School: Cluain Leamhac (Cloonloo) (roll number 12767)

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   week and the could not possible come to night. "How long
   is the man dead and she said he was a week dead. The
   young man then asked how was it he was not buried and
   she replied "There is five pounds debt on the corpse and it
   cannot leave the house until it is paid and I have no money.
   Next morning when he was leaving he gave her her five pounds
   and told her to bury the corpse. She took the money
   and was very thankful and the corpse was buried.
   Next morning he mounted his horse and rose away.
   He rode on until the middle of the night. At last he saw
   light in the distance and rode up to it. He knocked
   at the door and an old woman came to the door. He
   asked her for lodging for the night but she said
   she had no place well mamm said he if you would
   not mind to let me sit at the fire my horse will do
   outside the door. Very well said the old woman come in
   the man came in an sat at the fire. The old womans
   husband was over board to and the young man
   asked her how it is that some of the neighbours
   are not in to keep company with you. The
   old woman said "they are all killed out up
   every night this last week. Then the man asked
   "How long is the man dead. The old woman
   said" He was dead this last week". The man
   asked "How was it that he was not buried."
   The old woman answered "There is five pound

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   History Edit

   Folktales index

   AT0302: The Ogre's (Devil's) Heart in the Egg

   AT0505: Dead Man as Helper

   AT0513: The Extraordinary Companions

   AT0665: The Man Who Flew like a Bird and Swam like a Fish

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Maura Crummy

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   John Duffy

   Gender

   Male