Volume: CBÉ 0265

Date
1935
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0265, Page 0235

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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0265, Page 0235

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    handed that lad the fiddle & the child in the cradle played the tune & after some time when he thought the woman was coming back he said to the tailor "Leave up that fiddle on the wall" so the tailor took the fiddle & left it by the wall - he was afraid but to do so - so he informed the woman a short time after she coming back & the woman went to the priest & told the priest so she was to carry him across the steps where there was a short cut going to the town over the river & she was to throw him into the river so she carried him in a log & threw him into the river & he going down the river he yoked to play a melodeon
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Item type
    Lore
    Writing mode
    Handwritten
    Writing script
    Roman script