School: Rathnure (C.) (roll number 12480)
- Location:
- Rathnure Upper, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Cáit Ní Bholguidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0900, Page 300
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- There are certain Festive Customs carried on in this district for generations.
The customs for Christmas are considered the greatest. In preparation for the great feast of Christmas all people clean their houses, and decorate them with holly and ivy. They make a plum pudding, and prepare a turkey or a goose for the Christmas dinner.
A supply of sweet cakes are also provided.
Friends and relations send Christmas greetings to one another, and also Xmas presents to their families in foreign countries.
On Christmas Eve when the children are going to bed they hang up their stockings at the foot of the bed, believing that Santa Claus will come when they are asleep and fill the stockings with toys, sweets, and other novelties.
They believe he is an old grey man.(continues on next page)
