School: Lower Warren (roll number 7793)
- Location:
- Warren Lower, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Liam Mac Coiligh
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- The window is left open for the soul to go out.The clock is stopped when a person dies.
If a person does not want to dream of a dead person they are to touch the body.
The ashes is not taken out nor the floor is not swept when a person dies
Funeral Customs
When a person meets a Funeral they are to take off their hat or cap, and turn round on the road and walk nine steps with it.
Pegging pipesOne crowd would sit in one corner and another few in another one. Some of them would get pipes to throw. Their master would have a pipe too(continues on next page)- Collector
- Eddie Hughes
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bealin, Co. Westmeath