School: Móta Ghráinne Óige
- Location:
- Woodlawn, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Eibhlís Ní Innse
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0045, Page 0190
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- (continued from previous page)Other say the origin of the holy custom comes from the days of the cholera when a person who was taking the dread disease began with a fit of sneezing.
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When a person dies the clock is stopped at the time of the death & is not allowed to tick again until the remains leave the house.
The remains always goes by the longest route to the Church.
The bier on which the coffin is carried is always broken & left one side in the graveyard as that it will never again be used to carry anyone else.
When a grave is dug the spade & shovel are left over it in the shape of a cross until the coffin arrives & the grave is blessed.
If a person falls in a graveyard it said he will be the next to die.
No grave is ever dug on Monday instead it is dug on Sunday or Tues.
When a person dies the position of the bed is altered for laying out the corpse.
No one in this district would go home alone from a wake as the dead person would appear to him.
When a coffin is going into a graveyard the feet always go in first.
If possible four of the same surname carry a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eibhlín Ní Innse
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
