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School: Balscadden (roll number 9492)

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Balscaddan, Co. Dublin
Teachers:
P. Ó Séaghdha Francis Shaw
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  1. Christmas Customs

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    Christmas is a very joyful and exciting time of the year. It is kept in honour of Our Saviours birth. Most Irish people keep the old Irish customs, - decorating the house with holly and ivy, lighting the Christmas candle and leaving it on the window to show the weary traveller light, making the plum pudding, staying at home and eating the Christmas dinner in the evening with the candle lighting in the table, going to Mass before day break and visiting the crib and wishing each other a Happy Christmas.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Christmas (~455)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Finn
    Gender
    Female