Volume: CBÉ 0265

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1. The Killing of the Herring Man (continued)

   

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   been hung.
   "The Kyles kilt the herring man and ate him to the tail" the old song said.

   

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2. Herring Man's Ghost Killed West

   

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   My grandfather lost all his land when he married the croppies daughter though he didn't turn himself till just before he died. He used to make songs and one of them started
   "If you marry a Roman you will have to quit your place
   If you marry a Roman your family you will disgrace."
   He made a song about a Tailor and a louse and one day he was near being killed in Carnew when the Tailors all gathered around

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   Item type

   Lore

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

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   • Thomas Ellis