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School: Lucan (B.)

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    men, and a star over them. There is a saying that if you get a bit of straw out of the crib you will always have money.
    Another Christmas custom is the Christmas candle. Everybody gets one, they are in all colours. They are lit on Christmas Eve night, and are kept lighting on and off during the Christmas.
    Another custom is to keep the holly till pancake night and fry the pancakes with it.
    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
    Brendan Nolan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Balgaddy, Co. Dublin