School: Cluain Tuaiscirt (roll number 1405)
- Location:
- Clontuskert, Co. Galway
- Teacher: (name not given)
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- Altar Linen 30th-3-1938Altar Cloths - There must be three cloths for Holy Mass. The Altar Linen represents the line in which Our Lord's Body was wrapped for burial. Corporal - a piece of linen, about twelve inches square, which the Priest places on the Altar, and upon which the Sacred Vessels rest.Purificator - A square piece of linen which which the Priest purifies the Chalice and Paten.Pall - A small square envelope stiffened with cardboard with which the priest covers the Chalice during Mass.Communion Cloth - A linen cloth laid on the Altar rails, out of respect
- Collector
- Mary Quinn
- Gender
- Female
