Volume: CBÉ 0407 (Part 1)
- Date
- 1937
- Collector
- Locations
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0407, Page 0006
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- Fear ana-chráibhtheach do b'eadh m'athair-se - fear ná h-inneósadh bréag dá dheoin dá mbéadh a anam air. D'innis sé dhom:-
"When I was about 30 years of age (ie.1870) Mrs Cosgrove of Baile na Tiobraide (2 miles S of Tullow) died. She was a very devout woman ; a 'living saint' if ever there was one on this earth.
"She was not long dead when the rumour was circulated that she was appearing at the stile on the roadstead between her home and the wall. My uncle Sil, a man of great courage, decided to interview her. He waited at the stile until she appeared to him about(continues on next page)