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    Games at Wakes
    A man would dress himself in a white sheet. He was called láir bháin. He used to come into the wake and a few more boys with him.
    They would sit on chairs in the middle of the floor. The láir bhán would have a sticks with pins on the top of it and anyone he did not like he would give them a stab of the pin.
    Making the Bridge
    A lot of people would sit in a line opposite the door there would be a man looking to see if they were sitting right for fear the bridge
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. games
            1. wake games (~170)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Christina Fahy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Robeen, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Fahy
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Robeen, Co. Mayo