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    On Christmas Eve long ago the people collected in one house at 12 o'clock. They started four thousand Hail Marys in honour of the four thousand years before the birth of Our Lord. These were finished when it was time to start for first mass.
    A more pagan custom which exists at present is to stay up all night boiling the Plum Pudding.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Fagan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Sandpits, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    John Fagan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Sandpits, Co. Dublin