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School: Creganbane (roll number 14079)

Location:
Cregganbaun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Dáithí Mag Réill
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  1. Death and Burial

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    When a person is dying the clock stops.
    If you hear a hen crow it is a sign that a person is dying.
    When the person is dying it is right to go immediately for the priest. It is not right one person to go alone for a priest by night. The priest never comes alone by night to annoint a person, because they say the devil is out to stop the priest.
    Where a person is dead it is not right to let the cat or dog go near the person therefore the cat
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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
    Nora Kitterick
    Gender
    Female