School: Gort na Díogha (roll number 15587)
- Location:
- Gortnadeeve West, Co. Galway
- Teachers: Séamus Ó Dochartaigh Bean Uí Dhochartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0016, Page 154
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“When you see the first lamb of the season...”
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“I saw a man take a spade, go into his garden and take a fist of clay into the house where a corpse was about to be coffined...”
(Thos Heagherty, Gortnadeve (69 yrs) put in here)
I saw a man take a spade, go out into his garden and take a fist of clay into the house where a corpse was about to be coffined, whether it was put into coffin or not I cant say. Thos. Hegarty + Mr O'Doherty (Schl master of this school) both say and saw it done - a hole bored (say an auger hole) in the bottom of the coffin of the first member of the family that dies. (Conways child in this village was an instance of this) (Hole may be in bottom or lid of coffin)
Why stop clock when person dies? Cant say but it was always done. If any box, chest or anything is locked, it should(continues on next page)