School: Cobh Labhráis (C.) (roll number 7453)
- Location:
- Rerrin, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Uí Shúilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0277, Page 128
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Christmas was celebrated in a much different way in the olden days to it's celebration now. Nowadays a great supper is held in every house Christmas Eve night of every kind of sweet cakes, and on Christmas day we have a great dinner of roast turkey, and pudding etc.
Long ago on Christmas night they use to have a large pot of potatoes and an amount of beef as a cow was always, the day before the feast. After the dinner whiskey and rum was drunk for the rest of the night. As a preperation for the feast, every shelf, window, dresser and all that were in the house were covered with shelf-paper and tissue paper and not a chimney was left without being brushed with a brush. Very few clocks were in the parish(continues on next page)
