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School: Béal Átha Fhinghín (B.)

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Ballineen, Co. Cork
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Beircheart Seártan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0311, Page 066

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  1. Wakes and Funerals - Current Customs (continued)

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    The clock is stopped when a death takes place, and is not set going until after the funeral
    The "waking sheets" are never used for any other purpose. Those who have a set lend them, often to persons from a distance. People avoid buying a new set, as far as they can
    Whoever borrows the waking sheets must take them home.
    Great care is taken in "cutting the sod". This sod is a strip of turf, say seven feet by five, cut in a moor rolled about a stick and tied with rope. It is used to cover the mound when the grave is filled in.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. death (~1,076)
    Language
    English