School: Cnoc na Biolaraighe
- Location:
- Watergrasshill, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Dll. Mac Carrthaigh
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- (continued from previous page)the chant remained silent and one of the others took up and carried on until each of the four had done her part. At the finish of the "caoine" the four walked around the corpse several times crying and clapping their hands. This finished the "caoining" for the day. The day of the Funeral the "caoiners" followed the coffin from the door, the four chanting in a weird fashion.
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- Collector
- Peggy Sarsfield
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Skahanagh South, Co. Cork
- Informant
- John Sarsfield
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 62
- Address
- Skahanagh South, Co. Cork