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Thread #97477   Message #1918087
Posted By: Roberto
24-Dec-06 - 08:33 AM
Thread Name: meaning of verse in Delaney's Child #12
Subject: meaning of verse in Delaney's Child #12
From Mary Delaney's BURIED IN KILKENNY (F. J. Child #12).

The last verse says:

"Put a stone to my head and a scra to my feet". The notes say a scra is a lump of turf. What is the meaning of putting a lump of turf to the feet of a dead man, in his grave?

Thanks. R