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School: Carrigaline (C.) (roll number 13513)

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Carrigaline, Co. Cork
Teachers:
Mrs O' Sullivan Mrs Tully
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0392, Page 064

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  1. Local Christmas Customs

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    The Christmas Customs of this locality have been handed down to us from our ancestors.
    They are as follows -
    1. Decorating the homes and Churches with holly and ivy and other evergreen plants.
    2. Lighting Christmas Candles in the windows during Christmas night.
    3. Cooking a fat goose or turkey for the Christmas dinner, followed by plum pudding.
    4. Burning the yule log on Christmas night. Mr. Roberts a local gentleman distributes these logs to the Villagers every year regularly.
    5. Christmas boxes -
    It is customary for the shop keepers of this Village to distribute presents to their best customers before Christmas, in the form of pound candles, cakes and sweets.
    6. The little children of this locality believe in Santa Claus, and hang up
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Christmas (~455)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary O' Mahony
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Hilltown, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr Thomas Flynn
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Hilltown, Co. Cork