School: Freshford (C.) (roll number 797)
- Location:
- Freshford, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Síle Ní Mheachair
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- (continued from previous page)of another who went to look for work but before going he told his wife that if she did not hear from him in a few days she was to follow him. She did not hear from him so she took her five children and went after him. Four of the children died on the way but the fifth one lived. When she reached the place where her husband intended going she was told that he had just been buried in a trap coffin that day. She turned around and walked home but on the way she buried her last child. The shock unhinged her mind and she spent her life a lunatic.
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- Collector
- Annie Barnaville
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 15
- Address
- Freshford, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- John Barnaville
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Occupation
- Police officer
- Address
- Freshford, Co. Kilkenny
