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    when he was buried.
    Another custom is if a person met a funeral going to the Chapel or to the graveyards, it is right that you should turn back for three steps of the road, and then continue the road he were going at first.
    When a coffin is being carried in a hearse, it is a custom that a brother or a father or some near relation must go on the top of the hearse outside. These are all the customs connected with wakes and funerals, practised in this locality.
    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
    Máire Ní Bhradáin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Feakle, Co. Clare
    Informant
    John Holohan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    64
    Address
    Feakle, Co. Clare