There was a funeral in Ireland. The coffin was being carried into a large room in a house. There were plenty of empty chairs and lots of people standing around but nowhere to put the coffin down.

“Quickly”, cried the Undertaker, “three chairs for the corpse!”

“Hip, Hip, Hurray!” cried the crowd.

In my crossword I have been looking for a nine letter word for two weeks...

I have it!

FORTNIGHT!