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School: Baile Caisleáin an Róistigh (B.) (roll number 14107)

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Castletownroche, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Luineacháin
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    The water with which a corpse is washed should not be thrown out till after the funeral. It is usually kept under the bed, and when the funeral coffin departs from the house, the water is thrown out in the direction in which the funeral has gone.
    Any clothes should not be removed from a wake house to another house without first sprinkling water on them.
    When people wash their feet at night before retiring, the water used should not
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    P. Ó Luinneacháin
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Príobhoide