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1. Folklore - Holy Men

   

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   James Devery my grandfather was a very holy man. He was always seen with his beads in his hands saying the rosary, when he used be going to work and coming from it. About six months before his death it is said that the Blessed Virgin appeared to him. The evening before his death he was seen coming home from Belmont mills with his hat under his arm his rosary beads in his hands and he saying the rosary. He never used a prayer. About four o clock next morning he died suddenly.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
         1. religious tales (~1,085)
   2. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Edward Cassidy

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Killagally Glebe, Co. Offaly

   Informant

   Mrs Elizabeth Cassidy

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Killagally Glebe, Co. Offaly

2. Folklore - Farm Animals

   

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   Among the green hills of Endrim about a century ago dwelt a brave old Fenian Darby Kilmartin. Darby was a wanted man with a price of £50 on his head. Many were the attempts to catch him and a triangle had been erected at Ferbane on which to hang him. Having some urgent business to perform on a fair day in Ferbane. Darby threw caution to the winds. He saddled

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