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School: Ráth Chormaic (B.) (roll number 1598)

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Rathcormack, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tomás de Barra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0381, Page 381

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    1 The water with which the corpse is washed is left under the bed until after the burial.
    2 The mirrors are covered.
    3 The clock is stopped until after the burial.
    4 Friends or relatives must not be present when the corpse is being put in the coffin.
    5 The chairs on which the coffin have been placed outside the door are turned upside down.
    6 This grave is never opened on a Monday.
    7 The shovels which open the grave are placed across it before and after the burial.
    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
    Collector
    Seán Ó Foghlúda
    Gender
    Male