Volume: CBÉ 0485 (Part 1)
- Date
- 1938
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Archival Reference
The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0485, Page 0164
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“There was two youngsthers at wan time, a boy, an a girl.”
(continued from previous page)They was movin' away anyway, for they saw no use in heedin' the little man any longer, when they heard a sthir among the bushes, an' presently a great wild boar appeared, an' he made sthraight for the little man. The little man when he saw him, began to scream an' shout at the top of his voice, for he knew that the boar was comin to kill him. "Kill them two" he shouted to him pointin to the young boy, an' girl. The boar never heeded his screamin however, only stharted to nose round him, an' he was jusht goin bitin his head off, when what aught to come boundin' along but a great wolf-hound. The wolf-hound jumped on the boar, an' in a second the pair o' them was fightin for life, an' death, but in the end the boar was overcome, an' the wolf-hound killed him. The little man was jusht goin ta sthart scoldin the wolf hound for not comin sooner, an' allowin him to get such a fret, when the wolf hound turned on himsel', an' before the little man had time to say anymore, he ripped his head off.
The little boy an' girl ran back to see the lasht o' the little man, but no sooner had the breath left the little joker, than the wolf hound was(continues on next page)