Volume: CBÉ 0221
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0221, Page 0373
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“There was a man and his wife lived in a small house.”
(continued from previous page)would go off with himself. "Begor" says the wife "if you goes off I will follow you". "Well if you are going off" says he "make sure and rake the fire before you go" So the woman raked the fire up in her lap and followed him. But before he was gone very far she went on fire, and he had to throw some water on her and put her in the bed. So the husband took a notion to stay a little while longer. After some time however the wife got alright and they lived away together for another while.
One day not long after this the husband told the wife that they would kill a pig and have some meat to grease the cabbage. So they soon killed the pig and then they eat it up and the husband went off to his work. When he came home in(continues on next page)