School: Barraniskey, Avoca

Location:
Barranisky West, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Miss Kavanagh
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    tried to eat, but anything he attempted to touch, jumped up and hit him in the face.
    Then, he was tould to take a hand at the turning a corpse that was hanging over the fire. Jemmy turned, and turned and the sweat falling down until at last the cock crew, and Jemmy found himself, not in the cabin but standing in the middle of the marshy ground all by himself.
    He wemt home tired and weary after his hard nights work.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English