School: Drumshanbo (C.) (roll number 12873)
- Location:
- Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Margaret Flynn
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- (continued from previous page)troubled by the dead person or will not dream of him.
On entering the "corpse house" the latch is raised and a prayer said before the door is opened.
If by accident a person dies away from home it is considered very unlucky to take the corpse into it. It is usually laid out in an out house and the wake held in the "living house". - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Sarah Mc Manus
- Gender
- Female