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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 491

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    Christmas Day falls on the twenty fifth of December every year. It is the greatest feast during the whole year, because Our Lord was born on this day.
    Every priest says three Masses on Christmas Day. There is midnight Mass in some Chapels, while in other Chapels Mass is earlier than on a Sunday.
    The local prepare a turkey or a goose for the dinner. They also make a plum pudding about a fortnight or three weeks before Christmas and they put whiskey or brandy in it to preserve it.
    Every person gets presents and postcards from their
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Madge Hanratty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Virginia, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Frank Sheridan
    Gender
    Male