School: Lathach Barr
- Location:
- Ardbane or Laghy Barr, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seaghan Ó Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1032, Page 390
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- (continued from previous page)are all eagerly waiting the arrival of Santa Clause. People give and receive presents, and cards, and wish each other a Happy Christmas.
The feast of New Year comes next. There isn’t much fuss about this festival. The old people wouldn’t allow the house to be swept out on that day, or the ashes to be put out. All is lifted and felt over till next day. They would neither borrow, lend, nor even give an alms on New Year’s Day. They thought that if they lent anything they were giving away their luck for that year. The same applied to borrowing. If you borrowed anything on that day you were supposed to be borrowing for the next twelve months
- Collector
- Moira Mc Girr
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballykillowen, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Girr
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballykillowen, Co. Donegal
