School: Teampoll Doire, Dúrlas Éile (roll number 9060)

Location:
Templederry, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Flannagáin
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  1. A Funny Story
    One night two were passing a churchyard and they heard something groaning inside.Just inside the gate there was freshly made grave and someone was to be buried in it next day.They went into the grave yard and in the bottom of the grave they saw a ghostly white figure and it was groaning.After a time it said in a queer voice. I'm cold in my grave to-night.The men were frightened first as they thought it was the ghost of the person to be buried.But they knew the voice it was someone there to frighten them.One of the men said "If you are cold in your grave would this warm you"and he began throwing clay on him.The ghost was not long cleaning away.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Murray
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Templederry, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    James Murray
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Templederry, Co. Tipperary