School: Connach, Inis Céin (roll number 10557)

Location:
Connagh, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Máire Ní Ghealbháin
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  1. The people that shoulder the coffin out of the house shoulder it into the chapel and they shoulder it out again the day after and put it into the grave.
    Some people give whiskey at the grave.
    The funeral always goes the old road.
    A person's corpse laid out facing east and a priests corpse is facing west.
    It is unlucky to go alone or come to a wake.
    Everybody takes a pinch of snuff at a wake and they pray for the dead. All the clocks in the house are stopped.
    If the rooms in the house, in which the person is dead are swept the dust must be swept into the fire.
    When a person is dead either five or seven candles are lighted.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. death (~1,076)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maighréad Ní Laoghaire
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Dromfeagh, Co. Cork