School: Twomilehouse (roll number 2284)

Location:
Twomilehouse, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Tomás Bineidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0776C, Page 11_008

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  1. When makng the Christmas pudding every one in the family is to give it a stir for good luck.
    The CHristmas candles is to be lighted on Christmas Eve night and left lighting all night.
    There is always an unusually good breakfast on Christmas morning and the dinner is usually late on Christmas evening.
    On St. Stephen's day wren boys go out dressed up with their faces blackened or disguised. They go first and hunt a wren and kill it and put it on a a bush
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Christmas (~455)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Esther Leonard
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Johnstown or Dunshane, Co. Kildare