School: Faythe (roll number 11361)
- Teacher: An tSr. Columcille
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- (continued from previous page)no one knows where it comes from.Death is supposed to follow any one of the following signs
- an unexpected visit of a white cat. At midnight when foolsteps are heard and no one to be seen.
very often when a person is sick for a long time they suddenly get better and even ask to get up.
This is called a turn before death.There is another sign when any person of the house hears something ticking in the wall.
This is known as the death-watch and it means that the person who hears it is soon going to die.The relatives of a dying person do their best to be present at the prayers for the dying. They stay at wake house for three days so as to be present at the funeral. Immediately after the death one of the neighbours tries to close the eyes by laying two pennies on the lids. The head is bandaged to keep the mouth closed. The(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Fenelon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baile Mhaidilín, Co. Loch Garman
