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1. The Old Graveyards (continued)

   

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   the woman spoke. They brought her home and she died again. When they were passing by the gate her husband said "For God's sake dont hit the coffin or she will speak again."
   It was supposed in olden times that a dead hand put in a churn would gather everybody's butter off the churn.
   There was a woman one time and she had two beautiful gold rings. She died and was buried in the Old Abbey of Ballymote. Two men went to the graveyard and dug up the grave and cut off the rings. When they were cutting the rings they cut the woman's finger off. She came to life and ran to her home and knocked at the door. The servant said "Im greatly mistaken or

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Folktales index

   AT0990: The Seemingly Dead Revives

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Rosie Scanlon

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Carrigans Lower, Co. Sligo