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1. Hurry the Brogue (continued)

   

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   in Bridgetown. They were playing "hurry the brogue" one night at a wake in Bannow and the game went so high that they hit the corpse in the bed with the brogue. It happened that the "corpse" was only in a trance and jumped up and got allright and lived for years afterwards. Another time there was a wake in Bannow, and the corpse was over the kitchen. It was a very old house ready to fall asunder. There was dancing and singing and [?] going on in the kitchen, and others were drinking tea, when down comes the loft and the corpse fell right on the table where they were drinking the tea.

   

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   “Another game played at wakes was "my man John"...”

   

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   Another game played at wakes was "my man John"

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   Date

   16 April 1936

   Item type

   Lore

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

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   • Eamonn Ó Mirneagh