Abstract: Story collected by Katie Reilly, a student at Cathair Loisgreáin (C) school (Caherlustraun, Co. Galway) from informant John Reilly.
Original reference: 0022/3/80
School Cathair Loisgreáin (C) [Vol. 0022, Chapter 0003]
County The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Galway Schools
Pisreoga about Wakes and Funerals [duchas:4561993]
Pisreoga About Wakes and Funerals 1. When a person was going to a funeral it was said that he should not close but the top two holes of his shoe, or that he would not have the boot coming home. 2. Long ago it was the custom for the man of the house to sit at the right side of the door while they were bringing out the coffin, and to leave his left hand on it when it was passing him out.
Pisreoga about Wakes and Funerals [duchas:4561994]
7. Long ago when there was a corpse in the house, the people used to take down all the mirrors that were in the room. 8. Long ago when there was a coffin in the room, they said that it was bad luck for anyone to kick the threshold when going out of the room. 9. They say it is right to throw the holy water bottle into the grave, when they are finished with it. 10. The people say that there was a blessing in the house where the kitchen was high and the room lower. Katie Reilly. 13/12/37 From- John Reilly Killamanagh. 61. 1. The old people say that if a person dies on Monday, it is not right to put out the sweeping of the floor. 2. They say that it is right to have a grain of salt in your pocket when going to a wake. 3. Not to sit between two doors when you go into a wake. 4. The old people say it is not right to go to a wake alone by yourself at night.
Original reference: 0022/3/80
Pisreoga about Wakes and Funerals
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