Volume: CBÉ 0407 (Part 2)
- Date
- 1937
- Collector
- Location
![The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0407, Page 0136](https://doras.gaois.ie/cbe/CBE_0407%2FCBE_0407_0136.jpg?format=jpg&width=1600&quality=85)
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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0407, Page 0136
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- (continued from previous page)Carlow funeral: "De profundis" recited at every crossroads by some venerable layman. Coffin laid down during recital. Priests wear "sýfars" at funerals - adhbhar peidhre léine de'n lín éadach is fearr 30/- no £2.Mass in private houses by no means unusual.Lump sugar known as "priests' sugar" in some districts. Loaf bread = priest's bread". Only bl. formerly for the "Stations"."God bless" every animal except cat and dog."Corpse-house" by day; "wake" by night."A live wake" or "an American wake" - party given night before person sails for U.S.A.(continues on next page)