School: Pres. Convent, Drogheda (roll number 851)
- Location:
- Drogheda, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Sr. M. Patrick
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- Customs regarding the DeadIt is never right to have the clocks going when the corpse is in the house.
It is right to take the feet of the corpse out the door first.
It is right for all the mirrors to be turned while the corpse is in the house.
It is not right for the mother of the dead person to go to the funeral.
If anybody falls in the grave they will be the next to die. - In some fields there is a part of ground called the stray sod. If anybody is crossing the field during the night and they stand on the stray sod they will not be able to get out of that field until daybreak. One night(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Veronica Browne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Sheephouse, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Mrs Browne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Sheephouse, Co. Meath