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School: Creganbane (roll number 14079)

Location:
Cregganbaun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Dáithí Mag Réill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137B, Page 14_007

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  1. Death and Burial (continued)

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    If you hear a dead bell in your ear it is right to say the Lord have mercy on the dead.
    It is right when the cofin is left the house it is right to turn the chairs up side down on which the coffin rested on.
    If you see a wisp after a hen it is a sign that their is a friend of yours dead.
    It is not right for a funeral to go a short road it should go the longest road it could.
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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
    Tommie Duffy
    Gender
    Male