1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Cill Cruim / Killocrim

School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)

Location:
Killacrim, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Micheál Óg Ó Catháin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0407D, Page 23_012

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0407D, Page 23_012

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim
  2. XML Page 23_012
  3. XML “Local Christmas Customs”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Local Christmas Customs

    Share Share Post
    On Christmas Eve we light six candles in the house. We put one on each window. There is a crib on the window. The candles are lighted at seven o'clock on Christmas Eve. It is my father that lights the candles and they are left lighting all the night. The candles are lighted on Christmas Eve, New Years Eve, and Little Christmas Eve. The crib is put on the kitchen window and small coloured candles are lighted outside the crib. On St. Stephan's Day the wren boys carry a wren on a branch of holly.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Christmas (~455)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Conchubhair Mac Giolla Bhuidhe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killacrim, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Patrick Mc Evoy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Finuge, Co. Kerry