School: An Muileann (roll number 9208)
- Location:
- Mullen, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: B. Mac Siúrtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0240, Page 018
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- (continued from previous page)a person dies someone stops the clock. When the funeral is proceeding to the church it generally takes the longest route. They generally played a lot of games at wakes such as, the candle, the old woman and ratach. According to my grandfather "The Candle" was played in the following manner, one man would stand on the floor and another man would cover his eye with his hand and he would hold a lighted candle to the other eye. Then he would hold out his hand and some of the others would strike him. If he could name the person that struck him that person would hold the candle to his eye. Another(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Lizzie Breslin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Leitrim, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- John Breslin
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 77
- Address
- Leitrim, Co. Roscommon
