School: Templetown
- Location:
- Templetown, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Charles D. Hearne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0870, Page 159
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- (continued from previous page)cheese in the box. He picked up the cheese out of the box and he shoved it down her neck. It closed up her mouth and choked her. He closed down the box again.
Next day the man came for the furniture again. The first thing he put in the car was the box. He brought the box home. He opened it and found the Mother dead. He couldn't find out how the Mother died.
He took her out of the box and waked her. So they waked her for a couple of days and then they buried her.
She came up of the grave and she was on the ram's back in the morning and he driving in the sheep. They buried her again.
She was on the foal's back and he driving in the mare. They buried her and she was on the bull's back tied.
So he said he'd give any money to any man that would bury her so she'd stay down. So the poor man took up the job.
He buried her. She stayed down(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Patrick Neville
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Haggard, Co. Wexford
