School: Drom Loiste (roll number 5113)
- Location:
- Drumlusty, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Seán Ó Maoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0932, Page 006
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- Nósanna: A Corpse was not left in bed as it is now but put on the rails under a table. This practice has now been discontinued.
(b) When anybody dies in the district of Donaghmoyney - the clocks in the house are stopped at the minute of the death and not re-started till the person is buried.
(c) When a corpse is removed from the house, the chairs in the house are turned upside down, and all the doors are left open for a short time.
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