School: Carrigbyrne (roll number 4479)

On this page

1. (no title) (continued)

   “There was a woman dying one time and she left fifty pounds to buy the habit and the people could not get a habit for fifty pounds...”

   

   Share Share Post

   

   You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.

   (continued from previous page)

   so the man that was on the road had the habit an' he put the habit on him, and a man went by an' he saw the man with the habit on him. He ran into a house near where he saw the man with the habit. There was a cripple and a woman in the house, an' he told them that the woman was buried to day was up. on the road. So the people would not believe him and he said "Don't I know the habit." But still the cripple would not believe him. So he told the cripple he would carry him up to where she was. So the cripple agreed an' the man got him up on his back, and when they reached the man with the habit on him he thought it was his friend with the lamb and he said "I hope you got a good fat one" So the man dropped the cripple

   (continues on next page)

   Save Cancel

   Transcription guide »

   By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.

   Folktales index

   AT1791: The Sexton Carries the Parson

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Anthony Walshe

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Carraig Bhrain, Co. Loch Garman

   Informant

   Mrs T. Walshe

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   60

   Address

   Carraig Bhrain, Co. Loch Garman