School: Lios Uí Bhigín (B.) (roll number 8791)

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1. Local Customs at Wakes and Funerals (continued)

   

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   When the coffin is brought out of the house it is placed on two chairs outside the door where it is allowed to rest for a few minutes. This is a very old custom and is still observed. Four men of the same name,relatives of the dead person shoulder the coffin and carry it to the hearse.
   The coffin is removed from the hearse when the funeral reaches the church.
   It is placed on the high altar and is covered with a black cloth. High-Mass is said at 10.30 a-m the following day and the funeral takes place at one or two o'clock according to the distance to the cemetery. When it reaches the cemetery, the coffin is laid down beside the grave which was prepared the day before or that morning. A grave is never opened on a Monday in this part of the country. If a person is to be buried on a

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. rites of passage (~573)
            1. death (~1,076)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary O Keeffe

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lissyviggeen, Co. Kerry