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Volume: CBÉ 0189

Date
1935
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0189, Page 260

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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0189, Page 260

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  1. Poor Woman (continued)

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    and the ould woman got a terrible fright:
    "O Jasus praised whats at me head and it so low." she kept on saying all night.
    The people of the houes could hear her praying out loud, and they breaking their hearts laughing.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Pattern Night

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    On pattern night a crowd usually gathers in here for a bit of fun.
    Long ago the time of the big patterns of Whitechurch a crowd game in wan night. Biddy Kane of Camross came in and she sold whiskey to the crowd, and they all got fairly full.
    In the height of the town a fellow, wan of the purdy boys, stole up on the loft and crow like
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Date
    March 1936
    Item type
    Lore
    Language
    English
    Writing mode
    Handwritten
    Writing script
    Roman script
    Informant