School: Rosenallis (roll number 5442)
- Location:
- Rosenallis, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Mrs L. Dagg
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0823, Page 429
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- (continued from previous page)boards breaking. The man swung at his best with the axe to break the leg,but instead of hitting the leg he put the side out of the coffin, He came out of the room, and went out side the kitchen door and all the people wondered what was up. When he was out side he said,"it is a failure friends". When the people went into the room they found the side out of the coffin and the corspe on the floor.
When Lil Scully's father died. Mrs Corcaran and John Wisely and some other man was there. When they had the rosary said. They noticed that the wall beside the bed was dirty, and Mrs Corcoran said it would be better to hang a cloth on the wall. Lil got the cloth and a knock came to the door. and Lil went to the kitchen. The man got in on the bed to hang up the cloth, the bed broke and the corpse rolled in on the man. and he could'nt(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Joseph Egan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lackan, Co. Laois
