Dear Kris & Jean There is/was also a tradition, where the woman's son was an ordained catholic priest, that in death her hands were bound with the same linen cloth used to bind her priest son's hands after they were anointed during the ordination ceremony. Peter Wilkinson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean R." <jeanrice@cet.com> To: <irelandgenweb@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 1:56 AM Subject: Re: [Irish Genealogy] Irish burial or funerary traditions >Lace item > Hi Kris - There was a tradition of fine Limerick lace ficu (ficus) applied > to dress bodices for modesty and decoration - and likely burial gowns - > for > the well to do. Jean > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "K. IOVANNA" <3crow@comcast.net> > To: <irelandgenweb@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 10:58 PM > Subject: [Irish Genealogy] Irish burial or funerary traditions >Lace item > > >> >> >> >> Greetings Listers, >> >> >> >> I would like to know if there is a tradtion >> >> involved with burial gowns for Irish women. >> >> >> >> also specifically if there is a piece of lace >> >> made for the gown of a woman or child >> >> called a the Fischea[sic] possible word >fascicle? >> >> >> >> this word was in a letter that describes >> >> this item as an addition to the burial gown >> >> worn by the deceased who was Sarah Eliazabeth Buckley >> >> and of Irish heritage. she had resided in Sullivan Maine >> >> and died in 1905 in Sullivan Maine. >> >> >> >> Kris > > > Check out the Ireland GenWeb website at: http://www.irelandgenweb.com/ > > Great place to get help with your family research. > > County Clare has been adopted! > > Help wanted: County Coordinators > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRELANDGENWEB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >