REFERENCES
- Most of the material from the various informants quoted or paraphrased in this article is preserved in the manuscripts of the Department of Irish Folklore, Dublin, viz. Mr MacManus MS '573, pp. 558–19; Mr Killian MS 1639, pp. 354 et seq; Mr Kenny MS 1834, p. 275 et seq; Mr Gately MS 1574, pp. 486 et seq; and Mr Reilly MS 1458, p. 131, and MS 1550, pp. 545–47.
- The pronouns 'he' and 'she' are generally used, especially by the older generation of country people, in reference to living creatures, cows, calves, horses, birds, etc. A calf, for example, whether male or female, is always referred to as 'he'.
- Canon O’Hanlon, History of the Queen's County, vol. i (Dublin, 1907), 45 et seq.
- Paraphrase of recording of Peter Byrne, Treel, Lenamore, County Longford, 26 February 1981.
- Taken down from Thomas Horan (aged 84), 21 June 1966.
- Recorded from William Boland (aged 80) of Longford, Kinnitty, County Offaly, May 1976.