...farmers' houses on occasions when numbers were collected at some employment, such as wool-carding in the evenings, but especially at wakes. Thus the people became familiar with all these talcs. The writer has heard a man who never possessed a manuscript, nor heard of O'Flanagan's publication,...

...farmers' houses on occasions when numbers were collected at some employment, such as wool-carding in the evenings, but especially at wakes. Thus the people...O'Flanagan's publication, relate at the fireside the death of Uisneach, without omitting one adventure, and in great part retaining the very words of the written...

...farmers' houses on occasions when numbers were collected at some employment, such as wool-carding in the evenings, but especially at wakes. Thus the people...man who never possessed a manuscript, nor heard of OsFlanagan's publication, relate at the fireside the death of Uisneach, without omitting one adventure,...

...farmer's houses on occasions when numbers were collected at some employment, such as wool-carding in the evenings ; but especially at wakes. Thus the people...retaining the very words of the written versions." " It has been already said that some of these legends and poems are new versions of old ; but it is...

...assumption of independent oral transmission, we may note here Standish O'Grady's assertion that he had "heard a man who never possessed a manuscript nor...retaining the very words of the written versions" (1875:29). church which he then demolishes, killing himself and all inside; Deirdre then commits suicide...

...reported that he had heard a man, who for his own part knew neither manuscript nor printed versions, 'relate at the fireside the death of the sons of Uisneach...retaining the very words of the written versions'. The explanation is to be found in the prevalence of reading aloud by hedge schoolmasters to groups...

...farmers' houses on occasions when numbers were collected at some employment, such as wool-carding in the evenings, but especially at wakes. Thus the people became familiar with all these tales." See O'Grady, 1857, pp. xvixviii. (32) Carleton, 1843, pp. 312-313. (33) Dowling, 1968, pp. 62-71. The...

...farmers' houses on occasions when numbers were collected at some employment, such as wool-carding in the evenings, but especially at wakes. Thus the people became familiar with all these tales." See O'Grady, 1857, pp. xvixviii. (32) Carleton, 1843, pp. 312-313. (33) Dowling, 1968, pp. 62-71. The...