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  1. Wake Customs of the Present Day in Co. Wexford (continued)

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    clay in to the grave. This gives everyone present a chance of burying the corpse. Then the grave is is filled up by the live or the men, and a grassy sod is placed on top of the grave and then all knelled down and say a few prayers, and the job is over.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Date
    24 June 1936
    Item type
    Lore
    Language
    English
    Writing mode
    Handwritten
    Writing script
    Roman script
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