School: Carlanstown (roll number 884)
- Location:
- Carlanstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Gérbheannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0708, Page 084
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- (continued from previous page)near the house and they said one day "We will go out and kill a sheep and we will dig up Mary Gaffney's grave and get her gold." They went off to do it. One of them to dig the grave and the other to kill the sheep. He dug the grave and he took out a blanket and waited for the other lad to come back with the sheep. The servant boy was out and saw the thing on the grave and he told Anne. He had to carry her in a white sheet. When he came near the grave the man who was on the grave thought it was other man coming wih the sheep and asked "Is she fat or lean" he threw her towards the grave saying, "Hear she is for ou and see if she is fat or lean." The servant ran home and he as no sooner in until Anne was at home after him. She was no longer lazy.
