School: Cnoc an Bhile (C.), Dundroma (roll number 14427)
- Location:
- Knockavilla, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Siobhán Ní Briain
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- (continued from previous page)2. Put salt in a stocking and tie the stocking round your neck. Wakes.
1. All the mirrors are covered with black cloth.
2. Snuff was given to the women and pipes to the men.
3. Clocks were stopped in the house.
4. When a person borrowed anything for the wake he damped it before sending it back.
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