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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 10, 1937
Page
3
A fragmentary extract recounts Martin Kelly and an errand to Janes O Leary s farm ending in tragedy when a maple toppled onto Mr Leary during woodcutting. The wake features Irish-Catholic customs, mourners, prayers, sighs, drink, and communal rituals.
Mary Doyle tends the sick and minds babies as mourners wake Jimmie O’Leary with a keening song. Neighbors clash in a drunken riot fueled by feud signals, blows exchange, and a roasted pig diversion. The scene shifts from sorrow to rowdy revelry as kin quarrel then reconcile in the wake.
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