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School: Mainistir Mhuigheó (C.) (roll number 14206)

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Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Siobhán Ní Fhinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0100, Page 115

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    Long ago when a person would die, the people would stop the clock immediately. The night of the wake, there used to be plenty of tobacco and clay pipes also snuff.
    Whatever pipes were not used they would be taken to the graveyard the day of the funeral and left on the grave. They should take the longest road to the church. When the funeral would leave the house the people used to turn all the chairs and tables upside down.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. death (~1,076)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Delaney
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    17
    Address
    Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    George Hughes
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40
    Address
    Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo