Volume: CBÉ 0485 (Part 1)

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   “There was aphriesht in Rhivershtown at wan time...”

   

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   said that I'd make a bargain wit him, so fot di ye think, he bought it for twelve bob off me. That was the price o' a bag o' flour father, but today we're short o' sugar an' tay, an' sure sez I to mesel, when St Antony was so good ta me, maybe he wouldn't fail me this time either, so I prayed to him again, an' if he didn't tell me that you had anether pipe ta spare, an' that he was sure yid give it to me, that I could use it ta buy the tay an' sugar."
   Begoin' wit ye sez the phriesht, Between yershel an St Antony, y'id rob me out o' house an home. Micheal had ta thry his wits someplace else ta get the tay an' sugar that day.

   

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2. A Cure for Corns

   

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   A cure for corns- Steep ivy leaves in vinegar for a few days, then place the leaf over the corn. Keep renewing them until the corn is drawn out.

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   Date

   4 Márta 1938

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   Béarla

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • Micheal O'Tathanaigh