Phronesis Michaels

* Fascinating story of a woman who lived once but buried twice *

Known as the woman who lived once but was buried twice, Margorie McCall resided in the Irish town of Lurgan, County Armagh in the 17th century. McCall apparently suffered a fever in 1695 and was soon pronounced deceased and was hastily buried for fear of the fever spreading.

On the day of her burial, her body was dressed up and interred at Shankill Graveyard. One night, her coffin was visited by grave robbers who dug her up to steal her valuable jewelry (her gold wedding ring which her husband was unable to remove from her finger which had swollen considerably since her death). While doing so, McCall suddenly awoke, scaring off her would-be robbers. The story has it that one of the robbers dropped dead on the spot due to fright.

She made her way out of the grave and walked back home where, upon seeing her, her husband collapsed out of shock and dropped dead. McCall reportedly lived, remarried to have other children before passing on later in life.

Source: http://www.lurganancestry.com/mmccall.htm

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