Volume: CBÉ 0441 (Part 5)

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1935–1937
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0441, Page 0296

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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0441, Page 0296

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  2. Cromail
    Lá amháin tháinig Cromail go dtí gréasuidhe le h-aghaidh péire bróga a dhéanamh dhó. Dubhairt an gréasuidhe nach mbainfeadh sé aon phinginn airgid as ucht na bróga a dhéanamh dhó; ach "dhá dtiocfhadh tú 'do rí ar Éirinn gan mo phíosa talamhna a bhaint díom". "Cé an fáth a mbéadh mise 'mo rí ar Éirinn?" "Ní bhéadh fhios agat", ars an Gréasuidhe, "caithfhidh tú é shaghnáil". B'éigean dho Chromail braon fola a bhaint as a mhéir, agus sgríobh sé dá dtiocfhadh sé 'n-a rí ar Éirinn nach mbainfheadh sé a phíosa talamhna dhen ghréasuidhe.
    Tháinig sé sa saoghal annsin go dtáinig Cromail 'n-a rí ar Éirinn. Agus nuair a bhí sé gar dho theach an Ghréasuidhe, bhí sé a' dhul ' réabadh an tighe, agus 'dhul dhá chaitheamh amach as a phíosa talamhna. "An gcuimhnigheann tú nuair a bhain tú an braon fola as do mhéir agus nuair a sgríobh tú síos, dá dtiocfhadh
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