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  1. An Old Story About My Own Graveyard

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    An old story about my own grave yard
    In the years of our fore fathers the people of my locality had their burial grounds in a grave yard on Corry Island in Loch Allen.
    When a funeral was about to approach the island one of the people repeated some Latin words on the shore. Immediately after a big stone flag rose to the surface of the water.
    The people left the coffin on the flag and it floated towards the island. The people
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Beirne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Timpaun, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Tom Beirne
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    71
    Address
    Srabra, Co. Roscommon