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NOTES AND QUERIES. 
(2nd S. No 23., Jue 7. °56, 
and the face was uncovered, in order that they 
might take a farewell look at the loved departed. 
The body was then taken from the coffin, and laid 
in the grave, previously prepared with great care, 
being made six or more feet deep; and at each 
: : 
end was raised a course of stone-work, without | 
mortar, eighteen inches or thirty inches high, ac- 
cording to circumstances. Much attention was 
paid to providing tough green sods, cut from the 
adjoining alluvial bank of the Slaney River ; and 
several of them about seven feet long and two feet 
wide, each, being well rolled up, were conveyed to 
the graveyard, and with them the grave was care- 
fully and neatly lined from top to bottom ; one the 
breadth of the grave being laid lengthwise over 
the ends of the others. In this green chamber 
was strewed moss (in the season), dry grass, and 
flowers; and a pillow of the same supported the 
head of the corpse, when laid in this its last earthly 
bed. One or more stout planks were then placed 
longitudinally, and the green sods of the sides 
turned over and downwards, completed all but 
the filling up in the usual way with the clay, The 
mound being covered with the original green sods 
of the grave, prayers were said without any coain- 
ing or any wailing but the feelings which natural 
grief gave utterance to, and a particular solemnity 
is said to have marked every occasion of the kind. 
The last person at whose funeral this form was 
observed was named John Doyle, a bachelor ; 
and all his friends since have conformed to the 
custom of the neighbourhood, and use coffins. 
Query, has this been observed elsewhere ? 
E. H. 
Wexford. 
“ca IRA.” 
(2°42 S. i. 353.) 
M. E. of Philadelphia inquires where the words 
and music of this once popular French song are 
to be found. I have a copy, among several other 
old songs of the period, published at Paris,‘ chez 
les fréres Savigny.’ The music cannot be trans- 
ferred to the pages of “ N. & Q.,” but I send the 
words, which will be found poor and paltry 
enough for the commotion which they contributed 
to excite : — 
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* Ah! ¢a ira, ca ira, ¢a ira, 
Le peuple en ce jour sans cesse repete, 
Ah! ca ira, ca ira, ¢a ira, 
» Malgré les mutins tout réussira: . 
Nos ennemis confus en restent 1a, 
Et nous allons chanter alleluia, 
Ah! ca ira, ca ira, ¢a ira, 
Quand Boileau jadis du clergé parla, 
Comme un prophéte il a prédit cela, 
En chantant ma chansonette. 
aay plaisir on dira, — 
! ea ira, ca ira, ¢a ira, 
Malgré les Ah fout réussira, 
Il. 
“ Ah! ca ira, etc, 
Suivant les maximes de l’Evangile, 
Ah! ¢a ira, ete. 
Du Législateur tout s’accomplira, 
Celui qui s’éleve on abaissera, 
Et qui s’abaisse l’on élevera, 
Ah! ga ira, ete. 
Le vrai catéchisme nous instruira,” 
Et Vaffreux fanatisme s’éteindra. 
Pour étre & la loi docile, 
Tout Francois s’exercera. 
Ah! ¢a ira, ete. 
Tit, 
« Ah! ca ira, ete. 
Pierrot et Margot chantent a la guingette, 
Ah! ga ira, ete. 
Réjotfissons nous, le bon tems viendra, 
Le peuple Francois jadis a quia, 
L’aristocrate dit mea culpa, 
Ah! ¢a ira, ete. 
Le clergé regrette le bien qu'il a, 
Par justice la nation l’aura, 
Par le prudent la Fayette, 
Tout trouble s’appaisera, 
Ah! ¢a ira, etc. 
IV. 
“ Ah! ca ira, etc. 
Par les flambeaux de l’auguste Assemblée, 
Ah! ¢a ira, ete. 
Le peuple armé toujours se gardera, 
Le vrai d’avec Je faux l’on connoitra; 
Le citoyen pour le bien soutiendra. 
Ah! ca ira, ete. 
Quand V’aristocrate protestera, 
Le bon citoyen au nez lui rira; 
Sans avoir l’ame troublée, 
Toujours le plus fort sera, 
Ah! ¢a ira, ete. 
Ve 
“ Ah! ca ira, ete. 
Petits comme grands sont soldats dans l’ame, 
Ah! ¢a ira, ete. 
Pendant la guerre aucun ne trahira: 
Avec cceur tout bon Francois combattra ; 
Sil voit du louche hardiment parlera, 
Ah! ca ira, ete. 
La Fayette dit, vienne qui voudra, 
Le patriotisme leur répondra, 
Sans crainte, ni feu, ni flamme, 
Le Francois toujours vaincra, 
Ah! ¢a ira,” ete. 
F. C. H. 
LIVRES D'EGLISE : LIBRI ECCLESIASTICI, 
(2"4 §. i. 268. 378.) 
Some misunderstanding seems to exist as to the 
exact signification of these terms. The Livre 
d Eglise, of which there is one for each diocese, is 
a Prayer Book containing the different Latin 
offices of the Romish Church, with the translation 
in French printed in a second column: they are 
generally in 8vo., in eight volumes, two for each 
of the Quatre-temps; and are of course intended 
only for the use of the congregation. The Liber 
Ecclesiasticus is the Missal used by the priests, and 
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