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School: Lower Warren (roll number 7793)

Location:
Warren Lower, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Liam Mac Coiligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0746, Page 277

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  1. Funeral Customs

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    The window is left open for the soul to go out.
    The clock is stopped when a person dies.

    If a person does not want to dream of a dead person they are to touch the body.

    The ashes is not taken out nor the floor is not swept when a person dies

    Funeral Customs

    When a person meets a Funeral they are to take off their hat or cap, and turn round on the road and walk nine steps with it.

    Pegging pipes
    One crowd would sit in one corner and another few in another one. Some of them would get pipes to throw. Their master would have a pipe too
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    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
    Eddie Hughes
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bealin, Co. Westmeath