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School: Páirc an Chuilinn (Hollygrove) (roll number 15138)

Location:
Hollygrove, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádhraic Mac Gleannáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0046, Page 0487

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  1. Burial Customs

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    About three hours after a death the corpse is washed by a neighbour or relative. Some people keep two special candle-sticks for use at the station and when a person dies in the village these are usually borrowed.
    It is an old custom to stop the clock when a person dies so that those who come into the house will know at what time the person died. This custom is nearly gone our of practice in this district nowadays.
    The cry of the Banshie is heard before and after the death of a member of certain families. She generally cries after a person of the old Irish
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    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
    Mary Hennigan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Barnacurra, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs Michael Hannigan
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Barnacurra, Co. Galway