Volume: CBÉ 0437 (Part 4)

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1. Father John Power (continued)

   

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2. "The Devil Ate Me"

   

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   There was a woman livin north near Drimoleague. My grandmother knew her well. She had teh habit of sayign "The Devil ate me" when anything went wrong or when she did something against the grain. One morning some one went to the house and found her dying on the settle and a dog ating her. He went for the priest and told his story. The priest came just in time to anoint her. When he had finished he said "If he has her body now he has not her soul".

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   Date

   6 December 1937

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

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   • Pádruigh Mac Cárthaigh

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   “There was another woman there long ago and she had the habit of saying "Lord open the gap for me".”

   

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   There was another there long ago and she had teh habit of saying "Lord open the gap for me"
   One morning her husband got up to find that a

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