School: Sraith, Magh Sheasta

Location:
Sragh, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Gormáin
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  1. Everyone, rich and poor, "try" to have something for Christmas. They light big candles in every window of the house. They have Christmas cakes too for that night. It is the night of the twenty-fourth and not the night of he twenty-fifth.
    Some people go in the "wren" on St. Stephen's Day. Each person has different clothes on that day. Some people sing songs and more of them tell stories in every house on that day.
    All the people go out New Year's night to hear the bells. Everyone "keep" Little Christmas Day the same as Christmas Day.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Francis Sheehan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Sragh, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Séamus Ó Síothcháin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    82
    Address
    Sragh, Co. Clare