1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Clochar na Trócaire, Malla

School: Clochar na Trócaire, Malla (roll number 16159)

Location:
Mallow, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Na Siúracha
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0369, Page 652

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0369, Page 652

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Clochar na Trócaire, Malla
  2. XML Page 652
  3. XML “Wakes”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Wakes (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    days and two nights. Drink and food were supplied to all those who attended. A few local old women were generally hired for the purpose of crying for the deceased. This “crying” was done at intervals and all the family joined in the lamentation. These women were known as “caoiners."
    Bag pipes and tobacco were supplied to all male mourners and snuff was offered to female mourners. On the third day when the coffin was ready the body was removed on the shoulders of men to the family burial ground. When the corpse left the house all chairs and tables were turned upside down and remained so until the chief mourners arrived back from the graveyard.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. death (~1,076)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr Healy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mallow, Co. Cork