Volume: CBÉ 0265
- Date
- 1935
- Collector
- Location
Archival Reference
The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0265, Page 0241
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“Once upon a time there was a nurse and her name was Mrs Mary Kelly of Tichnock.”
Once upon a time there was a nurse & her name was Miss Mary Kelly of Ticknock. She went to Talbotstown to Kellys of Talbots town & she was attending a patient there when a carriage drove up & a knock came to the Hall door & asked was nurse Kelly there. The girl of the house said "yes" so when nurse Kelly came down she said "Who wants me" "I am a friend" he says "that knows you well. Will you come". "Who is the person". "This person's name is Mrs Kavanagh from the Three Bridges" so she got into the carriage & went along & they were travelling for about 3 hrs when she looked out & she found herself coming up a big long avenue - trees on both sides. She came to a big(continues on next page)