Volume: CBÉ 0485 (Part 1)

Date
1938
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0485, Page 0124

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    Easther Sunday round here in ould times, was very different besides fot it is now.

    Easther Sunday round here in ould times, was very different besides fot it is now. There ushed never be tay then for the break'asht it all, only a casht o' roashted praties, an' maybe the full o' the skillet o' eggs. an' the eggs id be divided like, in rotation among all the people in the house, the biggesht o' the family id get maybe three a piece an the smaller wans maybe two, an' the youngest wan, an if there ever happened ta be a family haven't naera praitie, an' a nexht dure neighbour havin' plenty, yid always see the neighbour hittin off, wit his [UNCLEAR]
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Date
    8 April 1938
    Item type
    Lore
    Language
    English
    Writing mode
    Handwritten
    Writing script
    Roman script
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