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School: Creganbane (roll number 14079)

Location:
Cregganbaun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Dáithí Mag Réill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137B, Page 12_013

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    Long ago the young children used to hang up a big stoken so that Santa would put some thing in-to them. When the people of the house would get them asleep they would put a potatoe in-to them and they would think that it was Santa that put it in.
    On Christmas night every one puts holly and ivy in-side the pictures and in every part of the house.
    Long a go they used to have two suppers on Christmas night. One in the evening
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    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
    Michael Kilcoyne
    Gender
    Male