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School: Tóin an tSeanbhaile

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Tóin an tSeanbhaile, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Pádhraic Mac Pháidín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0086, Page 276

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    gone, they turn over the chairs and the tables they were laid on, when the corpse is taken off., four of the same sirnames must carry it to the grave-yard. The old people say that if a person is war when he is washed, they said that it won't be long until another one of their own friends be dead also, and they say that if the funeral scatters into three parts when it is passing, that three more will die after them. They also say that is is happy for the coffin that the rain falls on.
    Miss Bridget Weir,
    Valley, N.S.Dugort P.O.,
    Westport, Co. Mayo
    7-3-38
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. death (~1,076)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Miss Bridget Weir
    Gender
    Female