School: Cloughjordan (C.) (roll number 11544)
- Location:
- Cloghjordan, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Eibhlin, Bean Uí Sceacháin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0533, Page 127
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- Christmas-CustomsChristmas is coming,
The geese are getting fat,
Please put a penny in the old mans hat,
If you have not a penny,
A halfpenny will do,
If you have not a halfpenny
God bless you
This verse is sung by people begging before Christmas. Christmas Eve the youngest member of the family lights Christmas candles and there is a Christmas candle left burning in every window. The candles are supposed to show light to Our Lady as she passes on midnight. On Christmas Even all children hang up their stockings for Santa Clause to fill with sweets, toys and other nice things.
Christmas morning every priest can say three masses. Christmas day everybody has fowl for dinner and sweet cake for tea.
On Stephens day young and old people disguise themselves and go around the country collecting money(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Caitlín Ní Cionaoith
- Other names
- Caitlín Ní Cionaoith
- Kathleen Mc Kenna
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloghjordan, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- James Hardy
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Loughaun, Co. Tipperary
