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School: Morton St. Convent Nat. S. (roll number 12349)

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Cluain Meala, Co. Thiobraid Árann
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Miss Annie O' Dwyer
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0567D, Page 01_159

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    and if it passes the house of the corpse it stops to show respect to the dead.
    The corpse used to be kept two days in it's own house. The first night of the wake they used to hand around snuff and clay pipes filled with tobacco to the people awake during the night.
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    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. gníomhaíochtaí sóisialta (~7)
        1. deasghnátha aistrithe saoil (~573)
          1. bás (~1,076)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Monica Galvin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cluain Meala, Co. Thiobraid Árann
    Informant
    Mr Galvin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cluain Meala, Co. Thiobraid Árann