School: Teampull Dubhglaise (roll number 6968)
- Location:
- Drumbologe, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teacher: Seán C. Ó Dómhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1083, Page 147
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Till Sun set let it burn;
Which quench'd then lay it up again,
Till Christmas Day return
Part must be kept where with to tend
The Christmas log next year - :
And where tis safely kept, the fund
Can do no mischief there
End now the white loaf and
And let all sports with Christmas die,
How many people keep up the custom, wonder
of storing the charred Christmas log a year,
Wherewith to renew the Christmas fire? - Those were the days of the big hearth, when fuel was cheap because every-body could saw up a(continues on next page)
