Volume: CBÉ 0463 (Part 1)
- Date
- 1937–1938
- Collector
- Location
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“I heard poor Jamsie White tellin "Awnie" Coen this yarn wan night an' us above ramblin' in Awnie's...”
(continued from previous page)an' save the hearers, if the baby hadn't a pig's head on her. She had three childre in all, but the second an' third war not quite is bad is the firsht. However none o' them could ate like ordinary childre, so she had ta get a special trough made for them ta feed out o' when they grew up to be women, it remained the sthill, the third daughter however, got married, an' her childhre had the mark too, an' it remained to the third generation(no title)
“A weasel skin purse is supposed to be the luckiest purse a man could have...”
A weasel skin purse is supposed to be the luckiest purse a man could have, for he is never supposed to be out of money while he has it.
The skin is usually preserved with salt and nitre, or alum and milk.(no title)
“Crickets are lucky in insects in a home.”
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