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School: Mercy Convent, Baile Mathúna (roll number 3865)

Location:
Ballymahon, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Sr. M. Clement
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0752, Page 026

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    Christmas Day falls on the 25th December. It is one of the greatest feasts of the year because on that night Jesus Christ was born in a stable at Bethlehem. About a week before Christmas the people clean and decorate their houses with holly and ivy.
    On Christmas Eve the people light candles and they put them in the windows because the Blessed Virgin goes around on that night looking for shelter. On Christmas Eve the children hang up their stockings at the foot of their beds because Santa
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Christmas (~455)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Conlon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymahon, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Conlon
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballymahon, Co. Longford