School: St. Brigid's (B.) (roll number 12925)
- Location:
- Wexford, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: M. Gúld
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0880, Page 018
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- 1. A dead coach goes around the Main Street at midnight and the horses have no heads nor the men (Mother)
2. It is a custom to put the persons beads who is dead in their hands (father)
3. It is a rule that some people must stop in the room with the corpse (Aunt).
4. It is a custom for the Civic Guards to salute a funeral when it is passing (sister)
5. A nun is seen walking around the grounds of the Faythe School after midnight. (sister)
6. It is a rule that the relatives or cousins of the person who is dead to come first after the hearse. (mother).
7. A big black cat is to be seen in Abbey Street some nights. (friend)
8. A spirit was buried and one day a man picked flowers off the grave and the spirit put him out on the window.
- Collector
- Joseph Walsh
- Gender
- Male
