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1. The Story of a Churning (continued)

   

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   you were churning when you tried to kill the clock with your foot well that was me".
   The husband and sons came in and the man had to fight hard to save his life.
   He never went that road after.

   

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2. A Story of the Penal Days

   

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   A Story of the Penal Days In the Penal days there was a priest going to be hanged outside the village of Cootehall, and a great crowd of soldiers gathered lest he might escape, and all the faithful gathered on the opposite hill. They made up a plan that if they could get a good marksman to shoot the hang-man then they would rush in and free the priest. It happened that one man came forward, he was more or less intoxicated, but he was a crack shot. He took the gun and fired and killed the hang-man. The enemy got confused and frightened and so they ran. Then the Catholics ran in and freed the priest

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   Topics

   1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. penal times (~4,335)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Betty Murray

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Strokestown, Co. Roscommon

   Informant

   William Madden

   Age

   68

   Address

   Farnbeg, Co. Roscommon