Carlow Cathedral Register. 26th September 1778. Churched Mr. Gurley's Milk Woman, 2 shillings and 2pence -offering 4 shillings and 8 pence =Total 6 shillings and 10 pence. ( Note added in 2010. "Churched" was a form of purification ceremony that mothers were to have offered shortly after birth of a baby. This was a practice continued in the R.C. church up to 1970s or 80s. There are many entries in this register for "a Purification" the charge was one shilling and one penny ----one entry reads ; 21st November 1778, " for an Unction and Purification" two shillings and two pence" ===( combined charge for both services, obviously the mother was in danger of death , no mention of a baptism which may indicate that the baby had died ! ). 5th September, 1780. for a Baptism in Leigh and Unctions, 4 shillings and 4 pence, ( may be a case of both mother and baby are in danger of death, the priest first baptises the baby and then administers Extreme Unction to both of them ) Total figures for October 1778. Baptisms and Unctions 2 pounds / 2 shilling. Marriages; 5 shillings and 5 pence. Total ; 2 pounds 7 shillings. 5 pence. For my payment ; 11 shillings and 9 pence. For Mr. Gernon ; 1 pound, 15 shillings and 4 pence. ( Mr. Gernon was the Parish Priest for Carlow, Graigue, and Killeshin, not sure if the Baptisms / Marriages records were entered by a housekeeper or a clerk, but it appears the Mr Gernon did not enter any of them from 1777 to 1782.)