School: Walterstown (roll number 10356)
- Location:
- Walterstown, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Proinseas, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0686, Page 166
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Burial CustomAbout thirty or forty years ago, the remains of a dead person were brought on the shoulders of the people from the home to the graveyard. When the people, who were carrying the corpse, got tired they wailed for help. This was called the bean-sidhe-wail. Those within hearing distance of the wail, were supposed to drop whatever they were at and go at once to help and carry the corpse. If people left the district where their own burying-ground was, even if they were as far away as Waterford, their remains were brought back to the family burying-ground in this manner.
- Custom - Sunday ClassesMen of the parish taught the Cathechism on Sundays to the children who had finished school. They taught for an hour and a half each Sunday.Written by
Mrs Kelly N.T.
Walterstown N. SchoolGiven by
Tom Clusker (road worker)
Brownstown
53 yearsThis man is a native of Kentstown. His father died lately at the age of 101 years.
