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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0118, Page 142

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    Customs at Wakes.
    Long ago when a person died in a house when a wake was held all the men of the sourrounding villages would go to wake. They playing (*ed) games some of the games they played were Faugh a Solús, Thart and slaping" They gave a pipe to everyone in the house and tobacco. They gave drink to the men. They used hold the wake for two days and two nights.
    I heard those customs from Mrs. Kilgallon,
    Treenagleragh,
    Kiltimagh,
    60 years.
    May Roche,
    Treenaglergh,
    Kiltimagh
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. games
            1. wake games (~170)
        2. rites of passage (~573)
          1. death (~1,076)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Roche
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Treannagleragh, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Kilgallon
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    60
    Address
    Treannagleragh, Co. Mayo