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School: Adamstown (roll number 3755)

Location:
Adamstown, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
D. Curtis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0900, Page 100

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    One night I was coming home from a neighbour's house.
    When I came to the stile of
    Courtnacuddy Churchyard I heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and I stopped on the stile, and I saw a hearse and a coffin in it. I thought it was going into the Churchyard, but it passed by, and I followed it for half a mile, and then I went home, and found out afterwards, that it was a hearse bringing a corpse home to Carlow from the Mental Hospital in Enniscorthy.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. death (~1,076)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockreigh, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Philip Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Knockreigh, Co. Wexford