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School: Castlebridge (C.) (roll number 16382)

Location:
Castlebridge, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Mrs E. Shortall
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0884, Page 106

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  1. Wake and Funeral Customs

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    Present Day:
    When a person dies in this district the clock is always stopped, the windows let down, and the blind drawn.
    Then the corpse is taken from the bed and put on the floor in a sheet to stretch where it is washed and the habits put on white for a child and brown for an adult.
    When this is done the bed is got ready and dressed all in white linen and muslin looped and tied with black bows or for a child white bows.
    Then the corpse is put back in
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    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
    Kathleen Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyboggan Lower, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    James Flood
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    77
    Address
    Ballytramon, Co. Wexford