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... story - tellers . These are not isolated examples . From Micilín Mac Donncha of Cárna ( ob . 1931 ) , I compiled in a few hours a preliminary list of over two hundred folk - tales and anecdotes . Éamonn Búrc , another story - teller of ...
... story - tellers . These are not isolated examples . From Micilín Mac Donncha of Cárna ( ob . 1931 ) , I compiled in a few hours a preliminary list of over two hundred folk - tales and anecdotes . Éamonn Búrc , another story - teller of ...
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... stories . There are a number of instances recorded in our collectors ' diaries of fruitless visits to the houses of story - tellers on account of the presence of young people , or even of older neighbours , in whose presence the story ...
... stories . There are a number of instances recorded in our collectors ' diaries of fruitless visits to the houses of story - tellers on account of the presence of young people , or even of older neighbours , in whose presence the story ...
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... story - teller friend of mine , speaking of old men whom he had known in his youth , was full of admiration for ... story - teller rarely departs from oratio recta in the first telling of a tale , but it is a common experience to find ...
... story - teller friend of mine , speaking of old men whom he had known in his youth , was full of admiration for ... story - teller rarely departs from oratio recta in the first telling of a tale , but it is a common experience to find ...
Contents
LIST OF FELLOWS | 9 |
CORRESPONDING FELLOWS 1945 | 14 |
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS By Sir John Clapham | 14 |
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