School: Berrings (Measctha) (roll number 4186)
- Location:
- Berrings, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Domhnall Ó Drisceoil
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- (continued from previous page)is gone out, and then it should be thrown out immediately, or if not another member of the family would follow.
The bed clothes should be turned over after the corpse is taken out.
It is believed that if the corpse would not stiffen, another member of the family would soon follow.
When the funeral reaches the cemetery, the corpse is taken all round it.
- Signs of Death:- The cock crows loudly at the door, and he also crows at midnight.
If there was a sop tied to a hen's tail.
When some people die, lights are seen, or the banshee is heard crying or music is heard.
It is also believed that when pictures falls it is a sign that a member of the family in whose house they fall will soon die.Local customs at Wakes and Funerals.
The clocks are stopped the moment the person dies, and the mirrors are covered.
The water that the dead person is washed in should(continues on next page) - Collector
- Mary Honohan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ardrum, Co. Cork
