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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 12_004

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  1. Death and Burial

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    It is not right for one to go for a priest at night because the divel is out Stopping the person. How the the priest wont come to the person.
    Who ever will put the person that is dead over board. That one should put the person in the coffin.
    It is not right to be looking out the windown or out the door at a funeral.
    It is right to stop the clock when a person is dead.
    When a dead person is taken out
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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
    Michael Kilcoyne
    Gender
    Male