School: Ráth na Loch (B.), Fearann Fuar (roll number 16999)

Location:
Ranalough, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Seán Ó Donnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0446, Page 060

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  1. Long ago there lived in Currans a man named Rooney who lived to be very old. For some time before his death he was accustomed to sleep sitting in a chair. It was customary in those days to lay out the corpse on the kitchen table.
    From being in a sitting posture so long, they found that they could not lay the corpse flat, so they put a rope across the chest and tied it to the table. About twelve o clock that night as the porter was being given round some person cut the rope and the corpse immediately sat up and the people made a rush for the door and some were trampled under-foot.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    2. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. games
            1. wake games (~170)
        2. rites of passage (~573)
          1. death (~1,076)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pat Foley
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mr William Hickey
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Kilfelim, Co. Kerry