Volume: CBÉ 0220 (Part 1)
- Date
- 1936
- Collector
- Location
Archival Reference
The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0220, Page 0165
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“Soon after the troubles in Wexford during "Nintety Eight" as the sheriff of the county and a few other...”
(continued from previous page)opposite colours , so they argued for a long time until about after a half an hour or so the chap thought of himself again and the load of hay and he jumps up up and says "oh me father me father' ll kill me if they don't come quick." "O Sit down on that" said the ould man "what about yer ould father won't the lads be here in a few minutes." So the chap sat down and drank the tay and ate away for half an hour and got into talking on politics again and after about another hour he jumped up again and shouts out "me father, me father'll kill me." "what about yer ould father" replied the ould man "What about him or where is it" "Oh sure he is under the load of hay" replies the chap.