School: Coratillon
- Location:
- Corratillan, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: M. Ó Beirn
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- (continued from previous page)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(continues on next page)- Collector
- Úna Ní Loingsigh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Corratillan, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mrs P. Martin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Corratillan, Co. Cavan