School: Baile an Daingin (C.) (roll number 4828)
- Location:
- Ballindine, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire de Staic
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- (continued from previous page)dying is that the soul will not rest until they are washed.
- VI
Long ago the corpse used be kept in the house for a week or two. The people used tie straw ropes across the roof from one rafter to an other and hang white cloth. The last cry over the dead was " Scread na maidne"
Thomas Mc. Hugh, Curraghmore.
Scardaun, age about 66 yrs.
Pupil's name Margaret Slattery. - Collector
- Margaret Slattery
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Thomas Mc Hugh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 66
- Address
- Scardaun West, Co. Mayo
- There was not any beds long ago but they had to be laid out on two tables. They used have four sheets and six towels tied with(continues on next page)
