School: Muine an Mheadha
- Location:
- Muine Mheá, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Teacher: Pádraic S. Ó hÓbáin
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“Long ago there was a custom when a person would be dead they would put the coffin out on the cart...”
Long ago there was a custom when a person would be dead they would put the coffin out on the cart and they used to put three women sitting on top of the coffin and when they would be gone about a hundred yards from the house they used to take out the horse form under the cart and get some one to value here. This was done three times on their journey and they used to say it was done so nothing would happen to the horse.- Collector
- Delia Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Michael Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 96
- Address
- An Baile Sceicheach, Co. na Gaillimhe