One of her neighbors returned to the grave, applied her ear to the ground, and was sure she heard a sighing noise.

A soldier with her affirmed her tale, and together they went to a clergyman and a justice, begging that the grave be opened.

When the coffin was opened it was found that a child had been born, which had descended to her knees.

In Derbyshire, to this day, may be seen on the parish register: "April ye 20, 1650, was buried Emme, the wife of Thomas Toplace, who was found delivered of a child after she had lain two hours in the grave." Johannes Matthaeus relates the case of a buried woman, and that some time afterward a noise was heard in the tomb.

The coffin was immediately opened, and a living female child rolled to the feet of the corpse.