School: Glaise an Choinnlín (C.), Áth Treasna (roll number 12321)
- Location:
- Clashykinleen East, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Nóra, Bean Uí Ghealbháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0351, Page 368
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- (continued from previous page)ed beside the man. He then remembered that this was the woman he refused to marry. They reached the house about 3 o' clock in the morning.
When they drew near the house they heard people ag caoine. The woman was still walking near the man. He went into the house and found his wife dead. The woman then disappeared.
It is thought that the woman came back and delayed them so that the sick woman would be dead and to punish the man who refused to marry her.
- Collector
- Siobhán Ní Chonchúbhair
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs D. Murphy
- Relation
- Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glennakeel South, Co. Cork
