Volume: CBÉ 0189

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   “There was a big flag down in Rowan...”

   

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   There was a big flag down in Rowan where they used to grind corn long ago. There was supposed to be money buried under it and fellows used to try and go lift it; they used to be scábing [?] there anyway.
   Two fellows came wan night to lift it. They had wollen thread set around it. Twasn't long 'til a big rally came. It bet the devil; and a big black man came along and sat on the stone.
   He lifted the stone and something like three angels rose up out of it - but I suppose they were three devils - and hovered about
   Then there was a terrible noise, like a race, or a stampede, or a steeplechase

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   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

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   • Michael Foley