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Beircheart Seártan
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    Long ago, when anyone died suddenly, especially a young person the people believed that he was "whipped away" - that is taken by the fairies. The day of the funeral, when the bearers - there were no hearses then - would reach a cross-road, they would leave down the coffin, and take off the cover. Then a relative would come, and standing over the corpse, call the diseased by name three times. This was done at every cross road that was passed
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    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí sóisialta (~7)
        1. deasghnátha aistrithe saoil (~573)
          1. bás (~1,076)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr William Shorten
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    An Sonnach, Co. Chorcaí