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School: Gurteen, Ballymahon

Location:
Gorteenclareen, Co. Longford
Teacher:
F. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0751, Page 156

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  1. Deaths, Wakes and Funerals

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    Some years ago if a person died in a townland all the people flocked to the house to help the people prepare for the two nights wake. They would empty out the kitchen of all the furniture and put forms by the walls and plank through the house. Old men and women went miles and miles the corpse house to pray over their friend or wellwisher. In thoes days it was the custom to have pipes tobacco and snuff at wakes. If the old man wasnt able to go to the corpse house, some of the members of the family would bring him home the pipe and it full of tobacco. The old man would take off his hat and pray for the deceased person just the same as if he was at the corpse house.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. death (~1,076)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pat Coughlan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Daroge, Co. Longford