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School: Mell, Mell N. School, Drogheda (roll number 855)

Location:
Mell, Co. Louth
Teacher:
E. Ní Cholmáin
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  1. A Superstition About the Dead

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    Food is put outside the door for a week after a person dies in the country. If its gone in the morning they believe the dead took it as living people would be afraid to touch this food.
    They say the dead are sometimes sent back to do their purgatory on earth. therefore they need clothes so when they die their clothes are given to a friend to wear three Sunday's running at Mass and pray for the dead person. The first sunday a near friend throws holy water on the dead persons clothes
    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
    Treasa Wall
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Mell, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Mr Govers
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Mell, Co. Louth