School: Dromclough (C.),

Location:
Kilcarra Beg, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0409, Page 040

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    When a person died in a house the bed clothes were folded back; then when the corpse was cold it was washed.

    When a person died in a house the bed clothes were folded back; then when the corpse was cold, it was washed. The table in the kitchen was pulled out. The corpse was laid out on the table, and the face [?] turned towards the sun.
    The habit and stockings were put on, and the hands folded, and a rosary bead twined around
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. death (~1,076)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Flaherty
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Ellen Foley
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    74
    Address
    Mountcoal, Co. Kerry