Volume: CBÉ 0190
- Date
- 1936
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Archival Reference
The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0190, Page 272
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“There is a man living in Mayglas by the name of Thomas Barnwell.”
(continued from previous page)out of the car and her leg was was broken. This priest then went to this pace and he drove the bad spirit out of it. He drove him into a marl hole and he will be there until the day of Judgment.
There were two boys fishing in this marl hole soon afterwards and the moment they started the hole opened up and the water stood like two walls.
Thomas Barnwell worked in a certain farmer's place for thirty years. He was a married man. He got four shillings a week and three runs at the table. Stirabout for his breakfast, potatoes for his dinner and stirabout for his supper. He had to be up in the morning at five o clock and had to work until(continues on next page)