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School: An Clochar, Cara Droma Ruisc

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Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim / Co. Roscommon
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An tSr. Emerentia
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0209, Page 167

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  1. Festival Customs (continued)

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    with the pan,
    Give us some silver and
    let us be gone."
    In the evening they all assemble and divide the money equally between them. Some call it "Boxing Day" while others regard this name to be applied to Christmas Day It is supposed to be of English origin. Old English Christmas - giving came to have a peculiar manifestation known as "boxing". Servants, apprentices, etc, used to go around at Christmas with earthen boxes to collect their Christmas gifts in the form of money
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Carr
    Gender
    Female