Imleabhar: CBÉ 0220 (Cuid 1)
- Dáta
- 1936
- Bailitheoir
- Suíomh
Tagairt chartlainne
An Príomhbhailiúchán Lámhscríbhinní, Imleabhar 0220, Leathanach 0048
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Íoslódáil
Ar an leathanach seo
(gan teideal) (ar lean)
“There was a small farmer wan time and he lived in Carrig on Bannow...”
(ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)was there in the house and what was more the divil a penny had he to buy a bit of end thread. This time they used to make sieves from briars. The briars were cut and the thorns and leaves removed and and then split and split again until they were as big or as thick as "fungs" These were then placed in the chimney to wither and harden so that they could be twisted any way at all.
So this man had a good supply of these in the chimney and they were fairly withered now
So he said that he would sew the skin on to the horse by means of the briars. Out he goes anyhow and started at the job and the horse stayed quiet enough for him and after about an hour's hard work he was finished with the job and he let out the horse in a field to graze and he wasn't a hair the worse. When the spring came and everything began to bud didn't the briars that were used in sewing the horse bud too and leaves came out on them and later flowers and in the end blackberries grew and ripened on him and they were the finest and the sweetest blackberries that(leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)