Imleabhar: CBÉ 0265
- Dáta
- 1935
- Bailitheoir
- Suíomh
Ar an leathanach seo
- Stories of '98 Recorded from Thos. Ellis, Ballasalla, Hacketstown
Received 11.6.1935
Tom is feeble & finds it very hard to express himself. He is not & never was a storyteller & any peculiar idioms which he uses are ones that slip from him unconsciously have been picked up from his grandmother by continuous repitition. He is easily confused & has not himself a very clear picture of the things of which he speaks - he is rather a dictaphone record of his grandmothers stories. Little questions completely confusess him. He has never had to anything for himself having spent his whole life with a(leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)