School: Twomilehouse (roll number 2284)
- Location:
- Twomilehouse, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Tomás Bineidh
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- 14th February 1938
Death
When anyone dies in the house the clock is stopped.
The mirror is covered with the coat of the dead person.
As a rule the habit is left over the man's head until the hour of 12 o'clock.
In the north of Ireland they go three times around the Church before burial.
Some people bury the person without any habit.
When the corpse is(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peter Cooley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mullacash North, Co. Kildare
