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School: Muine an Mheadha

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Monivea, Co. Galway
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Pádraic S. Ó hÓbáin
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    “Long ago there was a custom when a person would be dead they would put the coffin out on the cart...”

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    Long ago there was a custom when a person would be dead they would put the coffin out on the cart and they used to put three women sitting on top of the coffin and when they would be gone about a hundred yards from the house they used to take out the horse form under the cart and get some one to value here. This was done three times on their journey and they used to say it was done so nothing would happen to the horse.
    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
    Delia Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Michael Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    96
    Address
    Ballyskeagh, Co. Galway