School: Strandhill (Lár Easa)

Location:
An Leathros, Co. Shligigh
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Mhic Guidhir
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    sheets round her. He said to himself that the poor man's children want these sheets more than she does.
    He went down in the night to get the sheets.
    He then brought the woman into the ? and put her hands round the churn desk where they were going to churn next morning.
    They buried her again.
    The little boy brought her up out of the grave and put her riding on a horse. When the people got up [the] next morning they saw her galloping around the field on the horse. The man said whoever would keep her down he would give him half his money and half his land. The little boy said he would bring a ten pound sledge and every time she put up her head he would put
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    Folktales index
    AT1536A: The Woman in the Chest
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Moloney
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs Burns
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coillín na mBodhar, Co. Shligigh