Volume: CBÉ 0581 (Part 3)
- Date
- 1930–1939
- Collectors
- Locations
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0581, Page 311
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“Relatives or friends of the dead person usually dig the grave.”
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“Duffy told of a fool who at a burial threw the first shovelfull of clay into the grave.”
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“Duffy never heard of a superstition about digging a grave on a Monday.”
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“Duffy never saw a coffin buried for sometime being taken up on the occasion of a second burial.”
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“A bad sign is the coffin to be heavy.”
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“On top of a hill near where Patrick Duffy lived is a grave six feet long.”