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  1. Stories of '98 Recorded from Thos. Ellis, Ballasalla, Hacketstown

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    Stories of '98 Recorded from Thos. Ellis, Ballasalla, Hacketstown
    Received 11.6.1935
    Tom is feeble & finds it very hard to express himself. He is not & never was a storyteller & any peculiar idioms which he uses are ones that slip from him unconsciously have been picked up from his grandmother by continuous repitition. He is easily confused & has not himself a very clear picture of the things of which he speaks - he is rather a dictaphone record of his grandmothers stories. Little questions completely confusess him. He has never had to anything for himself having spent his whole life with a
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Item type
    Lore
    Writing mode
    Handwritten
    Writing script
    Roman script
    Location
    Ballysallagh Upper, Co. Carlow
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