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School: Barratitoppy (roll number 14664)

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Barratitoppy Lower, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
S. Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0954, Page 174

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    There is Mass offered for the soul of the dead body. The coffin is laid on two sticks which are for that purpose. Then the coffin is taken to the graveyard and placed in the grave prepared for it by some friends or other.
    When it is placed in the grave some of the friends throw on the first sod on top of the coffin. When the clay is all on the coffin, the shovels are crossed in form of a cross and every one kneels down and say some prayers.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. death (~1,076)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita Murray
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockballyroney, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Eugene Murray
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    52
    Address
    Knockballyroney, Co. Monaghan