School: Presentation Convent, Lucan
- Location:
- Lucan, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Sr M. Gabriel
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0794, Page 90
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A Bishop (continued)
“Speaking of Dr Lynch brings to mind another bishop of much more recent date who also owns Lucan as his birthplace and with great pride too, one who is fresh in the memory of all the present inhabitants of this small town this present year of 1939 - I allu”
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.- It was a great custom on All Souls Night for people to leave a nice bright fire when they were going to bed also to leave glasses of water on the table and chairs settled round the fire. Everyone went to bed early and they prayed for everyone who was dead.
On christmas Eve the women had all the work done for Christmas Day. Then men loved to play jokes when the children went to bed. They filled their stockings with ashes, stones, cabbage leaves and potatoes. But of course the lovely presents would be there too. When everything was done the people went to bed to rest before going to midnight mass. It was always the custom in Lucan for the men to turn back if they met a woman with red hair on a monday morning.(continues on next page)