Volume: CBÉ 0485 (Part 1)
- Date
- 1938
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0485, Page 0078
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“I'm a great ould seanachaidhe, am I, well ta tell ye the thruth, girleen, it reminds me o' ould times when ye come in an' sit here...”
(continued from previous page)dozen women there too, an' them all dancin' to the music. The cripple was there presidin' over the whole affair, him sthandin' out on the fhire, an' now an' agin givin' a few stheps o' a dance, along wit the resht o' the company.
The minnit he saw the father, however, he hopped into bed, an' the resht o' the company disappeared like clockwork The father then knew that he wastnt aright child at all, so when he tould the neighbours, the sthory they came to the conclusion that he had something ta do wit the fairies, or maybe some evil spirits, so they decided that the besht thing ta do was ta get rid o' him.
There was an ould cushtom in Ireland, an' I think it was in agood may ether counthries is well, an' it was ta burn, anywan that had anything unnatural about them On the day that they war ta burn the buachaillin na Cruiche, all the neighbours had gethered ta see the performance. The Buachaillin was brought out to the place where he was ta be burned, an' they war jusht bindin' his hands an' feet, when he spoke up, an' sez he "Ye might is well spare me, for its hardly worth yer while ta do away wit me for in three days time I'll die, an' sez he the day o' funeral 'ill never beforgotten. They spared him an no doubt, he had some part in wit the fairies, because his prophecy about his funeral came thrue sure enough(continues on next page)