Volume: CBÉ 0463 (Part 1)
- Date
- 1937–1938
- Collector
- Location
Archival Reference
The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0463, Page 0030
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“Mesel' an Georgie was comin' home from ramblin' wan night in ould Biddy ---'s out there the road.”
(continued from previous page)went, I couldn't get the end o' the hape, an' there I was goin' round an' round about it until at loug lasht I backed backed from it, an' I was kep' backin' until me back part bumped inta a big lone [?] - thorn that was growin in the fort, an' I never fell mesel backin' inta the fort until I got this mighty knock an won id have ta sthep high ta get inta it any other time.
I steadied mesel at the bush, an' I said I make a sthraight shot for the gap this time for I knew the dishtance ta be forty-five yards.
I sharted off, counted forty-five stheps, an' I walked out through the gap, an' got home safe an' sound at half pasht four in the mornin'.
I met George the nexht day "[?] time did ye get home at lasht night" sez he. "Half four" sez I. "Ye were damn lucky" sez he "It was half six before I got home. I losht me cap in the meadow between the two forths, an I went lookin' for it, an' they kep' me thrampin' from wan fome ta thether, antil nearly day light, an' I was damn glad then ta go home without it. An thats my sthory for ye now so ye see theres fairies ta be had in ould Ireland all the time.(continues on next page)