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School: Dún Beag (C.)

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Doonbeg, Co. Clare
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Eibhlín Ní Shúilleabháin Bean an Ághasaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0626, Page 358

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0626, Page 358

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  1. The Customs of Old People Long Ago

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    At wakes long ago the people of the houses used to give the people money to cry and men and women used smoke pipes. People when they used die long ago used to be laid out on a table in the kitchen and kept in for two nights people used to stop clocks in a corpse house long ago.
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    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. death (~1,076)
    2. objects
      1. clothing and accessories (~2,403)
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