Volume: CBÉ 0460 (Part 2)

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1. Rats (continued)

   

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   the Black Hill for you, would you give me ten shillings?"
   "Begob, I will," says the man of the house The ould man only went out an walked around the ricks, and then he got a piece of paper & wrote down something on it and stuck it on the rick; and the rats came out in droves, and they all headed for the Black Hill over, and there in it yet.

   

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2. The Bow (Bean Sí)

   

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   When the bow is heard they say that she is some member of the families that is lost - she is some wan related to 'em & she is damned. That's what the bow is supposed to be.
   Other people say that she is a fallen angel going around lamenting over people going to die.
   She follows a lot of people around here anyway. When any of our family (Carroll) are going to die 'tis black ravens are seen on the house.

   

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   Date

   January 1938

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   Irish

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Gaelic script

   Informant

   • John Carroll