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School: Colehill (C.), Mullingar (roll number 14673)

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Colehill, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Kathleen Morris
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0750, Page 202

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    A person that has been very sick gets back his health twenty four hours before he dies or as people say get well to die" or in the ease of an insane person they get use of their reason A person near death gets a grey white colour we often heard the remark "The clay is in the face" There will be a death in the house of the raven or black crow perches near the door or a man seeding the ground if he misses to seed a
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Jane Mc Guire
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Lisnacreevy, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Guire
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Lisnacreevy, Co. Longford