Volume: CBÉ 0265

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1. Site of Askinagap Chapel (continued)

   

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   Lambert burned the cabin. [Sting?] Byrne swore that young Jackson did it & the song went
   The Bloody minded [Sting]
   He swore away the life of Jackson
   Wasn't he guilty of an awful thing
   For burning the house in Ballyteigue
   Wherein he did long reside
   (Jackson's father meets Tate)
   He met Mr. Tate & he said
   Pull under Jackson & respect me as a gentleman
   And I'll not hang your child
   but Jackson replied that
   "Him nor his son was not cross
   born [or?] the son of a laundress
   (referring to the fact that Tate was illegitimate)
   There was another gentleman with
   Tate & he'd sooner he'd have shot

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   History Edit

   Item type

   Lore

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Location

   Askanagap, Co. Wicklow

   Informant

   • Thomas Ellis