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School: Dunally (roll number 12752)

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Doonally, Co. Sligo
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Florence Egan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0160, Page 124

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    Wakes
    When a person dies the people hold a wake. At the wake three candles are lit on the table beside the corpse. Usually the neighbours come in to keep the people of the house company. A plate of snuff and a plate of tobacco are left on the table by the people of the house. Every man smokes a pipe full of tobacco in honour of the corpse, and every woman takes a pinch of snuff. The neighbours usually stay till morning and whiskey and tea is given to them
    This was told to me by my grandmother,
    Mrs Mc Guinn
    Hazlewood Cottages, Calry
    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
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Guinn
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Hazelwood Demesne, Co. Sligo