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Titles (78)

1. 1. Local Cures - Rheumatism

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2. 2. Local Cures - Worms

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3. 3. Local Cures - Warts

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4. 4. Local Cures - Toothache

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5. 5. Local Cures - Whooping-Cough

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6. 6. Place Names

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7. 7. Place Names - The Clump

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8. 8. Place Names - The Clump in Tyrellstown

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9. 9. Place Names - The Lands of Buzzardstown

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10. 10. Place Names - The Lands of Damastown

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11. 11. Place Names - The Lands of Tyrrelstown

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12. 12. Place Names - The Clump in Kilmartin

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13. 13. Place Names

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14. 14. Legends - The Old Woman and St Patrick

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15. 15. Legends - The Lady Well

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16. 16. Legends

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17. 17. Legends - The Old Church

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18. 18. Industries

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19. 19. Local Forges

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20. 20. Bird-Lore

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21. 21. Domestic Animals

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22. 22. Domestic Animals - The Protection against Blackleg

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23. 23. Potato Crop

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24. 24. Sport

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25. 25. Thatching

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26. 26. The Back Lane

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27. 27. The Bean Sí

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28. 28. Strange Animals

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29. 29. Hidden Treasure

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30. 30. Hidden Treasure on Mr Lacy's Land

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31. 31. The Wren Boys

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32. 32. Wakes

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33. 33. Funerals

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34. 34. Local Cures - Yellow Jaundice

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35. 35. Local Cures - Yellow Jaundice

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36. 36. Local Cures - Rheumatism

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37. 37. Local Cures - Worms

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38. 38. Local Cures - Toothache

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39. 39. Local Cures - Whooping-Cough

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40. 40. Local Cures - Whooping-Cough

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41. 41. Marriage Customs

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42. 42. Place Names

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43. 43. Place Names - Murdering Hole

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44. 44. Place Names - The Black Hole

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45. 45. Games I Play

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46. 46. Local Breads

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47. 47. Food in Olden Times

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48. 48. Death Signs

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49. 49. Strange Animals - The Carriage Drawn by Four Horses

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50. 50. Strange Animals - The Big White Dog

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51. 51. The Landlord

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52. 52. Ghost Stories - Ghostly Cyclist

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53. 53. Ghost Stories - The Ghostly Funeral

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54. 54. Local Cures - Chilblains

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55. 55. Local Cures - Chilblains

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56. 56. Local Cures - Chilblains

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57. 57. Local Cures - Chilblains

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58. 58. Local Cures - Chilblains

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59. 59. Local Cures - Chilblains

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60. 60. Local Cures - Chilblains

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61. 61. Worms

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62. 62. Local Cures - Warts

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63. 63. Local Cures - Toothache

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64. 64. Local Cures - Toothache

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65. 65. Local Cures - Whooping-Cough

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66. 66. Place Names - The Lands of Parslickstown

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67. 67. Place Names - The Lands of Tyrellstown

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68. 68. Legends - St Patrick's Curse on Cloghran

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69. 69. Legends - The Murdering in the Old Church

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70. 70. Legends - The Fairy Carriage

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71. 71. Legends - Chalk Hill

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72. 72. Wren Boys

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73. 73. Wakes

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74. 74. Chilblains

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75. 75. Rheumatism

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76. 76. Local Cures - Toothache

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77. 77. Games I Play

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78. 78. Ghost Stories - Ghostly Cyclist

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1. The RavenWhen a raven flies over a house it is said that one of the people that lives in that house will die. The death knockThe death knock is also a warning of death. In many of the houses when a person is dying a knock is heard at the door. One of the people of the house go to the door and finds nobody at it because the knock was a ghostly one. This generally occurs three times. The death knock was once heard three times each night at 3 o'clock for three nights. This was heard by James Caffrey. One night when the two Mrs Caffreys were sitting by the fire-side they heard three knocks at the window. Everyone in the house gone to bed except those two. They got afraid and went upstairs to go to bed and they heard the three knocks again at the wall. It was about half-past ten when the knocks came and the next morning they heard that Mr James Caffrey died the night at half past ten. Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project. History Edit Topics
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   Language English CollectorKathleen Caffrey Gender FemaleAddress Mulhuddart, Co. Dublin