Volume: CBÉ 0460 (Part 2)

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1. Béaloideas ó Pharóiste Chluain Gaoin (Clongeen) (continued)

   

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   crowd that was working there but they'd tell the master. Rabbits were dear at the time and I used manage to get a few of them. Well wan night I was hunting in this field and something got up at me feet, like a rabbit, and ran a bit and stopped and then ran another bit and stopped. I had two dogs with me and I called them and they came running towards me til they came to the edge of the ould ráith and they'd come no further. I called and called and 'twas no good. So begob I got afraid and I come away. I come on down towards the yard and I was going to call the steward - he lived in the yard. When I got to the gate me courage came back again, so I said to meself "Here begob I'll go home". I turned back and faced for home, and I was never so hard set in all me life as I was to get home.
   What ever was there that night it went into the ould ráith, and I suppose the dogs seen it, and that's why they were afraid to come any further.

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   History Edit

   Date

   January 1938

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Gaelic script

   Informant

   • John Carroll