Scoil: Craig Dhubh

Ar an leathanach seo

1. The Death, Wake, etc. (ar lean)

   

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   (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)

   to the wake, whether they would "cry" or not.

   The man who shaved the corpse always got the razor for himself - keepsake.

   If the owner of the house died, the house should be sold.

   If the house wasn't sold he'd be sure to die.

   In carrying the coffin; two people always change together. They have always to under the feet of the corpse first. The two in front (feet) have to change back and carry the head and before going out from under the coffin.

   There are some villages (Cloon Eirnin) where three deaths always occurs when one dies. i'e. two others follow.

   The coffin is taken out and left on two chairs on the street.
   Everybody says a prayer - a few moments.
   When the coffin is removed, these two chairs should be tumbled down on their backs on the street.
   When the funeral is gone they must be washed before being 'brought in'.

   (leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)

   

   Tras-scríofa ag duine dár meitheal tras-scríbhneoirí deonacha.

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   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. rites of passage (~573)
            1. death (~1,076)

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   Béarla

   Faisnéiseoir

   Mrs Walshe

   Inscne

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   Aois

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   Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo