Margorie McCall - A woman of no major wealth, her name is now infamous with the tale of how she was buried alive.



The 1700s was a time of a "terrible famine", according to local historian Jim Conway.



He told Independent.ie how Margorie reportedly took ill, before she was pronounced dead.



Grave robbers were quick to visit her grave in the Shankill Graveyard, but got more than a shock when she woke up during the robbery.



She reportedly walked home and lived to an old age, even going on to have more children.



"Margorie McCall was reputed to have lived once but buried twice, as it says on her grave stone," Mr Conway said.



vocab:



1. ailments



2. cadavers



3. frowned upon



4. hair raising



5. wandering



6. fever



7. severed



8. deceased



9. grave robbers



10. banshee



11. fate



12. coffin



13. burial clothes

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Lived Once, Buried Twice - A Spooky Irish Tale

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Let's do English ESL reading for detail (deep reading). Margorie McCall - A woman of no major wealth, her name is now infamous with the tale of how she was buri…