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   on the floor, hunting whips, swords and pistols. He got out through the window and got onto the ladder. The window shut with a bang. That night they were sitting at the fire the same as usual. He had a hen setting in a metal boiler in a scullery near the kitchen and all of a sudden the boiler cracked the same as someone hit it with a sledge. The hen that was in it flew out and her feathers standing up like the hair on a dog so he came to the conclusion that they would not stay any longer. They took up a lighting candle and made for the door. When they reached the door they heard a heavy step comming down the stairs. Johnny turned to shut the door but he could not do so. The door was jammed as if some one put his foot between the door and the doorcase. They made for their neighbour's houses as fast as their legs could carry them. They stopped there until morning.
   They went back the next morning and found the door as they had left it and the hen was on her eggs

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Berna Parle

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Baldwinstown, Co. Wexford

   Informant

   John Carty

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   74

   Address

   Rathyark, Co. Wexford