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1. Grandmother and Mare (continued)

   

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   out his sword & made a dash at
   John Whitty. Moody put the
   [torch?] on top of the ditch & jumped
   out on the road & with a curse
   swore that if Laurence did not
   put his sword in his "sabre" & go
   his way he would sweep the head
   off him. Laurence apologised &
   said he would not draw a drop of
   Tom Whitty's son's blood for
   anybody only he was in such a
   rage owhen he heard of his son
   Antony's death in Hacketstown
   that he told his wife that he's
   kill every croppy he'd meet
   from that to Hacketstown. Yeomen
   used to wear their hair like a
   womans & Catholics had them

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   • Thomas Ellis