Volume: CBÉ 0485 (Part 1)
- Date
- 1938
- Collector
- Locations
Archival Reference
The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0485, Page 0111
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“Is I'm at it I might is well tell ye anether wan.”
(continued from previous page)o' Jamsie Owen's was there while they war thryin ta decide fot ta put onit, so he tould them ta wait a minnit an' he went outside the dure an' sthayed there for a few minnits, an' when he came in he tould them ta write the followin' verse on the coffin: -
While on this Earth he raked and spent
Like a king upon his throne.
Now he's dead and gone from us
God resht you Jamsie Owen.
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“There was aphriesht in Rhivershtown at wan time...”
There was a phriesht in Rhivershtown at wan time, an' he ushed ta have a man workin' for him fairly regular. The workman ushed ta be fairly hard up at times, but he was very witty, an' sometimes he ushed ta make enough money ta keep him goin be givin fairly witty anshwers, or be doin some kind o' unusual thricks on people that he knew had plenty o' pocket money ta spare.
He was diggin' in the phrieshts garden wan day, when he saw the phriesht himsel comin out ta have a look at his work. He stharted diggin very hard round wan spot, while the phriesht was comin' is far is he, be the ways, that he losht something an was lookin' for it.(continues on next page)