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School: Cill Phian

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Ardnagor, Co. Mayo
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Máire Ní Mhaoldhomhnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0142, Page 265

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    When a person dies the clock is stopped and is not put going again till the corpse has left the house. The cat is also put out. When the corpse is leaving the house (or the church) every seat in the house is knocked down on the floor as the corpse is being carried past, and the person who waits in the house puts (out) down a big (pail) pot of water and washes all the seats.
    When the corpse is being carried out the feet are brought out first, so that the person is not going against his will. Four men of the same name (surname) carry the coffin. The straw that the dead person is washed on must be put one side in a clean place outside where no one is tramping. All the pins which fastened the bed linen or curtains round the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    null
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    null
    Relation
    Not a relative
    Gender
    Female