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1. The Moores (continued)

   

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   up. There was a woman there and she was for throwing them out, or burying them outside, but faith she had to put them back where they were. Her name was Mrs. McCoy. As soon as Mrs. McCoy got home that evening she lost her sight, and never recovered it to the day she died.

   

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2. Old Graveyard

   

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   There was an old graveyard in a place called Kilell, near Glynn
   There is no sign of it there now. About fifty years ago some timber crosses were dug up there. There was a woman and her daughter living near the place. One day the mother was baking bread. She had the cake mixed and all. "Now", says she, "I have nothing to bake it, there's not a bit of fire in it". "Oh I won't be long getting stuff to bake it", says the daughter. So she went out and

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   Date

   March 1936

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • Nicholas Moore