Volume: CBÉ 0485 (Part 1)
- Date
- 1938
- Collector
- Locations
Archival Reference
The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0485, Page 0189
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“Ushen't they tell this wan round here about Pether the Smith...”
(continued from previous page)him, that he should be on betther terms wit the Good people, an' that they'd help him. An sure if they do ye no ether favour itsel sez he, they'd take ye for an odd ride wit them. Sure I was out mesel wit them lasht night sez he, an' the besht jump I had was across M.-'s house b'low there in Doonsheheen when I was comin back.
(This house happened to be a fairly large one-storey house)
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“This was aterrible counthry for evictions long 'go...”
This was a terrible country for evictions long ' go, especially down the Geevagh side, an indeed alot o' them washt'nt carried out in the most humane way either.It was said at wan time, tould for the thruth in fact that there was a poor ould woman, an' a wida-woman at that livin' wit her six childre an wan o' the Geevagh eshtales. I won't say which wan now, for it might be betther ta lave very well alone, especially in a case like that.
But anyway this wida woman was to be evicted for not payin the rent, an' the landlord himsel came to the house to see that there was no merely shown to her.
There was apot o' olhirabout boilin' on the fire, when(continues on next page)