Volume: CBÉ 0460 (Part 1)

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1. The Lazy Daughter

   

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   There was a man wan time and he had a divil of a lazy daughter. She was a fairly fine girl but shewould do nothing at all all day.She was so bloomin' lazy that she almost had to be lifted in and out of the bed. This farmer had two other daughters and they were very good for working but there was no limit at all to the young wan. There was a fella got in with her anyhow wan night at a dance and he came home with her and begob they got very great and he used to come and see her very often. Begor in the wind up didn't he pop the question to her, and asked her would she marry him and begor she was only too delighted with the idea. He went and told his father that he was
   very fond of the daughter and that it was his intention to marry her. He also said that he was

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   History Edit

   Date

   December 1937

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Gaelic script

   Informant

   • Pádraig Ó Ruairc