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School: Leithead (roll number 5480)

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An Leithead, Co. Chiarraí
Teacher:
Diarmuid Ó Súilleabháin
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    To know that a person is dead to stick a needle in his skin if the hole closes he is alive if the hole remains he is dead.
    When you are laying out a person you should not cry for the soul have to go through a narrow path near hell and the devil have big dogs in guard to snap the soul. Crying wakes the dogs. It is said that it is not right to cry while laying the person
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí sóisialta (~7)
        1. deasghnátha aistrithe saoil (~573)
          1. bás (~1,076)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick O' Sullivan
    Gender
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    Informant
    John Healy
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    Male