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School: Garbh Fhearáin (Garrafrauns) (roll number 13155)

Location:
Garrafrauns, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seán Ó Fionnagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0030, Page 538

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  1. Wakes and Funerals

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    To hear a cock crow before midnight is the sign of a death in the family.
    When a hen comes into the house with a wish in her tail is also the sign of death.
    Three magpies are also the sign of a death.
    When dead bells ring in your ears it is the sign of a death.
    When a person is breathing his last all the people of the same surname as the dying person leave the house.
    At the moment of death all the clocks in the house are stopped.
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    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
    Micheál Breathnach
    Gender
    Male