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   Stories súch as the following were told by the old people while sitting round the fíre during the long winter mornings. Long ago there resided in the neighbourhood of Kilmeedy; a man named Mahony who lived alone. One night he was coming home from the village of Castlemahon and he was drunk. He stood up in the car beating his horse, and fell off, and the car with a heavy load, went over his neck. He was taken into a house ón the roadside where he died. The house was full of déad people during the night, and when he died they bore his body away and it was never seen again. The people of the district said he used put his ear in the ground to find out secrets about his neighbours. John Geary Ballinruane. Kilmeedy, Co. Limerick Aged 58 years May Geary Ballinruane Kilmeedy Co. Limerick

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   Topics

   1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. the great famine (~4,013)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   May Geary

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballinruane, Co. Limerick

   Informant

   John Geary

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   58

   Address

   Ballinruane, Co. Limerick