Volume: CBÉ 0481 (Part 1)

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1. Burying Animals (continued)

   

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   to be buried standing up. This was done to prevent the rest of the cattle from taking it.
   There was a man living in Tinnerath, a few miles from here, and he was in awful hard luck with horses. He couldn't keep a horse, they'd all die on him. The last horse that died on him he buried it at the bawn gate. He trained a bullock then and he did all the work with him.
   He used go to Ross every Saturday, and the chaps used be all jeering at him. He used take a few pints in Ross, and when he'd have the few pints in he used get two penny buns and stick wan on each horn of the bullock going home. My grandmother remembered well to see the bullocks working.

   

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2. Families

   

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   When any of the Farrells die music follows them. The grandest music ever heard When any of the Culletons are going to die a light is seen going around. One of them was in hospital wan time and the light was seen at the hospital. The lad seen it himself. "Oh God," says he "I'm done" He died alright.

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   Date

   Aibreán 1938

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   Béarla

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

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   • Séamas de Faoite