Volume: CBÉ 0463 (Part 1)

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1. The Black Pullet's Egg (continued)

   

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   Her coushin Mike was jusht afther gettin up, an;' he was blowin' at the fire ta thry ta kindle it. The kitchen was full o' smoke, an' there sittin at the head o' the table wit his hands undher his chin was the very face an' figure o' the man whom she was in he dhrame.
   I'm tellin ye she wastnt long closin' the dure, an' when she turned ta the coushin, she was thremblin "Whose down there" sez she
   I don't know" sez Biddy, "only that its the man I'm goin' ta marry" sez she, an' she up an tould the coushin' the whole yarn about the "Black Pullets egg" an the dhrame an' the man in the kitchen an all, an' it turned out that it was the thruth, for Biddy was married to him in a short while afther.

   

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2. Another Way which a Boy May Know His Fortune by

   

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   If he washes his shirt on november's night, and lays it to dry by the fire, and goes to bed, the person whom he sees turning his shirt in his dreams will be his future wife.
   The same applies to a girl if she wishes to know her fortune

   

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   History Edit

   Date

   3 December 1937

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • Seamus Ó Gamhnáin