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 11_004

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  1. Customs at Wakes and Funerals
    1. It is not right to open a grave on Monday.
    2. It is not right for a woman to go to her eldest son’s funeral.
    3. When the three men are going digging the grave they never supply there own instruments, they also go out the back door.
    4. It is not right for a father or a brother of the corpse to dig the grave
    5. When a person is getting married if a corpse is in the church the married couple would be unlucky.
    6. It is not right to go to a wake house alone.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Martyn
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr P. Martyn
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    53
    Address
    Mulroog West, Co. Galway