Volume: CBÉ 0407 (Part 2)

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1. Protestant Burial Service Interrupted (continued)

   

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   'Stop the stone-throwing' says Mr Brown. 'I'm not doing harm to anybody'. But it was no good. The 'pinking and caffling' continued. 'I hear a voice from Heaven'__________your sowl', says Din Boy Hayes, 'I'm nearer to Heaven and I hears no voices'. Turn to Chap XV and send him up to Heaven!'
   There were about 20 of them summonsed and Hayes and Breen were fined £5 each or 6 months hard labour. Hayes paid up but the other man had to go on the run. That's how we buried old Lloyd" (1904)

   

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2. The Holy Souls Take Some Exercise

   

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   There were "picked lads " around Toem at that time. Did you ever hear what they done one All Souls' Night at the cross. They took off their "shoes" and all except their white underware and socks and starting playing "leap the frog" around the cross. The old women were sure that the holy souls were playing to heat themselves when they saw all the white figures and no sound to be heard. I tell you that Father Crowe made well out of it.
   Another time they nearly frightened the life out of Mrs ------Her husband wasn't long dead. Some of the playboys got a turnip and scooped it out and put a candle lighting in it. They put the effigy

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   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script