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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 103

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  1. Christmas Day

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    Christmas day falls on the 25th December Everyone prepares for this great feast a week beforehand. The woman of the house cleans the house and leaves it in apple-pie order.
    In most houses decorations are placed in the parlour for twelve days. We put holly, ivy, mistletoe behind the pictures. We also put a little crib in the kitchen.
    On Christmas Eve, Christmas candles are lighted by the youngest in the house and placed in the front windows of the kitchen, parlour, porch and two bedroom windows. We do
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Christmas (~455)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Angela O' Donohoe
    Gender
    Female