Volume: CBÉ 0485 (Part 1)

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   “Ora Begob, sure Kingsborough was always a quare place...”

   

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   Ora Begob, sure Kingsborough was always a quare place (sure that was the ould name they ushed ta call Ballindoon,) an' ye wouldn't want ta be a coward indeed ta go through them big dark lonely woods all be yershrel at night. [UNCLEAR] it was often said, that there was more than fairies in them, even though Ballindoon is supposhed ta get its name from all the forts thats in it. There was more than wan ghosht seen in it in ould times, in the lonely ould walks that goes through the woods, an' sure in the ould house itsel, that was built be nearly the firsht settlers that tuk over Ball-

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   History Edit

   Date

   7 Aibreán 1938

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   Béarla

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • Bean Uí Cheallaigh