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School: Billis

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Na Bilí, Co. an Chabháin
Teacher:
R. Binéid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1006, Page 343

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  1. Feast Customs (continued)

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    The form of a very small chicken.
    Christmas Day On Christmas Day houses are decorated with holly, balloons, and Ivy. A pudding is nearly always eaten after dinner on Christmas Day a piece of withered holly is placed on the top of the pudding. The whiskey is poured on the holly and around the pudding. The holly is first set on fire and burns up the whiskey. The old people say that this brings luck on the pudding, and that those who eat a piece of a pudding to which all this has happened will find money within three weeks
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  2. Marriage Customs

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    Marriages generally take place during Shrove. Mondays and Saterdays are said to be unlucky days for marriage. May and June are also
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