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School: Baile an Doirín (C) (roll number 7552)

Location:
Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033B, Page 11_006

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  1. Customs at Wakes and Funerals (continued)

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    13. When there is a friend of yours being buried you must go to the next funeral, and you must go all the way and pray over this friends grave.
    14. It is not right to go a grave yard alone.
    15. When a person dies the clocks of the house are stopped. The floors are swept but the dust is not disposed of until the funeral leaves the house.
    16. If there are two entrance doors the coffin is brought out the back door
    17. The forms on which the coffin rests on the church are over-turned when the coffin 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. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Martyn
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr P. Martyn
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    53
    Address
    Mulroog West, Co. Galway