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1. Grandmother and Mare

   

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   Grandmother & Mare. Reed. 11.6.1935

   One time that the soldiers were at
   Kyle they took away a mare that had
   a foal from my grandmothers & left the
   foal locked up in the stable. She
   had to follow it up to the Leitrim
   Barracks (in Imaal about 12 miles away)
   & she said to the soldier that was on
   guard "Where is the mare" & he said
   "What mare" & she said "The mare you
   took from the foal yesterday" & he said
   "Go up there and slip the bridle off of its
   head. I won't say a word. We must
   let the mare back to the foal anyway"
   The mare went off like the wind
   & was at Kyle before she was at
   [Mugduff?]
   They had a [___] of oatenmeal at

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   Lore

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   Handwritten

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   Roman script

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   • Thomas Ellis