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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0520, Page 434

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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0520, Page 434

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  1. Nósanna na Marbh

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    It is, and was always an old rule, to have a certain woman for washing the dead people in the parish.
    After washing the corpse, the water was placed under the bed of the dead person and removed immediately after the dead body is put into the coffin.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Date
    24 June 1938
    Item type
    Lore
    Language
    English
    Writing mode
    Handwritten
    Writing script
    Roman script
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