School: Morton St. Convent Nat. S. (roll number 12349)

Location:
Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Miss Annie O' Dwyer
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  1. When a person is dead in the house you should stop the clock and cover all the mirrors in the house and draw down the blinds. The reason that they cover the mirrors was because
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. death (~1,076)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Moroney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Hackett
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonmel, Co. Tipperary