School: Tuar, Tulach Sheasta (roll number 15526)
- Location:
- Toor, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Síghle Ní Riain
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- (continued from previous page)4 The water in which the corpse was washed was thrown in a shady place for it was said if the corpse came back it would seek out the water.
5 When a child dies the mother doesn't ever go to the funeral and when a man dies the wife sits in the corpse room all day and goes in mourning for her life. Long ago the widows wore "widows weeds". They were thick veils worn over the hair.
6 The corpse is carried around the graveyard once before it is laid down.
7 If you meet a funeral on the road you should turn back and walk three steps with it.
8 When a coffin should be taken across a river the people under the coffin should walk the river.
9 Whne the Banshee is hears it is supposed to be unlucky and is the sign of a death.
10 Light is supposed to be lucky
11 When a person dies white feathers are placed in the coffin. If a person is old black feathers are put in.
12 When a girl married into a house(continues on next page)
