Every child in ireland should have access to this podcast...to keep Irish traditions alive.....eddie you are an inspiration

I remember my dad came home drunk one night from a pub and he sat down by the fire, kissed my mom, and said "I have a good story for you tonight" My mom was about to send me and my oldest brother to bed but he stopped her "It's alright. It's not dirty" and told us a story about a debtor in the 19th century making a deal with the devil. I can't remember it but it was really interesting. I love your stories, Mr. Lenihan

Eddie I am 26, so fairly young and we would have always observed all of the old traditions such as bobbing apples etc and stories of the faeries. My memories of Halloween are of being in my Nana’s kitchen with all of my cousins and all of us taking turns to soak ourselves and the floor, as well as trying to get a bite out of the apple hanging on a string with our hands behind our back. It was a great time. My fiancé is a primary teacher and he said most of the kids in his class would be doing that at home. So hopefully the traditions aren’t gone just yet!

So happy i found this podcast. Was a fan of your 26 years ago when we left Ireland, and now my Australian Grandchildren are the next generation of listeners. From Australia 💚💚💚💚💚

I sometimes think of how the celebration of Día de los Muertos and the Aztec festival for the dead, especially for the goddess Mictecacihuatl: The Lady of the Dead, from which Día de los Muertos arises from, occurs in the same time frame as Samhain. Two cultures that had no contact and vastly different environments agree on when their dead relations return. I find that very interesting.

@JohnMoore-qv4vn

3 жыл бұрын

Two vastly different environments that arose from a worldwide mother culture that was destroyed in a mysterious cataclysm. The dead we are mourning are the millions lost on that terrible day.

@Ruarie

3 жыл бұрын

read ''irish wisdom preserved in the bible and pyramids''. PROFOUND. You are more correct and ONTO something bigger then you'd ever guess or know. Well spotted great observsation :) . ALSO, google image 'earth mound usa' then, 'hill of tara'. hahaha i don't need to say more ;)

Great to keep our stories alive

I'm on the way down to Cork from Dublin on the bus. It's a beautiful summers evening and the sun has just set. As I look out the window, the words of these stories are like the sauce on the landscape. Adding flavour to the heritage and traditions of Ireland.

I'm so glad I found you, your stories are like a second home.

Brilliant to see this! Hope this will be a regular thing, it's great to hear the stories that are long forgotten in these modern times. Such a great story teller and it will be brilliant to keep a log of these stories online! Thanks Eddie!!

Keep them coming Eddie. BIG Fan!

Thanks Eddie brings me back to childhood Listening to me Aunt Molly sitting around the fire listening to all the stories.

only found Eddie's storys of old in the last couple of days and can't get enough of him

Eddie thank you for this wonderful narration and story. I wish so much that life could have stayed the way you describe. God Bless.

You are an amazing story teller, hope you write down every one in a book to share with the world. These stories are very precious and need to be shared. Thank you Eddie.

Hey Eddie, delighted to come across this channel, love listening to your stories Adore these stories, kildare man myself Athy. Near the border of Laois, great to have these stories, sadly alot of these old timers are passing on , great work eddie. I'd love to interview all the older generations, from different counties and hear there stories

I was exposed to Eddie from The Blindboy Podcast! I bought Storyteller 1&2 on mp3 from Amazon two days ago, and I must've listened to it 10 times! Thank you for sharing your passion for enthralling stories and language in general!

In 7th grade I threw a halloween hay-ride at my grandparents house. I invited all of my friends at school, about 10 or so girls my age. When I was trying to think of activities we could do my grandfather suggested apple bobbing, I had never done it before but I wanted to! So that night we got a giant wooden pot and put the apples and water in. My papaw went first to show us how to do it, then I went , and slowly every girl there went. Middle school girls, who had probably spent hours on their makeup, hair and costumes, went bobbing for apples. Some even went as deep as their shoulders! It was delightful fun, but for some reason I haven't done it since... now I know where it originated from! It would make sense though, my papaw has a fair bit of Irish in him, and supposedly his mothers grandfather smuggled himself onto a ship, in an apple barrel, to come to America.

Thank you Eddie for these, I grew up loving your stories, and now our new son Tadhg will know your voice and stories down here in Oz. Keep it going

Im so exited i found you on youtube!! I cant wait to buy your books greetings from Texas USA

This is a great opening podcast! Though it's kind of funny that under it we can enjoy comments like "There are two supernatural forces operating in the world. Rubber ducks and wooden decoys. So which ones are birds, do you think?" ... some folx think there's no mystery in the world at all, but your stories remind us there is indeed a lot of mystery and wonder!

I could listen to this all day, keep them coming Eddie!

Once again and numerous times there's a different temperature and weather pattern near the fairy tree in Dromoland and another car crash, they're getting more numerous lately.

Eddie Lenihan is the uncle I never knew I needed.

Brilliant Eddie, thanks a million!! Love from the Netherlands

Being raised in the Celtic faith. I love this podcast. Thanks for keeping the tradtions alive.

Thrilled to find this!

Great story teller

These stories are great. A real treasure!

Wonderful! I could listen to you for hours and hours. Thank you.

Excellent stuff Eddie good man yourself

Keep this alive.

I'd love to hear Eddie's take on Seamus Ennis and Barney McKenna and heritage through music and poetry.

Thank you, Eddie.

Beautiful! Thanks for posting. Peace, love, and blessings

Never stop. I love stories :)

thank you for these videos

Great work, Eddie!

Great story teller, tapa leat.

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Go raibh mile maith agat mo chara Eddie. Ta do chuid scealta iontach.

This man is a legend!

Going through & listening to all the episodes on your channel!! This is amazing 🤗🤗

This is amazing. Im glad i found your channel!

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Hello 👋 I love these stories

I love these story's I don't know much about my ancestors my great grandma is half Irish half scottish, I like to imagine my great great grandma her irish mother might have told her some story's like these

@keithking1985

3 жыл бұрын

WELL YOU'VE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE TO LEARN ABOUT IRISH FOLKLORE ALYSSA! THIS GUY IS BRILLIANT AT WHAT HE DOSE.. HE'S THE BEST STORY TELLER YOU WILL FIND IN IRELAND ABOUT OUR HISTORY(THE WEIRD KIND OF COURSE) HE LITERALLY HAS THOUSANDS OF BOOKS OF PEOPLES STORY'S COLLECTED. HERE'S HIS EMAIL. I'M SURE HE WOULD SEND YOU ONE OR TWO OF HIS BOOKS IF YOU ASKED, HE'S A NICE GUY THAT WAY!! eddielenihan1@gmail.com P.S. YOU HAVE A NICE NAME!!

such a treasury!

I grew up with bobing for the apple's in America.

Mighty Craigh Thanks so much

Had to listen to you, tonight.

Someone should put animation's to these amazing stories

Iontach

The invisibility from the fern seed could only be used to do bad things and not good things. But what about doing bad things for a good reason? Say for example robbing from a big company that uses child slave labour and then using what you stole to set the enslaved people free?

There are two supernatural forces operating in the world. God and the devil. So which ones are fairies, do you think?

@TheJimm55

4 жыл бұрын

Good question . I think they must be from the dark side.

@wolfthequarrelsome504

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheJimm55 you guessed correctly.

@TheJimm55

4 жыл бұрын

@@wolfthequarrelsome504 Thanks Pat. there is an all out war going on in the world at the moment between these two forces. I have no doubt about which is going to win, but we are facing some very difficult times ahead.

@eldricgrubbidge6465

3 жыл бұрын

Well, some people used to say they were the angels who wouldn't take sides when Lucifer fell.

@natalianaring8166

3 жыл бұрын

I think we can't define witch side they are, is like asking wich side are the humans. Sorry for my English.

I SAW A BANSHEE WHEN I WAS ABOUT 5YRS OLD SHE WAS A A SMALL WOMAN ALL IN BLACK SITTING ON A BIG HIGH WALL I WAS GOING FROM MY AUNTS HOUSE TO MY GRANDMOTHERS HOUSE AND TOLD MY GRANDMOTHER ABOUT THE WEE WOMAN SITTING ON THE WALL SHE LOOK OUT AND SAID THATS A BANSHEE COME IN AND SHE PUT ME INTO HER BED AND DON'T WORRY SHE WON'T HURT YOU. 2DAYS LATER MY FATHERS AUNT DIED..