School: Burgess, Aonach Úrmhumhan (roll number 8608)

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1. Wake Customs

   

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   (a). When the coffin would be brought home from the town those in charge would get a gad of herrings and put them in the coffin. Sometime during the night potatoes were boiled and those herrings were roasted and given for supper. (b) Clay pipes and tobacco were also distributed during the night. (c) During the Whiteboy Act all who were expected at the wake were put on a paper and nailed behind the door. Should the police come, this list was examined; a roll would be called and anyone over this number would be imprisoned or asked to explain.

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   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
            1. games
               1. wake games (~170)
         2. rites of passage (~573)
            1. death (~1,076)
   2. agents (~1)
      1. people
         1. secret societies (~18)
            1. Whiteboys (~74)

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2. Wake Games

   

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   (a) 'Soldier'. Ten or twelve young men would stand in a row and numbered. One would escape(highman)
   After he was caught he was flogged, and put first. This procedure was continued till all got flogged.
   (b) 'Bersy' A number of men or boys sat around in a ring with knees raised. A twisted rope of straw called a 'sugan' was hidden by one of the boys. In the middle of the ring was another boy in a partly

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