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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0409, Page 041

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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.”

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    the fingers. A bunch of flowers was put at each side of the head and another below the hands.
    All the people would kneel down and say the rosary for the dead. A small table was put at the right side of the corpse. Five candles were lighted then. A wake in due respect was held.
    The priest was brought to the house the next morning, and mass was read for the deceased. At one o'clock the corpse was coffined, and taken to the cemetry. The chairs (was) were turned upside down
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    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
    Bridie Flaherty
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Ellen Foley
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    74
    Address
    Mountcoal, Co. Kerry