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School: Cluainteach (roll number 10298)

Location:
Cloontagh, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Seán Ó Buadhacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0755, Page 246

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    marched towards the graveyard. When they had gone some distance the two men in the front were replaced by two others and these moved to the back. Then the two in the back were replaced again and so on until they reached the graveyard. The four men took charge of the coffin again and carry it from the cemetery gates. When the corpse was buried the stretchers were broken lest they might be used for any other purpose.
    A grave is never dug until the day of the funeral as it is said it
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. death (~1,076)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    T. Prunty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Breanriskcullew, Co. Longford