School: Ceann Tuirc (roll number 9317)
- Location:
- Kinturk, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Peadar Ó Lochlainn
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very bad.So he went into a big farmer's house and he asked them could he stay there for the night.There was an old man in the corner and he said "no".He said you can sleep in an out -house as there is a fire and plenty straw in it.So he went out and was sitting by the fire .between twelve and one o'clock he heard a terrible noise coming. He went and hid himself behind the straw.Then the door was opened and four men carrying a coffin came in and left the coffin by the fire.They were arguing there for a while to know who would mind the corpse while the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bernadette Harken
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloonbooly, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Mrs John Joe Harken
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 43
- Address
- Cloonbooly, Co. Clare
