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   “There was a man in Drumbingle called Bawney O' Leary”

   

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   declined the offer,as the young lady would not be a suitable match for him.The young lady went home with her friends and Bawney went home to his mother and gave up night walking and gambling.

   

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   “When Martin Fahy was a young man he used to go in his cuaird to Creevagh”

   

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   When Martin Fahy was a young man he used to go in his cuaird to Creevagh. One night when he was coming home he saw a crowd of men in a field through which he had to pass.One man whose face was covered with a cloth approached him and told him that he would have to come before the crowd of men.The man swore him not to tell anyone that he had seen men in the field that night. Martin is dead now .he was an old man when he told

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   1. gníomhairí (~1)
      1. neacha neamhshaolta agus osnádúrtha (~14,864)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Martin Guerin

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Greanachán, Co. an Chláir