Volume: CBÉ 0481 (Part 2)

Date
1937–1938
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0481, Page 0289

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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0481, Page 0289

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    There was a young fella wan time an he used to be bringin in cows every mornin'...

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    to the house an opened the dure an went in an found an ould woman lyin on the flure in a pool a' blood so in that way t'was found out she was a witch.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    There was a man named Colfer livin in Bannow...

    There was a man named Colfer livin in Bannow seventy or eighty years ago an' he went to America, he got on fairly well an after a while he joined some secret society an got to know another man from the County Roscommon. Himself an the man from Roscommon got to be very grate an wan night they was drinkin together in a taproom. "I wonder what's me poor auld mother doin at home
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Date
    25 October 1937
    Item type
    Lore
    Language
    English
    Writing mode
    Handwritten
    Writing script
    Roman script
    Informant