Volume: CBÉ 0190
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0190, Page 270
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“There is a man living in Mayglas by the name of Thomas Barnwell.”
(continued from previous page)as a batte. He put his hand in his pocket and took out his beads, and prayed to God to save him. Soon afterwards his sight and his hearing were restored, and he started to walk home. He hadn't gone very far when he looked around and then he noticed that the black fellow was following him. He started to run but it was no use, the black fella kept up to him. He walked away then and the black fellow walked by his side, and then when he came to a certain part of the road the black fellow disappeared. Thomas said that the perspiration came out through him so much that there was froth on his forehead. Thomas wasn't the(continues on next page)