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   “The dead coach used to travel from Ballyhogue...”

   

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   found him and brought him back The woman of the house made him wash his face and hand and throw out the water that he washed himself in on the pigs. He did so and went off about his business. About half-an-hour afterwards the pigs got allright.

   

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   “Mrs Kearns of Tinakilly was in Waterford about fifty years ago.”

   

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   Mrs Kearns of Tinakilly was in Waterford about fifty years ago. There was a fair in Waterford the same day. Herself and another woman were walking around the fair, when they heard two people talking Irish close by. Mrs. Kearns never heard Irish before, so she asked the other woman to stop and listen. They did so, and they were listening for some time, when the two fellows noticed them, and says one of

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   Date

   1936

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • Mrs Kearns