Volume: CBÉ 0520 (Part 1)

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1. Sam Cooper (continued)

   

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   and poaching and the police were always after him
   but the devil ever they could catch him and
   he used be always codding them. Wan day
   he was strolling around the land down
   near the bridge and he had an hurdle
   (hurley) in his hand. Who did he spot
   coming down the road but two police
   men. the lad walked out across the
   field and he carrying the hurdle the
   very same as if 'twas a gun he had
   He wanted the police to see him; you
   see. The minute they spotted him he
   ducked down; and the two policemen
   cut in over the ditch like hell and the
   devil. Sam waited until they were
   about two fields from him and then
   he attacked to run. Well, he kept
   them hunting him around for the whole
   evening around the land. When he
   was tired running anyway, and
   the peelers were damn near "bet" out
   the lad stopped. The peelers came up as
   they thought they had a right capture.
   Begob, they got a right sell when they
   saw 'twas only an ould hurdle he had

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   History Edit

   Date

   June 1938

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

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   • Nick Cleary