School: Cilltighearnáin/Kiltiernan (roll number 11812)

Location:
Kiltiernan West, Co. Galway
Teacher:
S. Ó Beirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033C, Page 02_021

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    coffin, that the feet are, should be put into the chapel before any other side of the coffin. The nearest relations of the dead person, should carry the coffin. Black clothes are worn by those who are mourning. Somebody must always be minding the dead person before he or she is brought to the chapel. While the coffin is passing a house, the doors and the windows of the house should be shut.
    Told by Mike Shul, aged 58, Ardrahan
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. death (~1,076)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nuala Ní Bheirn
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mike Shiel
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Address
    Ardrahan, Co. Galway