School: Fedamore (B.) (roll number 14068)

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1. Customs on the Dead

   

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   People give away some salt May Day to their neighbours. Other people give away fuel. The water that washed the corpse should be thrown out in direction the corpse should go to the church. You should wash the sheet where the dead person was if you didn't want to go you could dip the corner of the sheet in the water. People say it is not right to dig a grave on a Monday.

   

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2. Customs for Shrove

   

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   On Shrove Tuesday the people always hang up a price of meat. If the marriage ring falls off the hand during the marriage couple will have an unhappy life. The reason why all the people makes pancakes is because they can eat enough of eggs in the pancakes. That night is the night before the first day of Lent. The mother shouldn't go to her oldest son's marriage

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. rites of passage (~573)
   2. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
         1. Shrovetide (~188)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mrs Margaret Keogh

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Fedamore, Co. Limerick