School: Creganbane (roll number 14079)

Location:
Cregganbaun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Dáithí Mag Réill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137B, Page 26_004

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  1. Some person should remain in the house after the coffin is taken out to be burned.
    It is never right to take a short cut with a corpse.
    When a person is about to die the clock should be stopped.
    When a bell sounds in your ear that bell is called a dead bell and when that bell sounds some one is dying and you should say a pray for that person who ever it is.
    Before a person who is dead is put in the coffin the cabin should be
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. death (~1,076)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pat Malley
    Gender
    Male