Volume: CBÉ 0220 (Part 3)

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1. Old Song (continued)

   

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   We went to the priest and got married
   Where the knot was well tied on us both
   And convenient to the town of Tipperary
   In Bansha to live evermore

   

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2. The Girl who Went Out to Frighten a Man

   

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   The Girl who went out to frighten a man

   Long ago there was a rich farmer lived in Rathcormac. His name was Curtain. He kept three men and a servant girl always working in the place. This girl, that was working in the house, she was a terrible card and she was up to all kinds of tricks. She was always playing tricks on the men. There was wan [one] of the men and she had an auld grá for him, and he used be drinking and she didn't like it. He used to go down to a pub every night for a pint or two.
   There was a auld passage from the pub up to the house, across the fields, 'twas a short cur. Well they used all say that this auld passage was

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   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • James Carey