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   “Long ago in Duagh an old woman named Maura Yamaton (Eamonn) used travel from house to house.”

   

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   she used walk from house to house to house and read her stories.
   There was another woman travelling in Duagh and she used spend the most of her time at a house named Joys. Every night a big crowd of men used come to Joys to hear her stories. One of the stories she used tell was the Lost Harp. She used also tell a lot of other storied and she used sing songs and if any person said to her about her voice she would turn into the wall an she used always wear a red cap and when passing anyone on the road she would pull the red cap down over her face
   There was a tinker travelling around Duagh named Ann Corridan and at the end of the Vllage she had a camp and she used sell pipes

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   R. Finnucane

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Lios Tuathail, Co. Chiarraí

   Informant

   Matt Finucane

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Lios Tuathail, Co. Chiarraí