw a leprachán lying on a bunch of heather.
INFORMANT: Michael Kennedy, Age 48 Rush Hill, Co. Mayo
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There was a hedge school in Michael Brady's land in the village of Rushill in the parish of Balla, Co. Mayo.
INFORMANT: Michael Kennedy, Age 48 Rush Hill, Co. Mayo
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There is a forge near Balla in Co. Mayo. In that forge there is a large fire-place in which they build a fire of coal..
INFORMANT: Martin Corcoran, Age; 35, Prizon, Balla, Co. Mayo
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There was once a man named Sean. He was a shoemaker by trade and he was very poor.
He used to go out visiting every night
INFORMANT: Martin Ansbro, Age 74, Dooros, Co. Mayo
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Long ago there lived a very wicked man in Ballintubber, Co. Mayo named Seán A Sagart
INFORMANT Mrs Kearns, Age; 40, Carra, Co. Mayo
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INFORMANT: Mary McDonnell, Age 75, Prison, Balla Co. Mayo
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INFORMANT: Mrs Corcoran, Age; 32, Prizon, Balla, Co. Mayo
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About one hundred years ago there lived a man in England. He heard that there were very old people in Ireland and he came home to see them.
INFORMANT: Martin Ansbro, Age 74, Dooros, Co. Mayo
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When my father goes to prepare land for potatoes he first ploughs the field with a plough drawn by two horses.
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Just opposite Mr Fitzgerald's house of Turlo Co. Mayo there is a lake called Poll an Dailtín.
INFORMANT: Mrs Adams, Age 40, Prison, Balla Co. Mayo
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