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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0407, Page 0054

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  1. Fairs

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    Fairs (information from records or from tradition
    Palatine 26 March (Patent for 3 others - not held) RIC
    Nurney 6 May (not held according to Lewis) RIC
    Blessed Wells
    Hacketown ri/jane John the Baptist
    (Will finish fairs & wells some other time)
    Hydrophobia (cta from page 84)
    If a dog bites a person, the dog must be destroyed. Otherwise the person has little chance of recovery. & should the dog ever go mad, the person bitten would necessarily go mad, also. Such is the belief.
    When we were children we were in morshal dread of "the headless horseman" and of "the dead coach".
    True story from Aghode: a young stepped outside her own door. The coach passed and she was never seen again' ..Explanation given by some of the same members of the community: the wheels of the car were stood with rubber and the horses likewise. Therefore no noise. The driver saw unclear & drove through the front window. They were body snatchers for the young doctors to practise on "up" in Dublin.
    Deo gratias 16/10/1937 finis
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Item type
    Lore
    Language
    English
    Writing mode
    Handwritten
    Writing script
    Roman script
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  3. Hydrophobia (continued)

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    Hydrophobia (ctd from page 84)
    If a dog bites a person, the dog must be destroyed. Otherwise the person has little chance of recovery. And should the dog ever go mad, the person bitten would necessarily go mad also. Such is the belief.
    When we were children we were in 'morghal
    dread of "the headless horseman" and of "the dead
    coach"
    True story from Aghada: a young stepped
    outside her own door. The coach passed, and she
    was never seen again'.. Explanation given by some of
    the saner members of the community : the wheels of the car were shod with rubber and the horses likewise. Therefore no noise. The driver saw within and drove through the front window. They were body-snatchers for the young doctors to practise on "up" in Dublin.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit