coronach

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Then a pause, and anon the coronach or wail for the dead.

From Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea by Stables, Gordon

"Naihah" more generally "Naddábah" Lat. præfica or carina, a hired mourner, the Irish "Keener" at the conclamatio or coronach, where the Hullabaloo, Hulululu or Ululoo showed the survivors' sorrow.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

A chorus of singing tars must create uncommon emotion, chanting this coronach of the storm.

From The Story of the Hymns and Tunes by Brown, Theron

Some old soldier, probably, playing a gathering or a coronach.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde

And next morning their wives and daughters came, clapping their hands and crying the coronach and shrieking—and they carried away the dead bodies, with the pipes playing before them.

From Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North by Scott, Walter, Sir