School: Cluain Meacan (roll number 11451)
- Location:
- Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Liam Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0406, Page 364
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“Long ago there was a man and his wife got a terrible fit of sickness and he thought she was dead.”
Long ago there was a man and his wife got a terrible fit of sickness and he thought she was dead. He got a coffin and put her into it and she was being carried away to be buried. The men had the coffin on their shoulders. When they were turning a corner the side of the coffin struck the wall and fell on the ground. The lid fell off the coffin and the corpse fell on the ground and the woman stood up and walked home. The people came his was home before him. He had a very hard time while she was living. She died and was put into the coffin and when they were going out the door(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kitty Barry
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derry, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Mike Daly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 76
- Address
- Kylebwee, Co. Kerry