School: Lúbán Díge (Bodyke)
- Location:
- Bodyke, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Bríd, Bean Uí Chadhla
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- (continued from previous page)Candles are lighted in every window New Year's Eve and New Year's night, same as Christmas custom.
The first man to enter your house New Year's day is to be offered a drink.The first Monday of the New Year is regarded an unlucky day to turn the clay, or to give a coal of fire.
- This day is also called the 12th day. Candles are lighted on the Eve and the night of the feast. There is very little fuss about this night. The sweet cakes are again plentiful again and there is an end to them. Back again to the plain fare.
After this 12th day the decorations are taken down.
The old people used to say that from the 12th day or 6th January the day lengthens a cock's step till on Candlemas Day they say, "On Candlemas Day."
"Throw candles and candlesticks away, and eat your supper with the light of the day."
