Volume: CBÉ 0463 (Part 1)

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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0463, Page 0003

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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0463, Page 0003

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    Pat - was out makin' hand-shakins in his meadow wan day, an' a terrible whirl bhlast came jusht is he was finishin' off the lasht wan.

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    another twisht or two maybe, only that his wife came in shoutin; an' cryin', that their bhest cow was in a bog-hole. "O Laws a day sez Pat", an him jumpin out o' the bed "Oye think os she dead?"
    "Is dead is a dure nail" sez the wife, but we'd betther ger her out of the bog-hole anyway.
    Pat hurried up, an' dhresshed himsel, an' et a bit, while the wife called the neighbours ta help them take out the cow
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    A week from that day there was a fair in Collooney...

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    Date
    29 November 1937
    Item type
    Lore
    Language
    English
    Writing mode
    Handwritten
    Writing script
    Roman script
    Informant