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School: Droim Caorthainn

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Drumkeeran, Co. Leitrim
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Proinnsias Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0204, Page 136

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  1. Customs and Beliefs in Drumkeeran and District in Connection with Funerals, Deaths, Corpses and Wakes

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    It is custom in this district when a person dies that all the people in the townland cease farm - work for three days.
    When a person dies it is a custom to keep the corpse in the house one night and the people held a wake on that night . Long ago they used to play games and sing but now-a-days the people smoke.
    It is a belief in this district that if the clay falls in after the coffin has been lowered, and no one near it, it is a sign that another member of that family will die before long.
    When a person meets a funeral, he is supposed to pray for the dead to walk back a few
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      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
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