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School: St Boden's, Culdaff

Location:
Culdaff, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Doiminic Ó Duibhne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1123, Page 143

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    They tightened on the lid, put the coffin on the cart, put the “keenier” on top of the coffin and started off for the Church. When
    When they were about two mile from the house some one rushed to take the sheets down off the bed and they got a great scare when they saw the corpse under the bed. The rushed out after the funeral and turned them back to take the corpse with them.
    It’s said that if the sheets are not taken down before the funeral leaves the street there will be another death soon to follow. “Dang it’s eyes so the story’s toul.”
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Deeny
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    P. Mc Laughlin
    Gender
    Unknown
    Age
    84
    Address
    Gleneely, Co. Donegal