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

    CBÉ 0437

    a piece of the house had fallen in. He called his wife to see it.
    "The devil carry ye", he said when she came, "there the lord has opened a gap for ye now".
    Corcaige Cairbre
    Diarmuid Ó h-Uallaig
    Shrcelane, An Léim, Co. Corcaige
    Cunntas 1/12/1937
    Pádraig Ó h-Uallaig
    56
    feirmeóir
    Shreelane
    Skaoitleaí
    About 40years ago "Stamps" was a popular game in this district at flax and potato meitheals. I saw it played once when I was about 20 years of age at a flax meitheal.
    In the old houses there were two rooms in
  2. Seán Ó Slatartha

    CBÉ 0232

    320
    nuair a tháinic sé abhaile, dubhairt sé lé na
    chuid cléireachaí, bhí roinnt fósmair lé baint aige mur
    íodh capall an tam sin ag chuile sagart. ’Sé an
    leas marcaigheacht a bhíodh acúí é. Io feárr díbh
    ghuil siar bé leis na cléireachaí ’siar ar na
    ointeachaí i muicín Sheáin í Slátárta a thabhairt
    niar annseo níor chuimhne mé ar fheóil ná aon cheó.
    beidh meitheal annseo a baint an choirce dhé
    ain nó dhe Mháirt. Tháin leiggheamhail go leór a
    ní na cléirithe ag aguil siar. Dubhairt siad an
    éad am nach rachfach. Bhí sgáthmhaireacht beag
    aitcís orthú. Dubhairt an sagart go gcaithfidhío dhul.
    é rígín leeógheamhail a bhuaileadar leósa siar ar
    a mhóinteachaí a gcoinne muicín Sheáin. Anois nuair
    tháiniceadar chomh fada leis an gcró bhí laig
    ór i lámh fir acú. Chas sé a laisgh í labhair sé leis
    n muic mar seo. Ló muc amach annseo d’eist Seán
    í raibh sé i bhfadh taobh istigh. D’eiog Sé aríst leófa.
    siubhail sé amach. Chogar lé an a goid mhuc
    tá sibhtse i lár an mhéadon oidhche. Ar nódh as go
    orách leis an dá chléireach chomh threán in Éirinn
    í sé anntú a dhéanamh. Dar fiadh Seán leis