School: Drong (roll number 15699)
- Location:
- Drung, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán P. Mac Gabhann
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- (continued from previous page)which he departs. Two or three men fill in the grave, and when this is done, wreaths or crosses are laid on it, and a stone is placed at each end.
After saying prayers at the grave, the people depart. The relatives are all invited for tea, and one or two stay for a few days to console the inmates.
It is the custom in this district for a person, on meeting the relative of the dead person, to shake hands with him and say "I'm sorry for your trouble."
Annie M. Harrigan,
Drung,
Quigley's Pt.,
Co. Donegal.
27th. April, 1938.- Collector
- Annie M. Harrigan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Quigley's Point, Co. Donegal