School: Béal Átha Fhinghín (B.)
- Location:
- Ballineen, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Beircheart Seártan
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- Long ago, when anyone died suddenly, especially a young person the people believed that he was "whipped away" - that is taken by the fairies. The day of the funeral, when the bearers - there were no hearses then - would reach a cross-road, they would leave down the coffin, and take off the cover. Then a relative would come, and standing over the corpse, call the diseased by name three times. This was done at every cross road that was passed(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mr William Shorten
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Shanagh, Co. Cork