Volume: CBÉ 0220 (Part 3)

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1. Captain Barny

   

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   Captain Barny: there was a beautiful cut stone in the old Abbey of Glenworth and ould captain Barny ordered the stone to be taken out of it and put under the window of the Protestant Church.
   When the job was done he was walking out of the church to look at it, and he turned his head around, and his head remained turned. It could never be brought back again and it stayed that way until he died.
   Recorded from Michael Mahoney, Coulalisheen, Kilworth, age 84

   

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   • Michael Mahony

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   “It worse to see an animal at night than a person. ”

   

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   It is worse to see an animal at night than a person. If you see a dog and if it changes into something else 'tis a very bad sign; and the thing that changed into a cow, or a pig is the worst of all. 'Tis very bad to have a dog follow wan. twill do harm in the end. When you'd be out at night you should keep in the middle of the road and "they" cant do you any harm. If you keep near a ditch or a corner they could crush you to death.

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