School: Lisdowney, Ballyragget
- Location:
- Lisdowney, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mheachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0868, Page 108
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- The wake customs of to day are greatly altered to those of years gone by. The usual customs now are.-the people come all day and night and snuff is distributed at the wake. The old custom of distributing pipes and tobacco is now dying out.
- Collector
- Josie Carroll
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lisdowney, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mr Martin Moore
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lisdowney, Co. Kilkenny
- The usual funeral customs in this district are:-the corpse is taken to the cemetery in what is called a hearse. Before the funeral, men are paid to make the grave into which the coffin is put. Then the grave is filled in and a green sod covers it.
If a wreath is to be put on the grave it is put at the place where the deceased persons head lies. The people kneel down and say prayers.
