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School: Knockaderry (C.) (roll number 2419)

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Knockaderry, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Hanna Mannix
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0460, Page 248

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  1. Ancient Funeral Beliefs and Customs (continued)

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  2. Turning the Tables

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    In olden times people had very queer ways. When a death occurred in a family, the cousins from each side, tried to throw the next death on each other. If a Brian man was married to a Ryan woman, if one of their children died, the Ryans would watch the minute the corpse was put in the coffin to turn the table in order that a Brien would die next.
    Rita Power age 13 years
    Told to me by John Power age 80 years
    When a person dies in this district the clock is stopped and is not allowed to keep time until the person is coffined.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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