Volume: CBÉ 0106
- Date
- 1935
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0106, Page 410
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“There was a family lived in Ballinclay by the name of Lacey.”
There was a family lived in Ballinclay by the name of Lacey. There were three brothers and one sister in it. Their names were Mat, Nick, Paddy and Mary Lacey. They were very young n poor in their young days. They were so poor that their only means of living was a [?] which they kept for service. They had no out houses so they used to have the 'puck" inside in the dwelling-house tied to the foot of the bed, or so the old people used to say.
As they advanced in years luck turned, and they got a little well off in the world. May was the oldest of the four, and he owned the [?], but he didn't like to part with it for it had brought him luck. Nick was(continues on next page)