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   sheets round her. He said to himself that the poor man's children want these sheets more than she does. He went down in the night to get the sheets. He then brought the woman into the ? and put her hands round the churn desk where they were going to churn next morning. They buried her again. The little boy brought her up out of the grave and put her riding on a horse. When the people got up [the] next morning they saw her galloping around the field on the horse. The man said whoever would keep her down he would give him half his money and half his land. The little boy said he would bring a ten pound sledge and every time she put up her head he would put

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   AT1536A: The Woman in the Chest

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Michael Moloney

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Mrs Burns

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Culleenamore, Co. Sligo