School: Árd Aitinn
- Location:
- Ardattin, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Muireadhaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0910, Page 167
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- Holly and ivy are put up in all houses for Christmas and a large Christmas candle is left burning in some houses on Christmas Eve night. The holly and ivy are put up about a week before Christmas and are not disturbed till 12th Day. Holly with berries is preferred and when 12th Day comes the holly and ivy are burned.
Palm is universally worn on Palm Sunday, is brought home and put round religious pictures in bedrooms. Some people hang a small piece of palm in the outhouses on the farm.
The flower of the white thorn is called a May bush and altars in honour of the Blessed Virgin are made and decorated with it during the month of May.
