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School: Cill Condae

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Bean Uí Ríoghbhardáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0397, Page 017

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0397, Page 017

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    sheet, and the shovel of fire, so he thought that it would be safer to go up the hill.
    The voice told him that unless he returned he would see something that he did not want to see. He did not heed the warning and continued his journey up the hill to the graveyard gate. To his horror he saw a coffin on the road. He fainted and he was found lying on the road many hours after dawn.
    He died three days after and people thought that it was because he did not obey the orders of the voice he heard beforehand.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Veronica Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    16
    Address
    Ballyre, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr P. Hennessy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    66
    Address
    Castletown, Co. Cork