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School: Mulrankin

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Mulrankin, Co. Wexford
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Peadar Ó Broin
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    There are over eighty crosses in Brandy cross in a tree and there are over eighty at the bottom of Grange hill. When a funeral goes to Grange the relatives of the dead person bring two crosses and place one of them in the tree and carry the other one to be placed above the dead person's head. If the funeral is going through Kilmore the cross is placed in Brandy Cross and if it is going through Sarshill they will leave the cross at the bottom of Grange hill. This custom is very old but I do not know the origin of it.
    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)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bridgetown, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Mrs Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    74
    Address
    Bridgetown, Co. Wexford