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  1. Wake in Camross

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    There was a wake in Camross wan night, and it bet all the amount of whiskey was there. There was wan fellow there and he drank so much whiskey that he didn't know whether 'twas day or night he had.
    Some time during the night, when the people of the house were in the bed taking a rest, some of the boyos lifted him into the bed with the corpse.
    When he woke up in the morning he was 'longside the corpse and you may swear he got out of that quick an lively
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Date
    March 1936
    Item type
    Lore
    Language
    English
    Writing mode
    Handwritten
    Writing script
    Roman script
    Informant