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School: An Pasáiste Thoir (C.), Port Láirge

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Passage East, Co. Waterford
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Clare, Bean Uí Eachthigheirn
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    About fifty years ago it happened when a certain man was burying his wife, the four men who were carrying the coffin were going around a corner they stuck the coffin against the wall. After that happening they heard a noise in the coffin. So they opened the coffin and found the woman awake. She had only been in a trance. Her husband took her home and she lived for a few years. After that time she died again. The next time the husband shouted out when they were going round the corner "For God-sake boys mind the corner this time."
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Julia Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Passage East, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Mrs Julia Walsh
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female