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School: Cluain Meacan (roll number 11451)

Location:
Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Liam Ó Catháin
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    “Long ago there used be four boys playing cards in a house.”

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    what have they in it. When they came to the crowd they put their hands on the coffin, and as they did the coffin was left on the ground to them. They took up the coffin and took it home. When they reached the house they laid the coffin outside the door and their mother hearing the noise, opened the door. When she opened it she saw the coffin and said, "For Goodness sake who did ye kill". They took the coffin and opened it, and found it was a beautiful girl dressed inside. They were looking at her and they found she was coming to life. They took her before
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    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT0990*: A Merchant's Son Finds the Princess Wounded in a Coffin
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peg Barry
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derry, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mrs Barry
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Derry, Co. Kerry