Volume: CBÉ 0407 (Part 1)
- Date
- 1937
- Collector
- Locations
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- Fairs (information from records or from traditionPalatine 26 March (Patent for 3 others - not held) RIC
Nurney 6 May (not held according to Lewis) RICBlessed WellsHacketown 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 - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- (continued from previous page)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.