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School: Dunboyne (roll number 15915)

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Dunboyne, Co. Meath
Teacher:
N.F. Ó Donncha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0688, Page 078

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    to be repeated by each player in turn. Snuff used to be handed round at wakes
    A grave falling in or a corpse being limber was taken as a sign that another member of the same family would die soon.

    Mrs J. Byrne
    Dunboyne
    Co Meath
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. games
            1. wake games (~170)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs J. Byrne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dunboyne, Co. Meath