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School: Leath-árdán

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Lahardaun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máirtín Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0150, Page 14

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0150, Page 14

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    dead person would come back. When a funeral is passing a house the door is always shut through respect to the dead. Some people cut a little corner off the sheet on which the corpse had been laid. They boil the corner of the sheet, and give the water to a sick person.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Mac Hale
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Caffoley, Co. Mayo