School: An Cnoc, Clanna Caoilte
- Location:
- Knocks, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire Ní Liatháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0312, Page 140
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- There are several superstitions firmly believed in by the people in this district. Even the young men & women are inclined to "go" with the old people in adhering to all the pishogues. It is more than a religion with some, and so firmly is it impressed on the young people, that the "Dont break a law and dont make a law" means more to them than the ten Commandments.
Wakes.
The person who puts up the sheets over the bed of the dead, must also take them down.
A pregnant woman is not supposed to attend a wake or at least go into the wake-room. Neither is she supposed to enter a graveyard with a funeral.
In carrying out a coffin it is supposed to be unlucky to turn back with the coffin.
If you borrow anything for a wake, the same person is supposed to carry it back.
It is the godfather is supposed to coffin the dead person if its a young person.
