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1. A Local Story

   

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   Old, people who are indeed very rare at the present day, were great story tellers. Their tales which have come down to the present generation were told on the long winter nights as they sat in a corner by a blazing turf first. There were no amusements for them, then but storytelling, now they have radios, pictures, etc etc. The story which follows is one, which I heard from my father on one of the nights.
   A certain man, who was coming home from the fair lost his way in the bog. Night drew on and he still could not find his way. At length he expied a di light penetrating the darkness and he at once decided to seek its postion in the bog. On he tramped till finally he came to a little hut in the centre of a clump of trees. he entered and to his horror the house was empty and a corpse overboard stretched on the bed. Next moment an incident happened which caused him to almost collapse at the bedside where he knelt (spirit) offering a prayer fo the departed spirit, as the corpse sat up and said:

   (leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)

   

   Tras-scríofa ag duine dár meitheal tras-scríbhneoirí deonacha.

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   Béarla

   Bailitheoir

   Mary Mc Hugh

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   Baineann

   Seoladh

   Mainistir Réadáin, Co. Shligigh

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   Mr M. Mc Hugh

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   Fireann

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   Mainistir Réadáin, Co. Shligigh