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 385

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Kilmacrane is about five miles from Banteer. There is a field there owned by Charles Mc. Carthy. There are six graves in the field, since the famine years. One evening my Grandmother and some other children were coming from school. They went into the field to see the graves.
One girl jumped up on the graves and said "I am jumping down on the dead" A woman rose out of the graves and ran after the girl. She caught her leg when jumping the first fence. The girl went home and never left the bed until she died.

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Collector
Mary F. Murphy
Gender
female
Address
Lisrobin East, Co. Cork
Informant
Rose Agnes Murphy
Relation
parent
Gender
female
Address
Lisrobin East, Co. Cork
Language
English