School: Lahinch (roll number 11591)
- Location:
- Lehinch, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Dónall Ó Ríordáin
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- (continued from previous page)each man getting a glass or sometimes two.
The corpse was placed in the coffin by some friends & 4 men of the 'same' name used to bring the coffin out to the cart. Earlier in the day a few men were dispatched to the graveyard to "open" the grave for the dead person. These men invariably brought a pint of whiskey with them so it often happened that the men so enjoyed were drunk when it came to the time of filling in the grave. When the corpse was placed in the coffin crying our loud began. This was called "caoining" and a repetition used to take place after the burial.
- Informant
- Pat Doherty
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Tullygarvan West, Co. Clare
