Volume: CBÉ 0485 (Part 1)
- Date
- 1938
- Collector
- Locations
Archival Reference
The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0485, Page 0036
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“Its nearly is long is I mind o now ta me grandmother God be good to her...”
Its nearly is long is I mind o now ta me grandmother God be good to her, an poor ould Micky Walsh, from out there the hills (Drumshinagh) God be good to him too, swapin' yarns over the fire, when we war only young lads, in our bare shins. An we'd be sitting round lishtenin ta fot they'd be talkin' about an' the more wondherful the yarn id be gettin the harder it would be ta hear it, for the pair o' them id lower their voices ta whispers, an' they'd sign an' nod wit wan anether, till ye wouldn't know fot on earth they war tellin ether it all, but they'd undhersthand(continues on next page)