School: Drom Mór (B.), Beantraí (roll number 13095)

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1. Local Customs Connected with our Dead (continued)

   

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   when the remains were taken to the graveyard by horses and cars, a gelding was selected for the purpose and a woman, or women, used always accompany the driver. There is an old saying relating to this:"There was never a Saturday that the sun did not, shine out, there was never a funeral that there wasn't a woman in it."

   

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2. My Home District

   

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   The name of the townland I live in is Dromore, it is situated in the parish of Caheragh - at the northern side of it, - and in the West Division of West Carbery. This townland is bounded on the west by a stone fence, on the south by a river by the name of Owenashingaun Abha na Seangán that means the river of the ants, I suppose ants were very plentiful there in former times, and are fairly plentiful there always. It is bounded on the east by a stream by the name of the Owenaclairshee Abha na Cláir Sidhe that means

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Dromore, Co. Cork

   Collector

   Padraig Ó Drisceóil

   Gender

   Male