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School: Baile an Daingin (C.) (roll number 4828)

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Ballindine, Co. Mayo
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Máire de Staic
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0096, Page 620

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  1. Deaths V (continued)

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  2. Deaths VI

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    VI
    Long ago the corpse used be kept in the house for a week or two. The people used tie straw ropes across the roof from one rafter to an other and hang white cloth. The last cry over the dead was " Scread na maidne"
    Thomas Mc. Hugh, Curraghmore.
    Scardaun, age about 66 yrs.
    Pupil's name Margaret Slattery.
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  3. Deaths VII

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    There was not any beds long ago but they had to be laid out on two tables. They used have four sheets and six towels tied with
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