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School: Tóin an tSeanbhaile

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Tóin an tSeanbhaile, Co. Mayo
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Pádhraic Mac Pháidín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0086, Page 274

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    when the coffin is taken off the chairs, the people shake holy-water on them, the rest of the holy-water is sprinkled on the house. Four men of the same sirname as the dead person must carry the coffin and put it on the cart, when the cart comes to the graveyard the same four men lift the coffin off it. The priest is the first that puts soil on the coffin.
    Mr Peter Grealis,
    Valley, N.S. Dugort P.O.
    Westport, Co. Mayo
    7-3-38
    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
    Mr Peter Grealis
    Gender
    Male