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School: Loch Measca

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Caherrobert, Co. Mayo
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Máire, Bean an Bhrúnaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0103, Page 405

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  1. Graveyards

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    3. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Burke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballinchalla, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    James Burke
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Ballinchalla, Co. Mayo

  2. Superstitions about Graveyards

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    It is said that if a person falls in a graveyard when they are at a funeral that person will be the next buried in that graveyard.
    If you are last going out of the graveyard or if you bring the clay on your shoes it is said you will be the next buried there.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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