School: Cnoc Sceach, Clanna Caoilte (roll number 11424)

Location:
Knockskagh, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Liam Ó Ruairc
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    When a person dies his or her best clothes are given to a relative who wears them to mass on three successive Sundays.

    When a person dies his or her best clothes are given to a relative who wears them to mass on three successive Sundays. A new suit is sometimes purchased for the person who dies and is left on the crook for years.
    On cold and stormy nights people hurry off to bed and leave the hearth clear for the "good people"
    The table on which a person is laid out or waked is turned over on its side and remains so until after the hour of burial.
    A child born on Good Friday and bapt. on Easter Sunday has a cure for [?] and can kill worms by describing
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Liam Ó Ruairc
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockskagh, Co. Cork