School: Berrings (Measctha) (roll number 4186)

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1. Wakes and Funerals (continued)

   

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   be left under the bed, and it should be thrown out when the corpse leaves the house.
   The dead person should never be left alone in the house.
   All the neighbours come to pray for the dead person, and clay pipes, and snuff are given to the people who attend the wake.
   A certain number of candles are left lighting on a table near the dead person.
   The bedclothes should be turned over immediately after the corpse leaves the house, lest someone else would follow.
   It is believed that if the corpse was limber that another member of the family would die.
   When the funeral reaches the graveyard, the corpse is taken all round it, before it is put into the grave.
   It is believed that if a person fell in a grave-yard while attending a funeral, that he would be the next person to be buried there.
   The relatives of the dead person wear black clothes as a sign of mourning.
   It is said that if a person met a funeral, that he should turn back and walk a few steps with it.

   

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. rites of passage (~573)
            1. death (~1,076)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Honohan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ardrum, Co. Cork