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School: Whitecastle (roll number 10231)

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Whitecastle, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
George Mc Cahey
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1116, Page 220

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    Christmas is the greatest feast during the year. It is always held on the 25th December. Some people keep it as a Holy day and go to their church. Others keep it as a day of enjoyment and go away some place to enjoy themselves.
    At Christmas there is a collection lifted to buy boots and toys for poor children.if we were living in towns we would find carol singers going round the streets singing. While one is singing the other is lifting a collection for poor children.
    To our Christmas dinner we eat goose and turkey and also some beef. To our tea we eat bread with raisins and currants in it.
    We get to our supper a Christmas Pudding. It also gets the name plum-pudding although there are no plums in it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Christmas (~455)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Gurney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drung, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr Gurney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Drung, Co. Donegal