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

Location:
Passage East, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Clare, Bean Uí Eachthigheirn

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The Corner

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0652, Page 309

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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."

Collector
Julia Walsh
Gender
female
Address
Passage East, Co. Waterford
Informant
Mrs Julia Walsh
Relation
unknown
Gender
female
Language
English