School: Uillineach (roll number 6584)

Location:
Ullinagh, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Sibéal Pollock
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  1. 1. There was a man who had a sick wife who was being watched to die. At last she died. As the coffin was going down the lane a bush caught the lid and opened it scratching the dead woman. Lo, she was only in a faint and lived.
    The next time the woman was being carried out the husband ordered the coffin bearers to go through the largest field for fear she might not be dead and be awakened again.
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Beatrice Thompson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lattacrom, Co. Monaghan
  2. 2. Once upon a time there was an old pair going to the fair. The old woman was very ugly. At
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