Volume: CBÉ 0406 (Part 2)
- Date
- 1937
- Collector
- Location
Archival Reference
The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0406, Page 0038
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“They say that it is not good to meet a pig at night.”
They say that it is not good to meet a pig at night.
That it for something bad. There was a man
coming along by Maesllor wan night and when he
came to Crosaire na dirí gCrann he met a pig and
it followed him to his own galó. The man got
sick and he never got out the bed 'til he
died.
When any one of the Cotters of Kilworth are
going to die a dog is always heard barking
in the yard.
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“When any of the Daly family is dying...”
When any of the Daly family is dying a white
horse is seen to jump into the yard and
run around it and jump out again. - Long ago, about 30 or 40 years ago
the pooka used to be seen down in the
Carra (a big field of abour 30 acres a mile from
Kilworth) and the boys used go down to
hunt him.
You'd hear them saying, 'are ye
coming down to the Carra to catch the pooka" (no title)
“Wherever a person commits a sin...”
Wherever a person commits a sin he'll have to come
back to that place to do his penance. The Good
people are as This as blades of grass about
us but we cant see them. The old people used
never leave the house without water when they'd(continues on next page)