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1. Piseoga Connected with Funerals and Wakes

   

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   When a person dies, the clock is stopped.
   The water with which the corpse is washed, is not thrown out until the corpse has left the house.
   Some door should be left open until the people return from the funeral.
   If the house is swept while a corpse is in the house, the sweeping should not be thrown out until the corpse is left the house.
   The person, who brings candlesticks to the house, should return them again.
   It is an old custom to have snuff, tobacco and clay pipes at the wake.
   If a picture fell, it is a sign of a death in the house.
   Sometimes the ticking of a watch is heard in the wall before a person dies, this ticking is made by some kind of fly which is called the "death watch".
   Sometimes when people die three knocks are heard at the door.
   A light follows some families; when my grandfather died my uncle saw a light on the pillar.
   When Mrs Lehane of Umera died, a light was seen going around the house
   Before Mrs Ryan of Ardmore died, the banshee was heard in the fields west of the house.

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