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School: Baile an Daingin (C.) (roll number 4828)

Location:
Ballindine, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire de Staic
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0096, Page 619

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  1. Deaths IV (continued)

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    in would take a pinch of it. The corpse would be brought the longest and the oldest road to the grave-yard.
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  2. Deaths V

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    It was the custom long ago to bring the corpse out the back door. The people would wrap the body in a few white sheets and would bring it to the grave-yard in a cart. When they would be laying out the corpse they would put the head to the west. After the person dying the four corners of the bed would be sprinkled with holy water.
    The old people say the reason the clothes are washed after the person
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. death (~1,076)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Peter Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Lisduff, Co. Mayo