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    stop in spite of the fire. So that next night there was wind and the fire was stoped started. Micky went out singing and the boys threw a stack of straw on them and the fire into Micky's garden. Micky would swear until the day he died that it was the music that threw the stack on the man with the fire. So the next morning the man wanted is oats and Micky wold not give it to him. All the neighbours came and made agreement and said that there would be no other fire on a windy night but the lost his oats.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. winds (~357)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Flaitile
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Aghadiffin, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    James Cafferky
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aghadiffin, Co. Mayo