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   the press. The grandmother was inside eating a bone. She pushed the bone over in her neck and choked her. When they buried her the poor brother lifted her again and brought her to the rich brothers house. He brought her into the dairy and put her sitting on a chair He covered her face with cream and put a spoon in each of her hands. The rich brother was surprised and he brought the poor brother back the next morning and he told him to put five hundred pounds down in the grave with her. He did so but the poor brother took the money and lifted the grandmother and put her on a horse. When the rich brother found her the next morning he sent for the poor brother. The poor brother told him to put all his wealth down in the grave with her. He did so and the poor brother got all the

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   AT1536A: The Woman in the Chest

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Norah Kenny

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cloondart, Co. Roscommon

   Informant

   Thomas Lynch

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cloondart, Co. Roscommon