School: Murher (C.) (roll number 13541)
- Location:
- Murher, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Chonaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0404, Page 238
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- Long ago Jack Mulvihill died and his friends watched the grave for fear his body would be taken away. One night they never watched the grave and his body was taken away.
He was buired in Murhur Churchyard and there lived a woman named Mary Sullivan watching them. One of the men lost his glove and his name was printed on it. When the two men went back to search for it, the woman took out the corpse out of the sack and hid it in the bushes and went into it herself.
When the men came back they drove the horse quickly. After a while the woman began to scream and the two men thought it was the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Teressa Walsh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Leitrim East, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Michael Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Address
- Leitrim East, Co. Kerry
