School: Cathair Loisgreáin (C)
- Location:
- Caherlustraun, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Máire Nic Aodha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0022, Page 0545
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- (continued from previous page)3. It is unlucky to fall in the graveyard, especially at a funeral, or you would be the next to go into it.
4. People say that if a coffin would fall to the ground from once the men take it up, another person would die out of the same house before long.
5. Long ago the people would always take the long road to a graveyard.
6. The people used to have snuff at the wakes long ago, so that when they would take a pinch of it and sneeze, the rest would say "God bless us," and protect them for the night.
7. It was the custom long ago to have clay pipes at a wake, and when the people got them, they would say a few prayers for the dead.
8. A brood mare would not be allowed to carry a corpse, for if she tripped at a funeral the foal would have an ailment.
9. The people say that it is very unlucky for two funerals to meet, and that something would happen one of the people during the year.
10. The old people say that if a corpse changes colour, when about to be coffined, someone else would die out of the house before long.
11. Long ago the people used to bring the coffin in the back door and out the front door.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rita Roche
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Thomas Roche
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Address
- Beagh More, Co. Galway
