Volume: CBÉ 0220 (Part 2)

Date
1936
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0220, Page 0233

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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0220, Page 0233

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    There was a man living long ago in Bannow...

    There was a man living long ago in Bannow and he drove the devil to hell wan time. Himself and another man were coming home wan night and they saw a light. The other man was afraid of his life. When they cam up to it they saw the figure standing. As soon as they came up to it the figure came towards them.
    "In the name of the Blessed Trinity" said this man, go back to wherever you came from, and do harm to any man in this earth". Whatever it was, and sure I suppose it was the devil, he went off in a ball of fire, and there was never a light or anything seen there after.
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    I was coming up by Boyce's Gate wan night...

    I was coming up by Boyce's Gate wan night and I saw a light just at the gate. 'Twas moving
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