Volume: CBÉ 0265

Date
1935
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0265, Page 0243

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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0265, Page 0243

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    Once upon a time there was a nurse and her name was Mrs Mary Kelly of Tichnock.

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    castle & the voice said "Get out". She got out & went in & up a big stairs & when she went upstairs she saw a young girl in the bed & she said to her "What ails you" & she said "I am not well" & there was a man at the fire wth a great big long rag down to his toes. He said "what drives you here". "My business" says Miss Kelly "so you get out of here. It is not your place". "I won't" he says "If you say much more I'll see that you get out of here" she says. "No" says he "I wont" so he stayed there & when Miss Kelly had her work finished & all he says "Give me that baby & I'll throw it in the fire" so she made a battle but he got it &
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    Item type
    Lore
    Writing mode
    Handwritten
    Writing script
    Roman script
    Informant