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Volume: CBÉ 0407 (Part 2)

Date
1937
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0407, Page 0215

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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0407, Page 0215

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  1. Maud who Grew a Tail!

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    The first Maud was a drummer in Cromwell's army. When he got as far as Dundrum, the drum burst and he laid it down. That's why the place is called "Down -drum....".
    DANNY MALONY, TAILOR age 54 years:-
    "No. He said 'I'm done drumming' That's why it is called 'done-drum'
    M QUESTION CONTINUED:
    "At any rate Maud was given a big estate in Dundrum and all the Catholics were hunted out of their property.
    The Mauds were a notoriously bad lot. You couldn't look
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Date
    20 August 1937
    Item type
    Lore
    Language
    English
    Writing mode
    Handwritten
    Writing script
    Roman script
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