Wake
a term corresponding origwake (Anglo-Saxon, lic, a corpse) is the watching of a dead body by night by the relatives and friends of the deceased. fined to the lower Irish classes, and fre- The practice, once_general, is now conquently accompanied by scenes much out of keeping with the sad occasion.
Riding of Yorkshire, England, on the Calder at a convergence of railways, 9 quently accompanied by scenes much out fined to the lower Irish classes, and fre- The practice, once general, is now con-