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   room. This happened in Johnstown. The man's name was Fitzgerald and the woman's name was Morris the woman is still alive.

   

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   One day Lady Moriss's husband was in the garden and there was a statue of the blessed Virgin in the grounds. He got the statue on his back and broke the head off against a stone. That evening he was in the grounds with hs little son. He was playing. He put the child on his back and broke his neck.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
         1. folk belief (~2,535)
   2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
   3. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. penal times (~4,335)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Maureen Scott

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Faythe, Co. Wexford

   Informant

   Mrs Scott

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Faythe, Co. Wexford

3. Bad Deeds Punished

   

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   If a child raises his hand to his mother his hand will be uncovered over the grave when he dies. My mother told me the following story. Long ago a

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