Tape 133  11.6.78.  Mikeen McCarthy

Man stole priest's eggs  (story).

Ghost of Lady in White.  (story);  family forced to emigrate9 ghost can't follow them

because it is unable to cross water.

Haunted house in Cork city.

Haunted caravan site in Mallow, (story about himself and his brother-in-law)

The Banshee, no harm in her except if you have an 0 in your name.

Ghost of old man in Caherciveen.

Ground in Cork City (The Fair Field) cursed because of fight between travelling families.

England "too noisy for the Banshee".

Horse refused to go into haunted field (Churchfield).

Ghost of woman who died after operation to remove leg returns to look after family.

Old man goes to "his own leg's funeral".

How the goat came to Puck  (story).

Nicknames for travelling families, The Sue Reillys, The Bold Boy Reillys, etc.

Bold Boy Reillys ash plant fighters.

Tinsmiths fight with soldering iron, chimney sweeps with machine cane, the dealer man

with the ash plant  (some used hammers).

Doherty's renowned as knife fighters.

Art of cutler at fighting with razors.

Kick fighting.

Fighting on horseback with ash plant (description of fight).

Whip fighting (London Learner whip, ash plant whip, Peterborough whip, different

names for ash plant whip, whalebone whip, steel lined whip

Long Johnny Delaney known as plant fighter.

"They were like gunslingers, they'd come looking for each other".

Tongue of boot used in ash plant fighting, skill of fighting. Damage done through fighting.

Jimmy Driscoll of Kilarney "don't have a sound bone in his body through fighting."

Paddy O'Brien, man with one kidney, beats professional fighter.