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   five shillings". Then he got the money and the man gave him hard bread and cheese. He told him to get the key in his wife's shoe and get the good food.

   The man asked him what was his religion and the boy told him he was a Catholic. Then he said that he would shoot him if he did not rise the devil. He put a fire under the boiler where the lad was hid and called for a Bible and started reading it. The man jumped out. "There he is" said the lad as the Protestant man fell on the floor with terror an fear. Then the boy from Dublin ran for his life from the Protestant's house.

   It began to get dark and he met a sweep. The sweep asked him where he was going and he said to Dublin. The sweep said that he would be with him. It began to rain and they slept in a loft in the church. Next morning the parson was preaching and he said that the Lord would blow his trumpet at the last day. The sweep had a trumpet and he sounded it. The people went helter skelter from the church. The sweep got the money and himself and the boy divided it in Dublin. So if they don't live happy that you may.

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Michael Cunningham

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Fearmore, Co. Westmeath

   Informant

   Laurence Cunningham

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   74

   Address

   Fearmore, Co. Westmeath