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School: Coratillon

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Corratillan, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
M. Ó Beirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0967, Page 033

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0967, Page 033

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    properly, a prayer-book is put under the chin. The person is laid out in a bed.
    The bed is usually covered with white valances
    A clean, white sheet is put on it, and the person is laid on this sheet. Then another sheet is put over the body. Then candles are lighted on a table in the room, and the neighbours come to the wake.
    A supply of clay pipes, tobacco and snuff is got for the wake.
    When the people who come to the wake
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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
    Collector
    Úna Ní Loingsigh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corratillan, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mrs P. Martin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corratillan, Co. Cavan