Volume: CBÉ 0265

Date
1935
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0265, Page 0513

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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0265, Page 0513

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  1. Once upon a time there was a King & a Queen & they had 3 daughters. There was two of them lovely girls & Hairy Rucky ... Hairy Rucky was always in the corner & this ould King & the Queen they got poor & the two daughters went off to seek their fortune so Hairy Rucky said she'd go too & she started after them & the two daughters waited for her to see what they would doe & they tied her to a tree so when they got up a good way again they looked back & here was Hairy Rucky coming with the tree on her back so when she came on again they saw a stack of hay & they put a chain all round
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Item type
    Lore
    Writing mode
    Handwritten
    Writing script
    Roman script
    Informant