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School: Leac Dhearg (Lickerrig)

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Lickerrig, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Dubhda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0034, Page 0086

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  1. Christmas Customs

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    It is an old custom to leave the door open on Christmas Night.
    To put a clean bed of straw under every animal on Christmas Night was an old Christmas custom.
    People make it a custom not to leave any water in the house Christmas Night.
    Long ago it was a custom to make a potato-cake Christmas Night.
    It is a custom to leave the doors unlocked on Christmas Night.
    It is a custom also not to pull down the blinds on Christmas Night.
    It is a custom to put a lighted candle in every window on Christmas Night.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Christmas (~455)
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