School: An Clochán (B)
- Location:
- Clifden, Co. Galway
- Teacher: An Br. Angelo Mac Shámhais
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0004, Page 036
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- (continued from previous page)that one of them died anyhow and the other woman's husband went to the wake the first night. While he was there at about midnight the dead woman appeared to the other and attacked her in a fierce way. She scraped and kicked and plucked the hair off her head but at last the living woman caught her hand with her teeth and nearly bit off three fingers.
After this the dead woman disappeared. The man came home in the morning and his wife was half dead.
"You are a nice man away all night at the wake mar deadh and your poor wife nearly at that other barge of a woman that you thought was dead."
"Indeed then she is dead and all the friends were there crying for her." said he.
"Oh you careless man, look at the state of me now all scraped and torn at that woman, but(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seán Joyce
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mr P.K. Joyce
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Clifden, Co. Galway
