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 620
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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.
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- Collector
- Kathleen Hynes
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lugalisheen South, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Hynes
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- c. 52
- Address
- Lugalisheen South, Co. Mayo
