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   “There was a boy wan time and when he was about two years old...”

   

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   things that were happening in the places in the neighbourhood. For instance if a man died or was killed in any part of the parish he would know on the minute and he would tell the people of the house so. He knew everything and always had it first before any of the rest of the people if the house knew. Oh he wasn't right for the priest himself said it.

   

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   “There was a great snow storm in this county about sixty years ago.”

   

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   There was a great snow storm in this county about sixty years ago. The snow remained on the ground for a whole week and then it began to freeze and it froze so hard that people could skate on the river Slaney. There were a crowd of people skating on it wan time and there was wan woman, her name was Mrs. Griffin went down in the water

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   Date

   14 July 1936

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • Máirtín Leighlin