School: Virginia (B)
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: E. Ó Raghallaigh
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- In 1840 the year after the "Big Wind" a plague swept over Ireland known as the 'Black Fever.' It was so bad around this area that an hospital had to be erected about a mile outside the town. The burying place was the field behind it now owned by Mr McGovern. As soon as the people died they were brought in a big box to the burying place.
There was a woman in the hospital called Mary cook. She died as the people thought and they brought her brought her in a box to bury her. They left down the box to take a rest and as they did did she began to kick (hous) box. They opened the lid and she was alive. She went home and hired with a man called Felix McCann and lived for fifteen years afterwards.
- Collector
- Willie Stephens
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Matthew Rodgers
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 64
- Address
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
