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    296
    cake and perhaps tea, which was generally concealed behind a joist of the house from the preceding year, and their dinner was usually bacon and white cabbage. Even the poorest cottage welcomed the festive season of Christmas with green decorations of ivy and holly; and the cheerful fire glanced through the lattice, inviting the strangers to raise the latch and join the gossip knot huddled round the hearth, spending the long evening with legendary jokes and oft told Christmas tales.
    Rose A. Guihen,
    Cartron Beg,
    Loch Allen.
    Information received from
    Charles Flynn, (58 years)
    Cartron Beg,
    Loch Allen
    7th Dec 1938
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. ócáidí
      1. ócáidí (de réir trátha bliana) (~11,476)
        1. Nollaig (~455)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rose A. Guihen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    An Cheathrú Bheag, Co. Ros Comáin
    Informant
    Charles Flynn
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Address
    An Cheathrú Bheag, Co. Ros Comáin