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School: Kilnaleck (C.)

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Kilnaleck, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mrs. Reilly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0994, Page 207

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    appearance. People who have been in this man's house who killed the priest say that there is a spot on the wall and it has a red appearance and no matter how they paint it the colour will still appear on the wall. After sometime when this man died his people got a horse coach to draw him to be buried but when the horses were caught on to the coach they reared and jumped in the coach and would not draw it so the horses had to be taken out and the corpse had to be carried to the graveyard.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maggie Keogh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tonylion, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Edward Keogh
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Tonylion, Co. Cavan