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School: Creganbane (roll number 14079)

Location:
Cregganbaun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Dáithí Mag Réill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137B, Page 01_014

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    When you get a pipe at a wake you should light it and take three smokes out of it.
    Long ago they used to sing songs at a wake.
    One night very late a priest was called to anoint the richest man in the town. All this mans family had died and he was by himself in the house. He lived a few yards outside the town where the priest was living. When the priest heard
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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
    Ellie Grady
    Gender
    Female