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School: Lowtown (B.), Galbally

Location:
Galbally, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Ceallacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0513, Page 150

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    After death the corpse is washed (and in the case of men the face is shaved) and laid out in the bed where the person died. The corpse is laid out in a habit ( generally brown) and the bed is draped with white linen with black ribbon at the four corners. Three candles are lighted in the room and kept burning until the corpse is removed. No member of the deceased person's family must be present in the room while the corpse is being laid out.
    At night the neighbours and relatives gather in and recite prayers by the bed side. Then they sit round the house, chat and tell stories for some hours
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    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
    P. Ó Ceallacháin
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Múinteoir