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1. Stories of '98 Recorded from Thos. Ellis, Ballasalla, Hacketstown (continued)

   

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   me to bring the Ediphone to him a few nights shortly afterwards but with this awe inspiring instrument the poor old fellow was completely dumbfounded + several hours resulted in a complete failure. When the mouthpiece was out of his hand a moment he would give a detailed account of an incident but when tried with the Ediphone a minute afterwards monosyllables was all that he could reproduce.
   On a few occasions afterwards when I called to see the man of the house who was seriously ill & from home I thought there might possibly be something to be got. I would notice poor

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   History Edit

   Item type

   Lore

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Location

   An Baile Salach Uachtarach, Co. Cheatharlach

   Informant

   • Thomas Ellis