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

Location:
Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033B, Page 07_020

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  1. Customs of Wakes and Funerals

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    1. When a person is dead the people of the house leave three chairs outside the door and leave the coffin on the top of them unclosed so that the friends would cry over it.
    2. It is not right to be fighting for possession of a grave.
    3. Long ago when people were coming from a funeral they used to be singing and dancing.
    4. It is not right to close the blind on the
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridget Connill
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Thady Searry
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    Tooreen, Co. Galway