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School: St. Brendan's (C.), Blennerville

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Blennerville, Co. Kerry
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Máire, Bean Uí Mhuircheartaigh
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    Wakes and Funerals
    Long ago people were burried differently to what they are now. There was no such thing as carring a corpse to the chapel but they used to be waked for two or three days instead. The people of the place came to the wake and prayed over the corpse as a mark of respect to the family of deceased. The people who were at the wake were served with all kinds of drink, and sometimes the women got tea.
    Long ago when the corpse was taken out the chairs and the tables were throwen out in the yard, and the bed shaken and the winding sheets were taken off. The reason this was done was that another person would not leave a house for a long time again.
    If a person died on a Monday you could not turn the sod on a Monday because it is unlucky.
    Given by:- Mrs Hurley (50 yrs)
    Blennerville
    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
    Anne Hurley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Blennerville, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mrs Hurley
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Blennerville, Co. Kerry