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School: Moneymohill, Shanagolden (roll number 8395)

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Moneymohill, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Máire Ní Liain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0484, Page 167

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    are removed. The women who "lay out" the corpse must be present when it is coffined. Once the lid is on the coffin, it should not be taken off again. The men who go under the coffin leaving the house, should be the first to go under it leaving the chapel.
    People who bring things e.g. chairs etc. to a wake, should take them home again when the wake is over. It is not right to call to see a sick person when coming from a funeral.
    You should not be the last to leave a graveyard, lest you might be next to go in. If you fall in a churchyard, it is thought you will be the next to die. It is not right to go into a graveyard unless you have business in there. Great losses follow a death in a family.
    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
    M. A. Lane
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moneymohill, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Margaret Ferris
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Park, Co. Limerick