School: Morton St. Convent Nat. S. (roll number 12349)
- Location:
- Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Miss Annie O' Dwyer
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0567D, Page 01_150
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- At some wakes people pass around clay pipes, tobacco and snuff to the people.
Some people wake the dead corpse on the table in the kitchen
- Collector
- Anna Fleming
- Gender
- Female
- There are four candles used at a wake. Two are taken out in front of corpse to show the light of faith and then they are quenched.Blessed clay is put(continues on next page)
