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1. The Old Graveyards (continued)

   

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   old tombs at it. There is a kind of a tomb in the Roman Catholic ground where a tinker was burried. It was made out of cement and there is a piece of tin on it. His name is printed on it and there is a piece of glass on the top of it. There are little crosses made out of wood. People are buried inside the ruins. There is a little long strip of ground where unbaptised babies are supposed to be buried but there is a fairly large tomb stone in it and it was where a man aged fifty-three was buried. There is a little round house made beautifully with cement. It is about three feet high and it is all grown over with ivy. There is a hole in the front of it which is the door. There is a large tomb stone inside the gate. It is about ten feet high and there was a piece knocked off the top of it by a wind. It was put up for my great, great, grandmother. Her grave

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
            1. graveyards (~2,501)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nan E. Rogers

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Gortnavern, Co. Donegal