School: Lower Warren (roll number 7793)
- Location:
- Warren Lower, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Liam Mac Coiligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0746, Page 278
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- Pegging pipes.
Harrow
Rake the poor fire. Plated at the fire with tongs and set of words repeated.
Mending the boat. Hairs pulled out of people’s heads.
All birds fly. Played with stick and one person teaching others.
The goat. Every person is asked to have a piece of the goat.
My man Jack. Every person has a name. Master teaching others. Wake Customs
When a person dies in a house if it is a man he is shaved.
When a person dies now he is waked the first night and brought to the chaple or church the next evening and he is buried the next day.
