School: Adoon (roll number 11152)
- Location:
- Adoon, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Charles Flynn
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- (continued from previous page)scolded him and telling him the sad news that had happened his friend the night before. She said "You are never where you are needed."
He said "Mother I am always where I was needed. The woman is not dead. I have her outside", taking the woman in and making for the house where the Corpse was being waked. On entering the house he made for the Corpse to tear it from the table. All in the house thought he was mad and put him out.
He said the woman is not dead, I have her at home. He said I'll go and take her over. Over he went for the woman and took her to her own house. As soon as she entered the house the corpse on the table went out the chimney in a blast of smoke. All in the house were shocked.
The pirest was taken to the woman who gave her back her speech and she was known to live to be a very old woman after.
The old people say that she was taken away by the good people god speed them.
- Collector
- Ellie Casey
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lisomadaun, Co. Leitrim
