School: Rahugh (roll number 12905)
- Location:
- Rahugh, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: P. Ó Maonghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0732, Page 223
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- It is an old custom not to take a short cut when going with a funeral. Another custom is that when a funeral is passing a certain tree or cross where a person had been killed they stop and recite prayers for the man who had been killed. Another custom was when a would die a party of women would go to the house and cry.
- Long ago people at funerals used to ride on horse-back to the grave-yard.
They used to put the coffin on a Bearer and four men would lift it up on their shoulders. When the four men would be tired, four more would get into their places and son on until they(continues on next page) - Collector
- Eileen Geoghegan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Pallas, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- James Geoghegan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Pallas, Co. Westmeath
