School: St. Brigid's (B.) (roll number 12925)
- Location:
- Loch Garman, Co. Loch Garman
- Teacher: M. Gúld
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0880, Page 034
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- 1. It is not right to have a fire lighting at a wake.
2. People say that when a person is dead the people who are belonging to the person should keep something in memory. aunt
3. Not so long ago in Wexford a girls mother was dead and when the little girl of the house was going up to bed she saw her mother lying down on her bed. aunt
4. it is not wright to have the windows uncovered in a wake. mother
5. In a wake a sheet should be covered over the pictures and windows. M
6. In Wexford a long time ago a person was getting buried and a man stayed along side the grave and the person appeared to him and he fainted. aunt
7. When a person is dying the people of the house open the windows to let out the soul.
- Collector
- Michael Frazer
- Gender
- Male
