Volume: CBÉ 0463 (Part 1)
- Date
- 1937–1938
- Collector
- Location
Archival Reference
The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0463, Page 0028
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“Mesel' an Georgie was comin' home from ramblin' wan night in ould Biddy ---'s out there the road.”
Mesel 'an Georgie was comin' home from ramblin' wan night in ould Biddy ---'s out there the road. It was afther twelve when we left the house, an' I was feelin" very tired, for I was at the fair O' Ballyfarnow that same day, an o courche ta tell the thruth a man does feel a bit fatigued afther thrampin to a town in the early hours o' the mornin' an' sthaudin on the fair green all the day thryin ta seel a few ould thieves o' bullocks, that was badly worht their throuble, an' then comin' back, an' countin' the few odd shillins yid have left after spendin them on- well(continues on next page)