School: An Cnocán Bán, Áth Treasa (roll number 12999)
- Location:
- Cummery Connell (South), Co. Cork
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Ríordáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0350, Page 398
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- (continued from previous page)On that night people have a big supper, before they go to bed. They have all kinds of sweet things, currant cakes, jam, apples and oranges and many other nice things.
On Christmas Day people have a roast goose or a roast turkey for dinner. On that night the Christmas Candles are lighted again until twelve o'clock. They also have a big supper on that night. They have currant bread, sweet loaves, jam, butter, apples and oranges and several other nice things on that night.
New Years Eve is observed in no special manner
People are preparing for New Years Day. On New Years Eve Night people light a Christmas candle or some people light two or three of them.
New Years Day is observed as an ordinary holiday of obligation. People have a big dinner on that day, they have a roast turkey. The older people say that if you have plenty for your dinner you will have plenty for the year. When people meet each other on that day they wish each other a '' Happy New Year''. The old people say that it is luckier to have a man enter a house first on that day.
The Epiphany or '' Little Christmas '' as it is known as in this district is observed in a special manner. People do no work only necessary work that must be done as tending and milking(continues on next page)
