School: Faythe (roll number 11361)

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An tSr. Columcille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0882, Page 080

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0882, Page 080

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  3. XML “Paddy May I Go Across the Water?”
  4. XML “Customs at Wakes and Funerals”

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    tomorrow" Then they go to the other side of the street without any trouble but I tell you it is not easy to get over the next time. They come over to Paddy the next time and say Paddy may we go across the water.
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  2. There are various kinds of signs of death which are regarded as the ru
    of death. If the dying person is of old Irish decent the banshee is believed to be heard screeching at the window when the suffering one is on her death bed.
    When a sailor dies and is buried at sea it is said that his people see him before his death. It is a sign of death when the people of the house hear three knocks or if a light is seen and
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Fenelon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Maudlintown, Co. Wexford