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School: Mount Delvin

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Mountdelvin, Co. Ros Comáin
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Mrs. K. O' Regan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0248, Page 059

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    and tobacco. Then that person would say "May God have mercy on the soul departed. Then some of the women especially the friends of the dead person would gather round the corpse and "Caoin" for about an hour. This "Caoin" was the old Irish lament for the dead. Then every friend of the family that came in cried. The women in the house would join with them in the "Caoin. They would keep the corpse two nights in the house and from once the candles would be lit no young girl or a widow would be allowed in.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Donelon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Culkeen, Co. Ros Comáin
    Informant
    Mrs Donelon
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    46
    Address
    Culkeen, Co. Ros Comáin