Volume: CBÉ 0481 (Part 1)

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1. Landlords (continued)

   

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   I ran away and went to service - I was such a buck you know.
   I was drawing lime for Hickeys, and I following a pony, without a shoe nor a stocking on me.
   Hickey bought a ship wrack down in Bannon, and we drew all that - the finest of nine, and Hickey roofed all the houses with it & made gates.
   We use never have tay (tea) only on a Sunday.
   When I worked for a while in Taghmon I got tired of it. There was no night but there'd be a ball or a dance, and meeting fellows, so begob I usen't have a halfpenny So I left it and I came on to Roches of Shanoule. I hired with Roche for £16 a year; and the agreement was, that if I was not satisfied that I give a month's notice and if he was not satisfied he'd give me a month's notice. At that time we used get what was

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   History Edit

   Date

   April 1938

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

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   • John Carroll