School: Killorglin (C.) (roll number 12833)
- Location:
- Killorglin, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Úna Nic Coluin
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- When a wake was held long ago, the women of this place would come in and cry around the corpse and if another woman came in after they would sing a song called a "Caoine"."Caoining" is still done also at the wakes and it is done also when the corpse is put into the grave.
Clay pipes and snuff are distributed at wakes - on one is supposed to refuse either.
There are always thirteen candlesticks put on a table near the corpse, one candle of which is never lighted: these candles represent Our Lord and His twelve apostles - the unlighted candle stands for Judas.- Collector
- Póilín Ní Fhoghludha
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killorglin, Co. Kerry