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School: Faithche (B.) (roll number 11405)

Location:
Faha West, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Seán Ó Muircheartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0458, Page 033

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    1) A person should not go or come from a wake by night alone
    2) The table is turned towards the neighbours when the corpse is put into the coffin, so that the next death would one of the neighbours.
    3) The clocks are stopped in the house, while the wake is going on
    4) Six candles are lit near the bed, and one left quenched
    5) Any person should not leave a wake-house before the cock crows
    6) If a light is seen coming through the fields towards the wake-house, it is said that the evil spirits are coming against the corpse

    Funerals
    7) If rain falls on the coffin during the funeral, it is said that the corpse is happy
    8) The funeral goes the longest way from the house to the graveyard
    9) When the funeral reaches the graveyard the coffin is shouldered all round the graveyard

    Marriages
    10) It is unlucky for a wedding to meet a funeral
    11) It is unlucky for a person to get married in a church where a corpse would be
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    John Horgan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Lissavane East, Co. Kerry