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1. Local Wake and Funeral Customs (ar lean)

   

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   employed to give porter to the men. Those who do not give drink at a wake are considered mean and stingy.
   A wake in the country is one of the noisiest events which occur. The men become drunk and start to sing so that they are heard far and near.
   Most of the women remain in the room where the corpse is, discussing his good points. Next day the corpse after being coffined by those who washed him, is taken to the church. While the dead person is being coffined, all save the relatives and those assisting go outside. A Mass is offered up for the repose of his soul, after which the funeral to the graveyard takes place.
   About ten years ago it was considered very appropriate that the coffin should be carried on the men's shoulders, from the church. If a young man died, his companions carried the coffin, every six in turn. They were dressed in their ordinary clothes but each wore a big white band around his right shoulder and waist, and they usually erected wreaths of flowers over him.
   At a funeral, the people talk continually, instead of remaining silent. When the graveyard is reached silence then ensues. The coffin is carried in, preceded by the priest.

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   Béarla

   Bailitheoir

   Nora Muldoon

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   Baineann

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   Tober, Co. Galway

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   Mrs A. Doherty

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   Baineann

   Seoladh

   Cornamucklagh, Co. Galway