Volume: CBÉ 0312

Date
1937
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0312, Page 0316

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  1. (continued from previous page)
    mbean - gur b’í bu chiontach leis.
    "Well, má’s í," adeir sé, "ní mhathfa mé dhuit," adeir sé,
    "ní fhéata mé matha dhuit - shíl tú mé chuir gon
    tsaol."
    Ach rug sé ar a’ mbean insin agus thug sé leis
    ar a dhruím í, a goil go mbáthfat sé í. Agus
    nuair a shíl sé í chatha amach sa bhfaraige rug
    sise air agus báthú an bheirt acab le chéile.
    Agus bhí an Chúirt ag Cruchúr é héin insin, agus
    phós sé, chreidim, - phós sé agus bhí bainis naoi n-oíche
    agus naoi lá acab, agus b’fheárr an oíche deireannach
    ná an chéad oíche.
    Sin é mo sgéal-sa anois.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Date
    22 February 1937–23 February 1937
    Item type
    Lore
    Folktales index
    AT0650A: Strong John
    Language
    Irish
    Writing mode
    Handwritten
    Writing script
    Gaelic script
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