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1. Wake Games (continued)

   

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   for some time. Then all of a sudden what did they hear but the sound of dancing on the slat roof over their heads. They couldn't believe their ears. One of the men went out and it was a find moon-light night, and he saw a man sitting on the roof and he playing a fife, and eight merry young fellows dancing a set.

   The was a priest waking in some part of the county many years ago, and of course a lot of his old parishioners came to his wake. There was another priest at the wake. About twelve o clock at night a travelling man walked in, and of course everyone in the place knew him for he was a renowned fife player. The priest who was

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   History Edit

   Date

   6 April 1936

   Item type

   Lore

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • Tomás de Buitléir