School: Cobh Labhráis (C.) (roll number 7453)

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   people of all the houses used to go to confession and communion on Christmas day. Long ago the people used to have a better Christmas than they have now as things were not so plentiful as they are now they used to save up and have a great feast.

   

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   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

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Margaret Sullivan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ardagh, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mr F. Sullivan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ardagh, Co. Cork