School: Gort na Díogha (roll number 15587)
- Location:
- Gortnadeeve West, Co. Galway
- Teachers: Séamus Ó Dochartaigh Bean Uí Dhochartaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0016, Page 062
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- (continued from previous page)thing would be held in the village where a person died.
1) Bearer of Cróchar
It used to take four to carry it.
2) Brat of Pull
Brown quilt for putting over the coffin.
3) Scaffuler
Used for trimming the walls. I didn't see and straw rope used at all.
- This was made for the purpose of hanging it from the roof on the inside of a house (at a wake) fasten a candle on the extreme end of the cross. See sketch. One stick 5 or 6 ft long, & a cross made of two other sticks. A hole was in the end of each stick and a candle placed in each hole. A rope was on end of perpendicular stick and this was fastened to the roof (at the end above of the house)
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“Feile Brígid a Bricín”
"Féile Brígid a bricín, baint a ceann do mhicín Agus tugtar a sháith dó'n dailcín.
