Volume: CBÉ 0463 (Part 1)
- Date
- 1937–1938
- Collector
- Location
![The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0463, Page 0067](https://doras.gaois.ie/cbe/CBE_0463%2FCBE_0463_0067.jpg?format=jpg&width=1600&quality=85)
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0463, Page 0067
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“There was a phriesht livin' down the counthry at wan time, an its a long, long time ago, an' he had a house-keeper in his house...”
There was a phreisht livin’ down the counthry at wan time, Aw it's a long, long time ago, an’ he had a house-keeper in his house, an’ a little boy that ushed ta run messages for him. Now the phreisht had a few cows, an’ they was always noted for bein’ great milkers, but for some time they began to fail in the milk, an’ the house-keeper could get little or no butther off it, when she’d churn, so she was gettin’ very conthrary in herself. his day however, she said the little boy out on a message, an’ she tould him on peril o’ his life(continues on next page)