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School: Cluain Laighean (B.)

Location:
Cloonlyon, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Riada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0116, Page 248

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  1. Death-Lore

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    When a person dies in a house the clock is stopped
    Whoever shaves the corpse keeps the razor.
    The straw on which the corpse is washed is put under nearest tree.
    No ashes is put out.
    At a funeral four of same name carry the coffin if they can be got.
    The funeral travels longest way to the chapel or graveyard.
    A gap in a funeral [?] is the sign of another death in that village.
    If a pearson sees a rainbow resting on a village it is the sign of a death in the village where it rests.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. death (~1,076)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Mc Donnell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carn, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    William Hayden
    Gender
    Male