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1. Local Historical Traditions - The Bad Times (continued)

   

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   aby Beapna Coill between Patrickswell and Limeric - a big cat ran by him and said "when you'll go home tell Manró that Tampó is dead." The man went on and when he came home, having put up his horse, he sat by the fire and told his wife of the cat and what he said. No sooner were the words out of his mouth than their own cat which was lying on the hearth jumped up and ran screeching to the door. The woman of the house opened the door and let it out. It didn't return for a week." (ó Donncad O Donngaile). This story was also told in Tiob. ár. when I was a child but I do not recall any of its details now, in substance however it was the same as above

   Thady Quinn, the first of the Dunravens, came to Adare with an old jennet. Some say he was a strolling piper and a d-n bad one at that, and others say he was a tinker. At any rate, he had teh jennet, and the fellow that got the Geraldines place from Queen Elizabeth met him on the road. They had some talk and the big fellow offered to swop the Geraldine doman for the jennet. Thady swopped but he had to get boot and that is how the Quinn got Adare and why they're so good to make a bargain. The big fellow wanted to get to Waterford

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Daithí Ó Ceanntabhail

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Múinteoir