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turning the TV off after someone dies

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  • #32
    HIB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 259 ✭✭HIB


    Glebee wrote: »
    From what i remember it was that any mirrors in a room where someone has recently died, must be covered so that the dead person's soul does not get trapped behind the glass.


    Another reason I heard is that the soul is not supposed to 'see itself' when it leaves the body. If it did, it would become confused/frightened and might not make it to heaven! Another tradition is to open a window in the room where the person dies, to let the soul out. I also have a feeling that the stopping clocks tradition is something to do with confusing the devil .... Not sure on this though?

    I actually really like all these old traditions. Obviously we're not as superstitious these days, but I'd still follow them, for traditions sake.


  • #33
    wretcheddomain
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    GrayFox208 wrote: »
    Never got this. It's supposed to be a mark of respect for the deceased. But I don't understand how. Never did bother doing it myself, do any of you do it? No one's died that I know, just curious.

    I concur. Nothing more morbid than a clan of old people discussing death and superstition.

    The mythologies mentioned in this thread are nothing more than a crock of ****.


  • #34
    c_man
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    HIB wrote: »
    Another tradition is to open a window in the room where the person dies, to let the soul out.

    Yeah I've encountered this. When calling it for what it is I was told I "have no respect for the dead." The deceased in question would have been the first to say it was a load of complete **** on a sock.


  • #35
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    I turned the tv off earlier when the supervalu ad came on as a mark of respect to the death of Mr.aldi.


  • #36
    Banjoxed
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    HIB wrote: »
    Another reason I heard is that the soul is not supposed to 'see itself' when it leaves the body. If it did, it would become confused/frightened and might not make it to heaven! Another tradition is to open a window in the room where the person dies, to let the soul out. I also have a feeling that the stopping clocks tradition is something to do with confusing the devil .... Not sure on this though?

    I actually really like all these old traditions. Obviously we're not as superstitious these days, but I'd still follow them, for traditions sake.

    I'm in Donegal and they love nothing better than all that oul ****e. Sober wakes, white bread sandwiches with the crusts off and weak tea make me boke.


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  • #37
    donegal__road
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    OP, nothing as bad as being at a wake and the TV going full belt in the corner..


  • #38
    Sir Arthur Daley
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    Banjoxed wrote: »
    I'm in Donegal and they love nothing better than all that oul ****e. Sober wakes, white bread sandwiches with the crusts off and weak tea make me boke.

    And smoking turf in the rollies.


  • #39
    GT_TDI_150
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    When my gran passed away (lived in Belgium) my grandad closed all the shutters on the house till after the burial ...

    Really odd walking into a house in the middle of the day with faint lights on and shutters closed


  • #40
    donegal__road
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    Banjoxed wrote: »
    I'm in Donegal and they love nothing better than all that oul ****e. Sober wakes, white bread sandwiches with the crusts off and weak tea make me boke.

    and someone saying 'thats a tight hanlin in there' as their walking away from the wake house..


  • #41
    Banjoxed
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    Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »
    And smoking turf in the rollies.

    Naw, not even that up here. Very much what Americans would call a "Lace curtain Irish" atmosphere breaks out up here when someone pegs it.


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  • #42
    The Backwards Man
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    donegal__road wrote: »
    and someone saying 'thats a tight hanlin in there' as their walking away from the wake house..
    'Doesn't s/he look well in the coffin?'

    They're fookin dead man.


  • #43
    dee_mc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,246 ✭✭✭dee_mc


    donegal__road wrote: »
    and someone saying 'thats a tight hanlin in there' as their walking away from the wake house..

    Translation please, for the uninitiated?


  • #44
    HIB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 259 ✭✭HIB


    Banjoxed wrote: »
    I'm in Donegal and they love nothing better than all that oul ****e. Sober wakes, white bread sandwiches with the crusts off and weak tea make me boke.

    Looks like I'd love it in Donegal! :)

    Seriously though ... I actually found the whole wake thing very comforting. Got to meet people in our own home, in our own time, and chat about the person who'd died. Swapping funny stories and listening to people's memories of the person was really nice, especially people who weren't close family or friends. And, if you didn't want to talk to anyone, you could just leave and take a break from it. Funeral home thing, for me, looks like a few hours of very hard graft, especially if you're really upset. Very impersonal too. No tea, no chat! Just lines of people shaking your hand. Different strokes for different folks though I suppose. Maybe funeral homes are easier if its a really tragic or young death - I wouldn't know.


  • #45
    GT_TDI_150
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    Actually OP, depending on the circumstances of the persons passing you might want to leave the tele on ....

    ie. If you just clubbed them over the back of the head, looking round the house for the remote mightent be the best use of your time. And think of the evidence you'd leave behind...

    Also ... Posting hypethetical question on boards about said passing might be ill advised. I hope you didnt use their WiFi...


  • #46
    donegal__road
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    the reason it is called a 'wake' is because it is considered bad luck to leave the corpse unattended in the house, the night before the funeral. There had to be someone awake with the remains at all times.

    Dont know the reason for this..


  • #47
    The Backwards Man
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    dee_mc wrote: »
    Translation please, for the uninitiated?
    It's wile.


  • #48
    sunbeam
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    HIB wrote: »
    Looks like I'd love it in Donegal! :)

    Seriously though ... I actually found the whole wake thing very comforting. Got to meet people in our own home, in our own time, and chat about the person who'd died. Swapping funny stories and listening to people's memories of the person was really nice, especially people who weren't close family or friends. And, if you didn't want to talk to anyone, you could just leave and take a break from it. Funeral home thing, for me, looks like a few hours of very hard graft, especially if you're really upset. Very impersonal too. No tea, no chat! Just lines of people shaking your hand. Different strokes for different folks though I suppose. Maybe funeral homes are easier if its a really tragic or young death - I wouldn't know.

    Had a wake in my house for my dad nearly 20 years ago and the funeral home for my mum more recently. Have to say I preferred the funeral home-speedwaking, all over in an hour or two and my house was my own to retreat to when I needed privacy.


  • #49
    FloatingVoter
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    Well, if its a modern smart TV...you'll need to turn it off and throw it in the boot of your car (even if said car used to belong to the dead bloke, its finders keepers).
    Also check under the deceased person's mattress for cash and jewellery. Also check the chimney for serious folding money.
    Make sure the grieving relatives are well drunk while you rob the shop though. Make sure and replace with a cheap portable model in time for the Angelus.

    And sorry to hear about your loss.


  • #50
    dee_mc
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    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    It's wile.

    Ah thanks, clear as mud now :p


  • #51
    donegal__road
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    dee_mc wrote: »
    Translation please, for the uninitiated?

    in Ulster scotts and parts of Donegal, there are approx 4 meanings to the word 'tight'.

    Tight = drunk, as in 'Im half tight tonight...'
    strong, as in 'that guy is a tight buck..' (buck being man)
    tight as in mean with money,
    and a difficult situation, as in a 'tight situation'

    a difficult set of circumstances in Donegal is sometimes referred to as 'a handling'.. eg. I had an awful handling trying to get through town with the traffic

    drop the 'd' and the 'g' and you have a tight hanlin


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  • #52
    Call Me Jimmy
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    you forgot tight, as in 'these pants are tight, I think I will take them all the way off oh yes I will'


  • #53
    Sir Arthur Daley
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    Call Me Jimmy wrote: »
    you forgot tight, as in 'these pants are tight, I think I will take them all the way off oh yes I will'

    Steady your compass there jimmy.


  • #54
    fineso.mom
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    Call Me Jimmy wrote: »
    you forgot tight, as in 'these pants are tight, I think I will take them all the way off oh yes I will'

    Or.....'these pants are tight. I shouldn't have eaten so many white bread sandwiches with the crusts cut off'


  • #55
    donegal__road
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    Call Me Jimmy wrote: »
    you forgot tight, as in 'these pants are tight, I think I will take them all the way off oh yes I will'

    or 'Im too tight for these pants' as in you can go and hump if you think Im paying €200 for a pair of jeans :)


  • #56
    Diabhal Beag
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    Remember as a young lad we were in Knock. The father wanted to get a pint (imagine doing Knock sober) and there were 3 sad looking souls. Obviously somebody died and they had the TV off. Weird I thought, but I went over to the fruit machine. Put in my punt (that was the currency back in the day) and it didnae start. Asked what was the happs to the barkeep. Said the fruit machine was off out of respect. That's the moment on turned on the county of Mayo. A scumbag move to turn off the fruit machine.


  • #57
    donegal__road
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    Diabhal Beag wrote: »
    Remember as a young lad we were in Knock. The father wanted to get a pint (imagine doing Knock sober) and there were 3 sad looking souls. Obviously somebody died and they had the TV off. Weird I thought, but I went over to the fruit machine. Put in my punt (that was the currency back in the day) and it didnae start. Asked what was the happs to the barkeep. Said the fruit machine was off out of respect. That's the moment on turned on the county of Mayo. A scumbag move to turn off the fruit machine.

    a Knock fruit machine.. 3 blessed virgins = jackpot


  • #58
    lulu1
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    Yea I would still turnoff the tv and cover the mirrors and some people also stop the clock and we would never leave the body in the room on its own.

    And before anyone asks I know it wouldnt go anywhere


  • #59
    Davarus Walrus
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    Having a wake for the recently deceased seems to be making a comeback. Especially down is East Galway. It's never a good thing, but I've been at a few recently. They are lovely. Take a gawk at the corpse, offer your heartfelt condolences to the immediate family, then head out to the kitchen for sandwiches, cocktail sausages and a few nifters of whiskey.


  • #60
    lulu1
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    donegal__road wrote: »
    and someone saying 'thats a tight hanlin in there' as their walking away from the wake house..

    And someone else saying I didnt see anyone going round with the tay.


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  • #61
    porsche959
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    donegal__road wrote: »
    in Ulster scotts and parts of Donegal, there are approx 4 meanings to the word 'tight'.

    Tight = drunk, as in 'Im half tight tonight...'
    strong, as in 'that guy is a tight buck..' (buck being man)
    tight as in mean with money,
    and a difficult situation, as in a 'tight situation'

    Would have thought only the second meaning is unique to Donegal or Ulster Scots, I am familar with the three other ones and I have little or no connections to Donegal or Ulster.


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