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School: Baile an Doirín (C) (roll number 7552)

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Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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  1. Customs and Wakes and Funerals

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    1. Snuff was left on the breast of the dead person so that each person who might take some would say "Lord have mercy on his soul".
    2. When people die a person opens the window so that the soul may go to its maker.
    3. Long ago when a person died it was the costome to stop the clock immediately.
    4. A scattered funeral so the sign that another one will soon follow.
    5. To dream of a priest means that somebody in the house will die.
    6. If you met a funeral it
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Moran
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Mannin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    67
    Address
    Mweeloon, Co. Galway