School: Baile Glas (roll number 13654)
- Location:
- Ballyglass, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Cáit Ní Rúis
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- Christmas is the biggest festival of the year in Ireland for hundreds of years. Long ago the people had many customs concerning Christmas, the following are a few.
When night fell a candle was lit in the house and these were nearly always couloured either pink, or blue, or brown, or yellow and all the fast colours. Then the children played hide-and-go-seek, and(continues on next page)