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School: Tír-Dhá-Ghlas (Terryglass)

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Seán Ó Gliasáin
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  1. Wake Games

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    A favourite wake game of long ago used to be performed in houses. A man in the house would pretend illness. He would go to bed and the doctor would be sent for. One man then left the house. The doctor would enter riding on his horse. This was represented by two men one on the back of the other. As the supposed doctor came along on his horse some one would trip the animal i.e. the man who was carrying the doctor. Both would get a heavy fall causing the death of the doctor. The sick man would also die.
    A court would then be held and the guilty person sentenced to punishment.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. games
            1. wake games (~170)
        2. rites of passage (~573)
          1. death (~1,076)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    John Parkinson
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 50
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Slevoir, Co. Tipperary