School: Clonfinlough, Athlone
- Location:
- Clonfinlough, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: E. Ní Mhionacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0812, Page 253
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- When a person dies outside of his house his remains has to be put in through the window.
Who ever leaves out a dead person must put him in his coffin.
The pins and nails that are used to keep up the sheets have to be burned.
When a person is left-out his feet must be facing the place where is going to be buried.
Four people of the same names should carry out the corpse, his feet going first.
Ashes should never be thrown out of the house or sweep out the floor when a corpse is in the house.
The Relatives of the person that is dead should never put clay over his coffin.
If the lid of the coffin is opened it will bring death into that house.
A pillow made of hay should be put under the head of the corpse.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Lowe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowkeel, Co. Offaly
