School: Páirc an Chuilinn (Hollygrove) (roll number 15138)
- Location:
- Hollygrove, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádhraic Mac Gleannáin
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- About three hours after a death the corpse is washed by a neighbour or relative. Some people keep two special candle-sticks for use at the station and when a person dies in the village these are usually borrowed. It is an old custom to stop the clock when a person dies so that those who come into the house will know at what time the person died. This custom is nearly gone our of practice in this district nowadays.The cry of the Banshie is heard before and after the death of a member of certain families. She generally cries after a person of the old Irish(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Hennigan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Barnacurra, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mrs Michael Hannigan
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Barnacurra, Co. Galway