"CORPSE" REVIVES
AT FIRST PEAL OF BELL
TIRADE AGAINST MOURNERS. BEGGAR WOMAN AT LISBON. (United Press Association —Copyright). (Received This Day, 12.20 p.m.) LISBON, MarcJi ,10. As an old beggar woman had been missing from her usual haunts, neighbours went to her house and found her prone, stone cold and seemingly lifeless. They therefore ordered a coffin and prepared her for burial. Then they asked the sacristan that the church bell be tolled. At the first peal the "corpse" jumped up and cried, "Who is dead?" Then, seeing the shroud upon herself she began a tirade which sent the mourners helter-skelter.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 51, Issue 132, 17 March 1931, Page 5
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