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School: Empor (roll number 941)

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Emper, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
P. Gallagher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0740, Page 024

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    corner and looked at the dead man in the coffin. The mans face was dirty and black and the soldier got a rag and water and began to clean the mans face. Then the ghosts came in and they told the soldier that they could not go to heaven until they got the man cleaned. So they took up the coffin and never came back any more. The next morning when the man that owned the castle got up the soldier told him the story, and the soldier got his hundred pounds.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Folktales index
    AT0326: The Youth Who Wanted to Learn What Fear Is
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Mc Cormack
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Peter Mc Cormack
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    78
    Address
    Emper, Co. Westmeath