Volume: CBÉ 0407 (Part 1)

Date
1937
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0407, Page 0006

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  1. Fear ana-chráibhtheach do b'eadh m'athair-se - fear ná h-inneósadh bréag dá dheoin dá mbéadh a anam air. D'innis sé dhom:-
    "When I was about 30 years of age (ie.1870) Mrs Cosgrove of Baile na Tiobraide (2 miles S of Tullow) died. She was a very devout woman ; a 'living saint' if ever there was one on this earth.
    "She was not long dead when the rumour was circulated that she was appearing at the stile on the roadstead between her home and the wall. My uncle Sil, a man of great courage, decided to interview her. He waited at the stile until she appeared to him about
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Date
    11 August 1908
    Item type
    Lore
    Languages
    English
    Irish
    Writing mode
    Handwritten
    Writing scripts
    Gaelic script
    Roman script
    Informant