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School: Cnoc an Iubhair (C.)

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Kealid, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire Ní Cheallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0405, Page 276

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  1. Customs at Wakes and Funerals

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    It was a custom at the wakes to give pipes and tobacco and snuff. It was also a custom it give away the clothes and before they game them away make a heap of them in the middle of the floor and sprinkle holy water on them.
    It is also a custom not to open a grave on Monday.
    When people take a bottle of holy water to the grave yard they should never bring home the bottle.
    A person should never go against a funeral.
    It is a custom at wakes to stop the clock.
    A person should never use a pin in putting on to the dead persons clothes.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. death (~1,076)
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    English