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I have known story - tellers in Clare who could tell folk - tales ( märchen ) in both Irish and English , but it was quite ... Neither does it appear from the evidence available that story- telling was peculiar to any class of the rural ...
I have known story - tellers in Clare who could tell folk - tales ( märchen ) in both Irish and English , but it was quite ... Neither does it appear from the evidence available that story- telling was peculiar to any class of the rural ...
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Seosamh Ó Dála tells in his diaries of an old Kerry woman who insisted on having the door of her house bolted lest any neighbours should enter while she was telling stories . There are a number of instances recorded in our collectors ...
Seosamh Ó Dála tells in his diaries of an old Kerry woman who insisted on having the door of her house bolted lest any neighbours should enter while she was telling stories . There are a number of instances recorded in our collectors ...
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story - telling and singing , and contestants from neighbour- ing districts would meet in houses selected for the purpose ... Ó Heochaidh points out that the old story - tellers seemed to be loath to tell folk - tales in their own homes ...
story - telling and singing , and contestants from neighbour- ing districts would meet in houses selected for the purpose ... Ó Heochaidh points out that the old story - tellers seemed to be loath to tell folk - tales in their own homes ...
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Contents
CORRESPONDING FELLOWS 1945 | 4 |
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS By Sir John Clapham | 12 |
THE POETRY OF THOMAS GRAY Warton Lecture on English Poetry | 43 |
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