Volume: CBÉ 0220 (Part 2)

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1. Dicky Fitzgerald

   

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   Dicky Fitzgerald were an ould man who lived near Bridgetowne (Bridgetown). He was very fond of work and he hated a wet day when he'd have to be idle,
   If any people were inside of a wet day when 'twould be near clearing up Dicky would say to them:
   "I aint raining now
   nor 'taint leaving it alone
   But if I wor in your house
   I'd go home".

   

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   English

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   • Jem Neill

2. 1847

   

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   During the famine méal used to be given out in Baldwinstown by a man named John Brown.
   Ten of us used go down for the meal. A pound of yellow méal used to be given out to a family of nine or ten.
   You could go to the Rails (Receive Holy Communion) after ating it and say you hadn't broke the fast.
   I worked with a farmer since I was twelve years of age, and the pay I had

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