School: Dromclough (C.),
- Location:
- Kilcarra Beg, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: -
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“When a person died in a house the bed clothes were folded back; then when the corpse was cold it was washed.”
When a person died in a house the bed clothes were folded back; then when the corpse was cold, it was washed. The table in the kitchen was pulled out. The corpse was laid out on the table, and the face [?] turned towards the sun.
The habit and stockings were put on, and the hands folded, and a rosary bead twined around(continues on next page)- Collector
- Bridie Flaherty
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Ellen Foley
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 74
- Address
- Mountcoal, Co. Kerry