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   “There was a man out at a wake one night and it was very late when he was coming home.”

   

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   across the rafters, and she milking them as if she was milking a cow. There was milk flowing down out of them into a bucket. When the man saw that he kicked the bucket and spilled the milk, and then he took the broom and swept all the (spilled) milk out the door. The woman bawled at him to stop there, but he didn't for he burned the broom and the following day he told the Priest and that put an end the her devilment.

   (Micheál Ó hArtagáin, Dalta Sgoile 15)

   

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   “Connor Carroll and Liza his wife lived in High St., where Monarty's flour and meal store is now.”

   

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   With regard to the story of Tamaisin the sparkle smith of hell, mere hints of which are given on page 99. The following items relative to the narrator and the times of its telling to my informant, have been since received from Mr. O'Neill by me :

   "Connor Carroll and Liza his wife lived in High Street, where Moriarty's flour and meal store is now. They had but one room which was kitchen, parlour, bedroom, and stable for the donkey, all in one. We - that is the young fellows of his own age - used to go in there of a certain night to hear Connor and Liza and sometimes old Ned Kennedy - see page 35 - telling stories. We used have to pay a penny to be let in or failing that bring a "goumbeen" of tobacco for Connor. The goumbeen was a small bit, and God forgive me, I knicked it off Simon Sellar's little jot on more than one occasion in order to be able to hear the stories. We used

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   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mr O' Neill

   Gender

   Male