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School: Rathmore, Tullow

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Rathmore, Co. Carlow
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Bean Uí Chonchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0910, Page 088

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  1. Christmas Eve

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    Christmas Eve 2-11-1938
    On Christmas Eve Holly and Ivy are put on the walls
    and Christmas candles are lit The house is freshly white
    washed on Christmas Eve for Christmas Day. For
    dinner We have Christmas pudding or a roasted
    turkey or a goose. For tea in the evening we have a
    Christmas brach Nobody leavs the house on
    Christmas Day and puddings are made for Christmas
    Day. When the house is tided up we boil chicken
    for the next Day and some people have a Christmas
    Tree On it they put teddy bears and motorcars
    and Christmas candles and whistles and dolls
    and footballs Santa Claus gives us toys on Christmas
    Eve night.
    James Nolan Ballyhackett Tullow Co Carlow
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. The Old Graveyards

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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Nolan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyhacket Lower, Co. Carlow