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School: Ringaskiddy (Mixed) (roll number 14710)

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Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Suibhne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0390, Page 277

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    “An old Irish custom which like many another has died out was that of caoining the dead.”

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    professional caoiners who always carried out the custom at wakes where the person was a loss.

    Collected by
    Rosaleen McCarthy.
    12-4-1938
    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
    Collector
    Rosaleen Mc Carthy
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mary Enright
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    68
    Address
    Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork