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School: Baile Glas (roll number 13654)

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Ballyglass, Co. Mayo
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Cáit Ní Rúis
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0118, Page 35

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  1. Christmas Customs

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    Christmas is the biggest festival of the year in Ireland for hundreds of years. Long ago the people had many customs concerning Christmas, the following are a few.
    When night fell a candle was lit in the house and these were nearly always couloured either pink, or blue, or brown, or yellow and all the fast colours. Then the children played hide-and-go-seek, and
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      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Christmas (~455)
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