School: An Drom Clochach (B.)
- Location:
- Dromclogh, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Pártholán Ó Ruadhacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0408, Page 155
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- (continued from previous page)to the wake. They also followed the remains to the graveyard and wailed all the way.
The person who laid out the corpse was supposed to be there to put it into the coffin. No pins were allowed in the garments and all the garments were loosened before the remains was placed in the Coffin.
All the sheets were taken down and the table turned into the wall, before the coffin was removed. The chairs were turned upside down. Members from each side of the family tried to be first turning the chairs - this meant turning "the death" over on the other side of family.
Four persons bearing the same surname and the nearest relatives carried out the corpse - legs first. The screws were taken off the lid of the coffin when it was placed in the grave. They were placed on the breast plate. It was supposed to be very unlucky to remove the lid once it was placed on the coffin. The person's age was written(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mrs Norah Costello
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Assistant teacher
- Informant
- Michael Costello
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 78
- Address
- Ballyhorgan East, Co. Kerry
