School: Johnswell, Kilkenny (roll number 3247)
- Location:
- Johnswell, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: D. Ó Héigceartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0862, Page 432
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“Years ago a woman named Mrs. Delaney lived in a house in Muckalee. She was married and she had two children. One of the children was very delicate and one night it died.”
Years ago a woman named Mrs. Delaney lived in a house in Muckalee. She was married and she had two children. One of the children was very delicated and one night it died. They laid it out in a room upstairs. Sometime in the middle the night they heard a latch rising. Suddenly in came a small car with two white horses under it and a coffin in it. The man of the house came downstairs to see what was it. When he saw it coming through the dining room, he(continues on next page)
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- Mary Fitzgerald
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