Volume: CBÉ 0221
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0221, Page 0209a
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“There was a man wan time and he was married.”
Was there any old man living in the house and the man told him that there wasn't only a young pair that were recently married.John then choked the old man and went up to the door and knocked. A young woman came to the door and John soon could hear his story. The young woman wasn't in a sort of a hobble about letting him in. But after a while she had pity for him and let him in. She gave him a good naggin and then John went to bed. She slept all night, and about eight o clock he got up and got his breakfast and started for the road again. He travelled all day and when night was beginning to fall he went to go look for some place to stop. He went into the first house(continues on next page)