In earlier times the refreshments were taken before the funeral party set out, so the mourners were sometimes far gone in drink before the sad journey. Campbell says there are even stories of people forgetting the coffin. The change is placed at Lismore.
Curses & omens
The Lismore Minister's Vision and the Funeral Custom
Lismore
Early 19th century
- Evidence
- Long-standing local tradition
- Access
- Access unrecorded
- Location
- 56.511, -5.511 (Parish-level only, treat as an area)
Sources: John Gregorson Campbell, Witchcraft and Second Sight in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland (1902), Project Gutenberg [public-domain]
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