School: Clonaslee (C.) (roll number 16031)
- Location:
- Clonaslee, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Bean Uí Uigín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0824, Page 197
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- (continued from previous page)as a token of respect for the dead. The procession then proceeds to the church-yard.
The coffin then, is lifted out and placed in the grave, and then the priest says the prayers
Then the undertaker closes the grave, and all the people and friends with-draw.
At a wake, snuff and clay pipes are given out, and the women get tea and sometimes wine.
The old custom of caoining is done away with here and none of the old people have heard that it ever was observed.
