Volume: CBÉ 0036 (Part 2)

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1. The Stolen Child

   

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   They was a man an' woman livin' in' Coolyhayan wan time, an' they had wan child, a little girl.
   This night they were sittin' at the fire an' the child was in the cradle asleep, after some time, they heered what they thought was a bee buzzin in the chimbly(?) an' twas sthrange(?) to hear a bee buzzin in a winthers night.
   befor whim(?) they wint-to get ready for bed. The woman wint-over to the cradle to take up the child. an' wasn't-it-gone out-o The cradle. The poor father an' mother run to the neighbour's houses.

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   History Edit

   Date

   1929

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   Béarla

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script