Volume: CBÉ 0485 (Part 1)
- Date
- 1938
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0485, Page 0188
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“Ushen't they tell this wan round here about Pether the Smith...”
(continued from previous page)ushed ta take him for many a ride over the countrhy durin' the night, an' lave him back agin nexht mornin an' they gave him a special power for himsel in the line o' Smith work.
It was always said round here, that Micky, that was his brother was very good, but anything that Micky washtn't able to do Pether always did it for him. An' wan day its said a man came in to Micky, an he asked him ta do a rather awkard job for him wit a bit o' iron. Micky tuk the piece, an' he looked at it all over, an' heated it in the fire, an' done his besht to make a job o' it, but it seems, it failed him, because he jusht left down the piece o' iron on the anvil, an' walked out.
Pether who was lyin in the room is every wan thought sound ashleep, the minnit Micky went out on the dure up he got, and down to the forge wit him, an' he got at the bit o' iron, an' he had a job made out o' it while yid be winkin.
The man who owned the piece o' iron went out ta tell Micky that the job was done, an' if he didn't find him cryin' for all he was worth, an' lamentin' that he washtn't able ta do it.
Pether when he came in only laughed at him, an' tould(continues on next page)