School: Monedarragh, Mostrim (roll number 7642)
- Location:
- Monadarragh, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhealláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0770, Page 074
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- When anyone dies:-
1. The window should be opened at once, so that the "spirit" can go out on it.
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2. The clock should be stopped while the corpse is in the house
or
3. The clock should be stopped for three hours:
4. The corpse is left for two hours before it is "laid out."
5. The water that the corpse is washed in should be thrown in a quiet place, where no one will walk over it.
6. Those who "lay out the corpse must also put it in coffin.
