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School: Muileann na hUamhan (C.) (roll number 15363)

Location:
Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Máire Ní Shéaghdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0561, Page 057

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  1. Funeral Customs

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    In the old times there were some very interesting funeral customs, chief of these being the caoiners. These were old women who used to come to the house where the corpse was and sit around the bed and keep on moaning and crying all the time until the person was buried. The cry begins on a low note rising up to a shriek which has an awful effect when you hear it for the first time.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. death (~1,076)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patricia Ahearne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Ahearne
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    54
    Occupation
    Mason's wife
    Address
    Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary