FORM A Circumstances of Interview
NAME OF WORKER Wilbur Cummings ADDRESS Grand Island, Neb.
DATE Nov. 15, 1938 SUBJECT Folklore
1. Name and address of informant John Brennan, Wood River, Nebr.
2. Date and time of interview Nov. 15, 1938 10:00 o'clock AM.
3. Place of interview At the farm home one mile west of Wood River
4. Name and address of person, if any, who put you in touch with informant Col. J. W. O'Brian, Wood River, Nebraska.
5. Name and address of person, if any, accompanying you
6. Description of room, house, surroundings, etc. House average farm home, exceptionally clean but modestly furnished, out buildings in bad state of repair. Interview took place in the kitchen which was quite large which also serves as the living room.
{Begin page}FORM B Personal History of Informant
NAME OF WORKER Wilbur Cummings ADDRESS Grand Island, Nebr.
DATE Nov. 15, 1938 SUBJECT Folklore
NAME AND ADDRESS OF INFORMANT John Brennan Wood River, Nebraska
1. Ancestry Irish
2. Place and date of birth Wood River, March 25, 1883
3. Family Direct decendent of the early pioneers and homesteaders of Hall Co. and Wood River vicinity.
4. Place lived in, with dates Born and raised in Hall Co.
5. Education, with dates Attended school to the 5th grade or rather the fifth reader as there were no grades at that time.
6. Occupations and accomplishments, with dates Farmer
7. Special skills and interests None
8. [Communith?] and religious activities Catholic
9. Description of informant Quiet but very pleasant and obliging, require more than one interview to obtain any great amount of information
10. Other points gained in interview Name and address of other informants also old Irish [ballads?] with music. Will also gather some of the Irish legends and omens.
NAME OF WORKER Wilbur Cummings ADDRESS Grand Island, Nebr.
DATE Nov. 15, 1938 SUBJECT Folklore
NAME AND ADDRESS OF INFORMANT John Brennan Wood River, Nebraska
Irish Folklore
KILLARNEY
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1. By [Killarney's?] lakes and falls,
[Em'ralds]? isles and winding bays,
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[Mem'ry?] over fondly strays.
Bounteous nature loves all lands;
Beauty wanders ev'ry where,
Footprints leaves on many strands,
But her home is surely there!
Angels fold their wings and [feet]?
In that Eden of the west.
Beauty's home Killarney, Ever fair Killarney.
2. Inn as fallen's rui'd shrine,
May suggest a passing sigh,
But man's faith can ne'er decline,
[Such?] God's wonders floating by
Cattle Long and Glena Bay
Mountains [Tore] and Eagles nest
Still at [Mucrous?] you must pray
Through the monks are now at rest
Angels wonder not at [man?]
There would fain prolong lif's span
Beauty's home Killarney, Ever fair Killarney.
3. No place else can charm the eye
With such bright and varied tints
Ev'ry rock that you pass by
Verdure [broiders?] or [besprints?]
[Virginia?] there the green grass grows
Ev'ry morn [Spring's natal?] day
Bright hued berries [daff?] the snows
Smiling winter's frown away
Angles often pausing there
Doubt if Eden were more fair
Beautiful Home Killarney, ever fair Killarney
4. Music there for [Echo?] dwells
Makes each sound a harmony
Many voic'd the chorus swells
Till it faints in extacy
With the charmful tints below
Seems the heav'n above to [vie?]
All rich colors that we know
[Tinge?] the cloud wreath in that sky
Wings of Angels so might shine
Glancing back soft light divine
Beauty's home Killarney, Ever Killarney.