School: Cluainteach (roll number 10329)
- Location:
- Cluainteach, Co. an Longfoirt
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Garaidh
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- (continued from previous page)side and flung into the grave. The vessel in which holy water was brought to the graveside is also placed in the grave. When the grave has been closed the relatives kneel around and pray before they leave the graveyard. No farm work is down in the townsland in which a person dies, from the time of death until the burial has taken place. When about to enter a corpse-house a person removes his hat, stands at the door and prays for the soul of the deceased.
Pipes and tobacco are always distributed at wakes. When you are handed a pipe you remove your hat and say, "God have mercy on his (her) soul."When a person dies all time-pieces in the house are stopped.People of the same family group(continues on next page)
