Volume: CBÉ 0463 (Part 1)
- Date
- 1937–1938
- Collector
- Location
Archival Reference
The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0463, Page 0074
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“There was a man livin' down near Rhivershtown at wan time, an' at that time Hurlin' was a great game in Irealnd, an' this man was a noted hurler too.”
(continued from previous page)This is a sthory about a spy who lived in at [?] at wan time, an' his name was Burley. He was greatly hated among the people for they couldn't have a dhrop o' poteen unknownsht, but he hadn't the Revenue informed about it.
Wan time he found out that there was a sthill ta be had somewhere near the "corners at Heapstown, so off he goes ta ballymote, hot foot ta inform the Revenue it was durin' the night time that he went, an' he was promished five shillins' o' a reward if he could take the Revenue to the place where the sthill was before mornin.
He said that he could easily, but it was in the may time o' the year, an' o' courche the sun rises very early on a may-mornin, an' the ould spy, it seems didn't think about that, an' he was only comin along at "Shralahan" about a mile an a half or so, from where the sthill was, when it was broad day-light. He began ta grow very nervous, for he didn't want anywan ta see him wit the Revenue men, so he sey that he wouldn't go any further wit them, that they'd be able ta find the sthill themselves.
The Revenue men o' courche didnt know a thing about the place at all, or where they would find the sthill(continues on next page)