Volume: CBÉ 0221
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0221, Page 0017
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“There was a certain house in the Co. Wexford where they used to give out the yellow meal...”
(continued from previous page)stirabout in a great big boiler
an give a little of it to the
poor people. They used to save some
in this way for their own use
There was one man in the neighbourhood
and he was hungry and he went to this farmers place and says he
"Now Mr. Fred I'm nearly dead
And I hope your honour will not
fail
to give poor Bly before he die
Wan precious hint of male."
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“About seventy years ago in this Co. there used be great bonefires lit.”
About seventy years ago in this
Co. there used to be great bonefire
lit. . There were two or three
nights in the year and the
29th June, and the 24th June
and at 'All Hallowe'en. There
would be twenty or thirty
fires lit on the one night.
About that time. There was
a man living in Brookhill(continues on next page)