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School: Star of the Sea Convent, Tramore (roll number 12334)

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Tramore, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Sr. M. Consiglio
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0651, Page 124

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    clothes were given to some poor person to wear at the funeral and in the coffin was placed a pipe and matches if the corpse were a man. In the woman's coffin it was usual to put a bottle of Potteen, as it is said women are tired and thirsty on a long journey. When the Coffin reached the graveyard the woman would begin their weird chanting again and would keep on until every body had left the graves.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Giles
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tramore, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Ellen Giles
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tramore, Co. Waterford